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RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC ('Rathbones')
RESULTS OF THE 2020 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LISTING RULE 9.6.18
At the forty-ninth Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 8 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7AZ on Thursday 7 May 2020, all the resolutions proposed (which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 15 April 2020) were passed on a poll.
Resolutions 1 to 15 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 19 were special resolutions.
The full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, a copy of which is on the Company's website at www.rathbones.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/general-meetings . A copy has also been made available for inspection through the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism which can be found at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
The results of the poll were as follows:
Resolution | For | % | Against | % | Votes cast | Votes cast as a % of the voting capital | Withheld | |
1 | To adopt the report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019 | 44,196,199 | 99.99 | 6,392 | 0.01 | 44,287,991 | 78.46 | 85,400 |
2 | To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2019 | 39,330,020 | 88.82 | 4,952,879 | 11.18 | 44,287,992 | 78.46 | 5,093 |
3 | To declare a final dividend of 45p per share for the year ended 31 December 2019 | 44,283,741 | 100.00 | 935 | 0.00 | 44,287,992 | 78.46 | 3,316 |
4 | To re-elect Mark Nicholls as a director | 43,639,476 | 98.55 | 642,462 | 1.45 | 44,287,991 | 78.46 | 6,053 |
5 | To re-elect Paul Stockton as a director | 44,227,579 | 99.87 | 59,678 | 0.13 | 44,287,992 | 78.46 | 735 |
6 | To re-elect Jennifer Mathias as a director | 44,209,272 | 99.84 | 72,648 | 0.16 | 44,287,992 | 78.46 | 6,072 |
7 | To re-elect Colin Clark as a director | 44,174,196 | 99.76 | 104,659 | 0.24 | 44,287,992 | 78.46 | 9,137 |
8 | To re-elect James Dean as a director | 44,174,196 | 99.76 | 104,659 | 0.24 | 44,287,992 | 78.46 | 9,137 |
9 | To re-elect Terri Duhon as a director | 44,174,196 | 99.76 | 104,659 | 0.24 | 44,287,992 | 78.46 | 9,137 |
10 | To re-elect Sarah Gentleman as a director | 43,595,726 | 98.46 | 683,129 | 1.54 | 44,287,992 | 78.46 | 9,137 |
11 | To re-elect Jim Pettigrew as a director | 44,132,864 | 99.68 | 141,991 | 0.32 | 44,287,992 | 78.46 | 13,137 |
12 | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the company | 43,896,053 | 99.15 | 376,788 | 0.85 | 44,287,992 | 78.46 | 15,151 |
13 | To authorise the audit committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors | 43,898,337 | 99.15 | 374,504 | 0.85 | 44,287,992 | 78.46 | 15,151 |
14 | To approve an authority to make political donations and to incur political expenditure | 43,355,964 | 98.11 | 836,313 | 1.89 | 44,287,992 | 78.46 | 95,715 |
15 | To approve a general authority to allot ordinary shares | 40,256,528 | 90.94 | 4,009,909 | 9.06 | 44,287,992 | 78.46 | 21,555 |
16 | To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights | 43,832,753 | 99.04 | 426,310 | 0.96 | 44,287,992 | 78.46 | 28,929 |
17 | To further authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights regarding shares issued in connection with an acquisition or capital investment | 39,691,569 | 89.67 | 4,570,093 | 10.33 | 44,287,991 | 78.46 | 26,329 |
18 | To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares | 43,577,447 | 98.46 | 683,541 | 1.54 | 44,287,991 | 78.46 | 27,003 |
19 | To authorise the convening of a general meeting (other than the AGM) of not less than 14 days' notice | 43,517,596 | 98.30 | 752,755 | 1.70 | 44,287,992 | 78.46 | 17,641 |
For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes cast are expressed as a percentage of 56,449,106 ordinary shares. A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a resolution. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed at today's AGM will be submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism.
Ali Johnson
Company Secretary
CompanySecretariat@rathbones.com
Tel: 020 7399 0326