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27 October 2022
BROOKS MACDONALD GROUP PLC
("Brooks Macdonald", the "Group" or the "Company")
Results of the Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
The Company's 2022 AGM was held today at 21 Lombard Street, London. The Board is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed at the meeting were passed on a poll. The table below shows the total votes validly cast, being those votes for or against each resolution. Total votes cast, including votes withheld, were over 10,401,220 Ordinary Shares, representing 64.17% of the Ordinary Shares in issue on 25 October 2022.
For1 | Against1 | Votes withheld2 | ||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | ||
1 | Receipt of the Annual Report and Accounts | 10,400,467 | 99.99% | 600 | 0.01% | 153 |
2 | Declaration of a final dividend | 10,401,220 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
3 | Approval of the Directors' remuneration report | 9,988,501 | 96.18% | 396,719 | 3.82% | 16,000 |
4 | Re-election of Alan Carruthers as a Director | 10,393,520 | 99.95% | 5,504 | 0.05% | 2,196 |
5 | Re-election of Andrew Shepherd as a Director | 10,398,424 | 99.99% | 600 | 0.01% | 2,196 |
6 | Re-election of Ben Thorpe as a Director | 10,398,124 | 99.99% | 900 | 0.01% | 2,196 |
7 | Re-election of Lynsey Cross as a Director | 10,398,124 | 99.99% | 900 | 0.01% | 2,196 |
8 | Re-election of Richard Price as a Director | 10,201,968 | 98.12% | 194,956 | 1.88% | 4,296 |
9 | Re-election of John Linwood as a Director | 10,153,870 | 97.64% | 245,307 | 2.36% | 2,043 |
10 | Re-election of Dagmar Kershaw as a Director | 10,395,874 | 99.99% | 1,050 | 0.01% | 4,296 |
11 | Re-election of Robert Burgess as a Director | 10,397,974 | 99.99% | 1,050 | 0.01% | 2,196 |
12 | Re-appointment and remuneration of the Auditor | 10,400,167 | 99.99% | 1,053 | 0.01% | 0 |
13 | Political donations | 9,528,121 | 91.61% | 872,946 | 8.39% | 153 |
14 | Authority to allot new shares | 10,160,667 | 97.69% | 240,400 | 2.31% | 153 |
15 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 10,141,511 | 97.50% | 259,556 | 2.50% | 153 |
16 | Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 10,125,511 | 97.50% | 259,556 | 2.50% | 16,153 |
17 | Authority to purchase own shares | 10,400,470 | 99.99% | 750 | 0.01% | 0 |
18 | Notice periods for general meetings (other than AGMs) | 10,392,431 | 99.92% | 8,639 | 0.08% | 150 |
Notes:
1. Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received. Any proxy appointments which gave the Chairman discretion have been included in the "For" total.
2. A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
3. Resolutions 1 to 14 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 18 were special resolutions.
4. The number of ordinary shares in issue as at 25 October 2022 was 16,209,050.
Enquiries to:
Brooks Macdonald Group plc Andrew Shepherd, Group CEO Ben Thorpe, CFO
| www.brooksmacdonald.com 020 7659 3492 |
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Paul Shackleton / John Welch
| 020 7418 8900 |
FTI Consulting Ed Berry / Laura Ewart / Katherine Bell
| brooksmacdonald@fticonsulting.com 07703 330199 / 07711 387085 / 07976 870961 |
Notes to editors:
Brooks Macdonald Group plc, through its various subsidiaries, provides leading investment management services in the UK and internationally. The Group, which was founded in 1991 and began trading on AIM in 2005, had discretionary Funds under Management of £15.5 billion as at 30 September 2022.
Brooks Macdonald offers a range of investment management services to private high net worth individuals, pension funds, institutions, charities and trusts. The Group also provides financial planning as well as international investment management, and acts as fund manager to a range of onshore and international funds.
The Group has fourteen offices across the UK and Crown Dependencies including London, Cheltenham, East Anglia, Exeter, Southampton, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Tunbridge Wells, Scotland, Wales, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.
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www.brooksmacdonald.com / @BrooksMacdonald