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Result of AGM

16 Nov 2018 07:00

RNS Number : 5491H
Close Brothers Group PLC
15 November 2018
 

Close Brothers Group plc

 

Results of 2018 Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 15 November 2018.

 

All resolutions were passed by the requisite majority by a poll vote; resolutions 1 to 16 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 21 as special resolutions.

 

The following votes were cast in respect of the AGM resolutions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ordinary Resolutions

Total Votes For

% For

Total Votes Against

% Against

Total Votes Cast

% of Issued share capital

Votes Withheld

1.

To receive and adopt the 2018 Annual Report and Accounts and the Auditor's Report

119,065,339

100.00%

100

0.00%

119,065,439

78.79%

271,481

2.

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 July 2018

117,624,646

98.58%

1,697,527

1.42%

119,322,173

78.96%

14,746

3.

To authorise the payment of a final dividend on the ordinary shares of 42p per share for the year ended 31 July 2018

119,336,820

100.00%

100

0.00%

119,336,920

78.97%

0

4.

To reappoint Mike Biggs as a director

117,602,509

98.55%

1,727,039

1.45%

119,329,548

78.96%

7,021

5.

To reappoint Preben Prebensen as a director

118,917,943

99.65%

415,160

0.35%

119,333,103

78.96%

3,467

6.

To reappoint Elizabeth Lee as a director

118,912,546

99.65%

418,617

0.35%

119,331,163

78.96%

5,407

7.

To reappoint Oliver Corbett as a director

118,863,076

99.61%

468,087

0.39%

119,331,163

78.96%

5,407

8.

To reappoint Geoffrey Howe as a director

118,928,018

99.62%

448,735

0.38%

119,376,753

78.99%

15,774

9.

To reappoint Lesley Jones as a director

118,867,799

99.62%

451,162

0.38%

119,318,961

78.95%

17,609

10.

To reappoint Bridget Macaskill as a director

118,754,524

99.52%

576,639

0.48%

119,331,163

78.96%

5,407

11.

To appoint Mike Morgan as a director

118,907,628

99.65%

415,260

0.35%

119,322,888

78.96%

13,682

12.

To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor

119,313,661

99.99%

6,029

0.01%

119,319,690

78.96%

16,880

13.

To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor

119,307,241

99.98%

27,601

0.02%

119,334,842

78.97%

2,078

14.

To approve amendments to the Close Brothers Omnibus Share Incentive Plan

115,442,970

96.70%

3,936,289

3.30%

119,379,259

78.99%

13,617

15.

To authorise the Board to allot shares and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares (within prescribed limits)

114,100,643

95.62%

5,230,874

4.38%

119,331,517

78.96%

5,403

16.

To authorise the Board to allot shares and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in relation to the issue of AT1 Securities (within prescribed limits)

118,478,433

99.29%

849,983

0.71%

119,328,416

78.96%

7,253

Special Resolutions

17.

That, if resolution 15 is passed, pre-emption rights are disapplied in relation to allotments of equity securities up to 5% of issued share capital

118,737,418

99.50%

595,059

0.50%

119,332,477

78.96%

4,093

18.

That, if resolution 15 is passed, pre-emption rights are disapplied in relation to allotments of equity securities up to a further 5% of issued share capital

110,898,373

92.93%

8,431,633

7.07%

119,330,006

78.96%

6,563

19.

That, if resolution 16 is passed, pre-emption rights are disapplied in relation to allotments of equity securities arising from the issue of any AT1 Securities

117,983,841

98.87%

1,347,365

1.13%

119,331,206

78.96%

5,363

20.

That the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised to make market purchases of its own shares (within prescribed limits)

118,557,587

99.37%

754,431

0.63%

119,312,018

78.95%

24,551

21.

That a general meeting except an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice

115,806,361

97.04%

3,529,747

2.96%

119,336,108

78.97%

812

 

NOTES:

1. 'Total Votes For' include votes recorded as at the discretion of the appointed proxy.

2. The 'vote withheld' option was provided to enable shareholders to refrain from voting on any particular resolution. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and has not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the vote 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.

3. For the purposes of the AGM the issued share capital of the Company was 151,123,475 ordinary shares (excluding 936,815 treasury shares).

4. The full text of the resolutions is detailed in the Notice of Meeting to be found on the Company website at

www.closebrothers.com/investor-relations/shareholder-information/annual-general-meeting

5. Following the AGM and as announced on 27 June 2018, Mike Morgan has succeeded Jonathan Howell as Group Finance Director.

 

John Hudspith

Deputy Company Secretary

Close Brothers Group plc

 

LEI code: 213800W73SYHR14I3X91

15 November 2018

020 7655 3100

 

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