Last checked at 5 May 2023 12:20
Results of 2023 AGM
Man Group plc (the "Company") held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") at 10.00am on Friday 5 May 2023. All resolutions presented at the AGM were put to the meeting on a poll and were passed with the requisite majority. The full results are detailed below.
The issued ordinary share capital of the Company as at 3 May 2023, the voting record date, was 1,313,349,959 (including treasury shares). The Company held 105,577,652 shares in treasury, which do not carry any voting rights. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company as at the voting record date was 1,207,772,307.
Resolution | FOR
| AGAINST | % of ISC voted | Number of votes withheld | |||
No. of shares | % | No. of shares | % | ||||
1 | Receive the Annual Report and financial statements
| 871,455,581 | 100.00% | 2,281 | 0.00% | 72.15 | 3,513,059 |
2 | Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
| 785,623,944 | 92.89% | 60,091,556 | 7.11% | 70.02 | 29,255,421 |
3 | Declare a final dividend
| 874,912,753 | 100.00% | 1,049 | 0.00% | 72.44 | 57,119 |
4 | Reappoint Lucinda Bell as a director
| 861,936,019 | 98.53% | 12,898,444 | 1.47% | 72.43 | 136,458 |
5 | Reappoint Richard Berliand as a director
| 858,075,833 | 98.08% | 16,761,366 | 1.92% | 72.43 | 133,722 |
6 | Reappoint John Cryan as a director
| 824,797,385 | 94.43% | 48,642,367 | 5.57% | 72.32 | 1,531,169 |
7 | Reappoint Luke Ellis as a director | 873,024,014 | 99.79% | 1,813,640 | 0.21% | 72.43 | 133,267 |
8 | Appoint Antoine Forterre as a director
| 869,904,393 | 99.44% | 4,933,230 | 0.56% | 72.43 | 133,298 |
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10 | Reappoint Cecelia Kurzman as a director
| 873,679,338 | 99.87% | 1,149,135 | 0.13% | 72.43 | 142,448 |
11 | Reappoint Alberto Musalem as a director
| 869,893,946 | 99.44% | 4,932,724 | 0.56% | 72.43 | 144,251 |
12 | Reappoint Anne Wade as a director
| 816,560,699 | 93.34% | 58,276,319 | 6.66% | 72.43 | 133,903 |
13 | Reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditor
| 838,843,387 | 99.69% | 2,582,247 | 0.31% | 69.67 | 33,545,287 |
14 | Determine the remuneration of the auditor | 873,759,937 | 99.88% | 1,081,232 | 0.12% | 72.43 | 129,752 |
15 | Authorise political donations and expenditure
| 844,125,368 | 99.82% | 1,538,724 | 0.18% | 70.02 | 29,306,829 |
16 | Authorise the directors to allot shares | 787,404,422 | 93.57% | 54,141,629 | 6.43% | 69.68 | 33,424,870 |
17 | Authorise the directors to allot shares for cash other than on a pro-rata basis to existing shareholders* | 844,003,061 | 96.47% | 30,902,933 | 3.53% | 72.44 | 64,927 |
18 | Authorise the directors to allot shares for cash other than on a pro-rata basis to existing shareholders in relation to acquisitions and specified capital investments* | 810,633,850 | 92.66% | 64,255,501 | 7.34% | 72.44 | 81,570 |
19 | Authorise the Company to purchase its own shares* | 837,977,037 | 96.06% | 34,343,290 | 3.94% | 72.23 | 2,650,594 |
20 | Authorise the directors to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice* | 849,563,773 | 97.22% | 24,335,506 | 2.78% | 72.36 | 90,669 |
* Special Resolution requiring 75% majority
1 Resolution 9, which sought approval to reappoint Jacqueline Hunt as a director of the Company, has been withdrawn following her resignation which was announced to the market on 28 March 2023.
NOTES:
A. The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chair discretion.
B. Votes 'Withheld' are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
C. Resolutions 17 to 20 are special resolutions.
D. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions constituting ordinary business, at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism