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8 May 2025
Jupiter Fund Management plc (the "Company")
Results of the Annual General Meeting
The Board announces that at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company held today, 8 May 2025, at The Zig Zag Building, 70 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6SQ, all of the resolutions put before the meeting were passed by the requisite majorities.
The results of the AGM resolutions, all decided by way of poll, are set out below.
RESOLUTION | VOTES FOR | VOTES AGAINST | TOTAL VOTES CAST | VOTES WITHELD* | |||
| Number | % of votes | Number | % of votes | Number | % of issued capital |
|
1. To receive the reports of the Directors and auditors and the audited accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2024 | 412,873,184 | 99.36% | 2,674,316 | 0.64% | 415,547,500 | 77.61% | 562,808 |
2. To approve the Annual Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2024 | 402,196,134 | 97.08% | 12,099,156 | 2.92% | 414,295,290 | 77.38% | 1,815,018 |
3. To approve a final dividend of 2.2 pence for the year ended 31 December 2024 | 416,057,841 | 100.00% | 16,864 | 0.00% | 416,074,705 | 77.71% | 35,603 |
4. To elect James Macpherson as a Director | 414,727,391 | 99.68% | 1,345,738 | 0.32% | 416,073,129 | 77.71% | 37,179 |
5. To re-elect Matthew Beesley as a Director | 414,130,778 | 99.68% | 1,326,337 | 0.32% | 415,457,115 | 77.60% | 653,193 |
6. To re-elect David Cruickshank as a Director | 393,541,304 | 94.59% | 22,524,857 | 5.41% | 416,066,161 | 77.71% | 44,147 |
7. To re-elect Wayne Mepham as a Director | 311,975,179 | 99.25% | 2,345,583 | 0.75% | 314,320,762 | 58.71% | 101,789,546 |
8. To re-elect Dale Murray as a Director | 408,011,967 | 98.20% | 7,496,543 | 1.80% | 415,508,510 | 77.61% | 601,798 |
9. To re-elect Suzy Neubert as a Director | 410,619,945 | 98.82% | 4,889,227 | 1.18% | 415,509,172 | 77.61% | 601,136 |
10. To re-elect Roger Yates as a Director | 399,655,735 | 96.06% | 16,410,521 | 3.94% | 416,066,256 | 77.71% | 44,052 |
11. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's auditors | 413,317,446 | 99.34% | 2,757,192 | 0.66% | 416,074,638 | 77.71% | 35,670 |
12. To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to set the remuneration of the auditors | 413,264,653 | 99.32% | 2,827,473 | 0.68% | 416,092,126 | 77.72% | 18,182 |
13. To authorise the Company to make political donations | 229,068,597 | 72.88% | 85,226,453 | 27.12% | 314,295,050 | 58.70% | 101,815,258 |
14. To authorise the Directors to allot shares in the Company | 404,602,193 | 97.25% | 11,451,262 | 2.75% | 416,053,455 | 77.71% | 56,853 |
15. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights | 404,889,776 | 97.32% | 11,137,235 | 2.68% | 416,027,011 | 77.70% | 83,297 |
16. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 415,892,307 | 99.97% | 113,518 | 0.03% | 416,005,825 | 77.70% | 104,483 |
17. To approve general meetings (other than annual general meetings) of the Company being called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 411,843,174 | 98.98% | 4,232,761 | 1.02% | 416,075,935 | 77.71% | 34,373 |
*Please note that 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution, or in the 'votes cast as a percentage of issued share capital'.
Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15, 16 and 17 were passed as special resolutions.
The Board notes that resolution 13 (Political Donations) has been passed but received more than 20% of votes against. The Company will engage with shareholders on this matter, and provide appropriate updates in due course, in line with the requirements of the UK Corporate Governance Code. We understand that investor concerns on this resolution may reflect different market practice in non-UK jurisdictions.
The issued share capital of the Company comprises 544,979,510 shares. As at 6.30pm (UK time) on 6 May 2025 (being the specified time by which shareholders must be on the register of members to be eligible to vote) the Company held 9,574,658 shares in Treasury and had 535,404,852 shares in issue excluding Treasury shares. The Company may not exercise any right to vote attached to Treasury shares. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Jupiter at the AGM is 535,404,852. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share on a poll.
The Company has sent copies of the resolutions passed at the AGM, other than those concerning ordinary business, to the FCA's National Storage Mechanism and they are available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
The results of the AGM will be available shortly on the Company's website at https://www.jupiteram.com/investor-relations. A copy of the Notice of AGM, which sets out the full text of each of the resolutions, is also available on the Company's website.
For further information please contact:
Investors | Media | |
Jupiter | Helen Archbold +44 (0)20 3817 1609
| Victoria Howley +44 (0)20 3817 1657 |
Edelman Smithfield | Andrew Wilde +44 (0)7786 022 022 |
Jupiter Fund Management plc
LEI Number: 5493003DJ1G01IMQ7S28
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