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Result of AGM

21 Nov 2019 15:49

RNS Number : 2722U
Close Brothers Group PLC
21 November 2019
 

Close Brothers Group plc

 

Results of 2019 Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 21 November 2019.

 

All resolutions were passed by the requisite majority by a poll vote; resolutions 1 to 15 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 20 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 2019 Annual Report and Accounts and the Auditor's Report

123,640,497

100.00%

126

0.00%

123,640,623

81.81%

266,602

2.

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 July 2019

120,589,202

98.96%

1,264,588

1.04%

121,853,790

80.63%

2,053,435

3.

To authorise the payment of a final dividend on the ordinary shares of 44p per share for the year ended 31 July 2019

123,906,215

100.00%

0

0.00%

123,906,215

81.99%

1,010

4.

To reappoint Mike Biggs as a director

120,755,770

98.74%

1,541,127

1.26%

122,296,897

80.92%

1,610,328

5.

To reappoint Preben Prebensen as a director

121,964,984

99.70%

362,470

0.30%

122,327,454

80.94%

1,579,771

6.

To reappoint Mike Morgan as a director

123,394,719

99.59%

507,556

0.41%

123,902,275

81.98%

4,950

7.

To reappoint Oliver Corbett as a director

123,418,208

99.61%

482,357

0.39%

123,900,565

81.98%

6,660

8.

To reappoint Peter Duffy as a director

123,868,094

99.98%

29,971

0.02%

123,898,065

81.98%

9,160

9.

To reappoint Geoffrey Howe as a director

123,425,772

99.62%

476,975

0.38%

123,902,747

81.99%

4,478

10.

To reappoint Lesley Jones as a director

123,428,704

99.62%

472,333

0.38%

123,901,037

81.98%

6,188

11.

To reappoint Bridget Macaskill as a director

121,451,523

99.28%

877,402

0.72%

122,328,925

80.94%

1,578,300

12.

To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor

123,887,876

99.99%

11,334

0.01%

123,899,210

81.98%

8,015

13.

To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor

123,872,996

99.98%

30,307

0.02%

123,903,303

81.99%

3,922

14.

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

118,837,476

95.92%

5,056,732

4.08%

123,894,208

81.98%

13,017

15.

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)

122,266,893

98.69%

1,624,410

1.31%

123,891,303

81.98%

15,172

Special Resolutions

16.

That, if resolution 14 is passed, pre-emption rights are disapplied in relation to allotments of equity securities up to 5% of issued share capital

122,969,524

99.26%

921,504

0.74%

123,891,028

81.98%

16,197

17.

That, if resolution 14 is passed, pre-emption rights are disapplied in relation to allotments of equity securities up to a further 5% of issued share capital

113,615,531

91.71%

10,276,380

8.29%

123,891,911

81.98%

15,314

18.

That, if resolution 15 is passed, pre-emption rights are disapplied in relation to allotments of equity securities arising from the issue of any AT1 Securities

119,100,325

96.13%

4,792,885

3.87%

123,893,210

81.98%

14,015

19.

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

123,149,807

99.41%

726,842

0.59%

123,876,649

81.97%

30,576

20.

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

120,737,239

97.44%

3,168,849

2.56%

123,906,088

81.99%

1,137

 

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 151,128,451 ordinary shares (excluding 931,839 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

 

 

John Hudspith

Deputy Company Secretary

Close Brothers Group plc

 

LEI code: 213800W73SYHR14I3X91

21 November 2019

020 385 76059

 

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