Last checked at 6 May 2022 11:16
Result of AGM
Man Group plc (the "Company") held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") at 10.00am on Friday 6 May 2022. 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 as at 4 May 2022, the voting record date, was 1,443,645,657 (including treasury shares). The Company held 101,916,584 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 1,341,729,073.
Resolution | FOR
| AGAINST | % of ISC voted | Number of votes withheld | |||
No. of shares | % | No. of shares | % | ||||
1 | Receive the Annual Report and financial statements
| 981,970,457 | 100.00 | 21,620 | 0.00 | 73.19% | 47,205,947 |
2 | Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 939,700,962 | 91.37 | 88,798,755 | 8.63 | 76.65% | 698,307 |
3 | Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 956,291,633 | 92.93 | 72,716,731 | 7.07 | 76.69% | 189,660 |
4 | Declare a final dividend | 1,029,112,546 | 100.00 | 35,586 | 0.00 | 76.70% | 49,892 |
5 | Reappoint Dame Katharine Barker as a director | 1,027,134,539 | 99.81 | 1,913,880 | 0.19 | 76.70% | 149,605 |
6 | Reappoint Lucinda Bell as a director | 1,014,301,716 | 98.57 | 14,737,985 | 1.43 | 76.70% | 158,323 |
7 | Reappoint Richard Berliand as a director | 1,015,503,563 | 98.68 | 13,547,404 | 1.32 | 76.70% | 147,057 |
8 | Reappoint John Cryan as a director | 959,591,539 | 97.52 | 24,367,039 | 2.48 | 73.34% | 45,239,446 |
9 | Reappoint Luke Ellis as a director | 1,027,777,417 | 99.88 | 1,273,005 | 0.12 | 76.70% | 147,602 |
10 | Appoint Antoine Forterre as a director | 1,024,112,794 | 99.52 | 4,950,812 | 0.48 | 76.70% | 134,418 |
11 | Appoint Jacqueline Hunt as a director | 1,027,793,275 | 99.88 | 1,241,977 | 0.12 | 76.69% | 162,772 |
12 | Reappoint Cecelia Kurzman as a director | 1,027,562,802 | 99.86 | 1,472,360 | 0.14 | 76.69% | 162,862 |
13 | Reappoint Anne Wade as a director | 1,014,733,788 | 98.61 | 14,301,649 | 1.39 | 76.69% | 162,587 |
14 | Reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditor | 982,725,247 | 99.87 | 1,276,145 | 0.13 | 73.34% | 45,196,632 |
15 | Determine the remuneration of the auditor | 1,028,255,668 | 99.92 | 806,725 | 0.08 | 76.70% | 135,631 |
16 | Authorise political donations and expenditure | 1,025,285,807 | 99.64 | 3,692,096 | 0.36 | 76.69% | 220,121 |
17 | Renew the Man Group plc 2019 Sharesave Scheme | 1,024,882,675 | 99.60 | 4,144,480 | 0.40 | 76.69% | 170,869 |
18 | Authorise the directors to allot shares | 921,570,242 | 89.55 | 107,488,384 | 10.45 | 76.70% | 139,398 |
19 | Authorise the directors to allot shares for cash other than on a pro-rata basis to existing shareholders* | 930,494,722 | 90.42 | 98,623,069 | 9.58 | 76.70% | 80,233 |
20 | 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* | 849,978,008 | 82.60 | 179,074,966 | 17.40 | 76.70% | 140,050 |
21 | Authorise the Company to purchase its own shares* | 979,990,029 | 95.53 | 45,860,675 | 4.47 | 76.46% | 3,347,320 |
22 | Authorise the directors to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice* | 1,002,603,645 | 97.43 | 26,494,747 | 2.57 | 76.70% | 94,632 |
* Special Resolution requiring 75% majority
NOTES:
1. The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chair of the meeting discretion.
2. Votes 'Withheld' are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
3. Resolutions 19 to 22 are special resolutions.
4. 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
5. In accordance with LR.13.8.11, the Man Group plc 2019 Sharesave Scheme rules which were approved by shareholders at the AGM were uploaded on 11 March 2022 and are available to view on the NSM at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.