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Close Brothers Group plc
Results of 2011 Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 17 November 2011.
All resolutions were passed by the requisite majority on a show of hands; resolutions 1 to 16 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 19 as special resolutions.
The following proxy votes were cast in respect of the AGM resolutions:
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Ordinary Resolutions | Total Votes For | % | Total Votes Against | % | Total Votes Cast | % of Issued share capital | Votes Withheld |
1. | To receive the 2011 Annual Report and Accounts | 116,787,576 | 99.91 | 101,046 | 0.09 | 116,888,622 | 79.90 | 286 |
2. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 July 2011 | 83,677,451 | 75.98 | 26,454,719 | 24.02 | 110,132,170 | 75.29 | 6,756,737 |
3. | To authorise the payment of a final dividend on the ordinary shares of 26.5p per share for the year ended 31 July 2011 | 116,709,652 | 99.85 | 179,256 | 0.15 | 116,888,908 | 79.90 | 0 |
4. | To re-elect Strone Macpherson as a director | 116,124,991 | 99.36 | 751,075 | 0.64 | 116,876,066 | 79.89 | 12,842 |
5. | To re-elect Preben Prebensen as a director | 116,257,804 | 99.46 | 628,114 | 0.54 | 116,885,918 | 79.90 | 2,990 |
6. | To re-elect Stephen Hodges as a director | 116,223,634 | 99.43 | 664,490 | 0.57 | 116,888,124 | 79.90 | 784 |
7. | To re-elect Jonathan Howell as a director | 116,250,758 | 99.46 | 627,514 | 0.54 | 116,878,272 | 79.90 | 10,636 |
8. | To re-elect Bruce Carnegie-Brown as a director | 111,507,712 | 95.40 | 5,380,412 | 4.60 | 116,888,124 | 79.90 | 784 |
9. | To re-elect Jamie Cayzer-Colvin as a director | 115,794,288 | 99.07 | 1,089,630 | 0.93 | 116,883,918 | 79.90 | 4,990 |
10. | To re-elect Ray Greenshields as a director | 111,517,564 | 95.41 | 5,368,354 | 4.59 | 116,885,918 | 79.90 | 2,990 |
11. | To re-elect Douglas Paterson as a director | 111,505,746 | 95.40 | 5,372,526 | 4.60 | 116,878,272 | 79.90 | 10,636 |
12. | To re-elect Geoffrey Howe as a director | 112,595,057 | 96.34 | 4,279,735 | 3.66 | 116,874,792 | 79.89 | 14,116 |
13. | To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditors | 113,354,233 | 97.92 | 2,404,313 | 2.08 | 115,758,546 | 79.13 | 1,130,362 |
14. | To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors | 114,755,178 | 98.21 | 2,093,425 | 1.79 | 116,848,603 | 79.88 | 40,305 |
15. | To approve the establishment of the Sharesave Scheme 2011 | 116,218,307 | 99.70 | 344,225 | 0.30 | 116,562,532 | 79.68 | 326,376 |
16. | To authorise the Board to allot shares and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares (within prescribed limits) | 116,378,398 | 99.60 | 470,178 | 0.40 | 116,848,576 | 79.88 | 40,332 |
Special Resolutions | ||||||||
17. | That, if resolution 16 is passed, pre-emption rights are disapplied in relation to allotments of equity securities (within prescribed limits) | 116,623,666 | 99.78 | 259,790 | 0.22 | 116,883,456 | 79.90 | 5,452 |
18. | That the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised to make market purchases of its own shares (within prescribed limits) | 116,388,363 | 99.92 | 90,095 | 0.08 | 116,478,458 | 79.62 | 410,450 |
19. | That a general meeting except an AGM may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 114,433,812 | 97.90 | 2,450,293 | 2.10 | 116,884,105 | 79.90 | 4,803 |
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. At the date of the AGM the issued share capital of the Company is 146,284,926 ordinary shares (excluding 4,275,542 treasury shares).
John Hudspith
Assistant Company Secretary
17 November 2011
020-7655 3100