Last checked at 13 Nov 2008 13:23
Results of Annual General Meeting
Close Brothers Group plc advises that all the resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting held today were duly passed on a show of hands. Resolutions 7, 8, 9 and 10 concerned special business and so are reported in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.18.
The following proxy votes were cast:-
| Ordinary resolutions | In Favour | Chairman's Discretion | Against | Votes Withheld | ||||
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| 1. | To receive and adopt the directors' report and financial statements. | 99,198,210 | 99.80 | 29,791 | 0.03 | 171,804 | 0.17 | 126,467 |
| 2. | To approve the directors' remuneration report. | 88,281,991 | 90.08 | 27,799 | 0.03 | 9,694,259 | 9.89 | 1,522,222 |
| 3. | To declare a final dividend. | 99,472,011 | 99.96 | 31,528 | 0.03 | 3,500 | 0.01 | 19,233 |
| 4. | (a) To re-elect Bruce Carnegie-Brown as a director of the company. | 97,333,134 | 98.70 | 30,573 | 0.03 | 1,256,747 | 1.27 | 905,818 |
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| (b) To re-elect Jamie Cayzer-Colvin as a director of the company. | 96,880,933 | 97.37 | 33,269 | 0.03 | 2,589,592 | 2.60 | 22,478 |
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| (c) To re-elect Jonathan Howell as a director of the company. | 97,731,035 | 98.22 | 34,273 | 0.03 | 1,738,486 | 1.75 | 22,478 |
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| (d) To re-elect Colin Keogh as a director of the company. | 97,508,115 | 97.99 | 35,373 | 0.04 | 1,956,946 | 1.97 | 25,838 |
| 5. | To re-appoint the auditors. | 99,302,469 | 99.80 | 29,903 | 0.03 | 172,489 | 0.17 | 21,411 |
| 6. | To authorise the directors of the company to agree the auditors' remuneration. | 99,081,980 | 99.58 | 250,811 | 0.25 | 172,508 | 0.17 | 20,973 |
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| 7. | To authorise the company to make market purchases as specified in the notice of Annual General Meeting. | 99,395,169 | 99.89 | 30,980 | 0.03 | 75,316 | 0.08 | 24,807 |
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| 8. | To renew the authority conferred by Article 7.1 of the Articles of Association and that the section 80 amount be £12,000,000. | 99,365,056 | 99.87 | 31,903 | 0.03 | 103,493 | 0.10 | 25,820 |
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| 9. | To renew the power conferred by Article 7.2 of the Articles of Association and that the section 89 amount be £1,800,000. | 99,451,236 | 99.96 | 32,221 | 0.03 | 14,899 | 0.01 | 27,888 |
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| 10. | To adopt new Articles of Association. | 99,192,720 | 99.85 | 33,303 | 0.03 | 115,096 | 0.12 | 185,153 |
NOTES:
The 'vote withheld' option was provided to enable shareholders to instruct their proxy not to vote on any particular resolution,
however it should be noted that a vote withheld in this way is not a 'vote' in law and therefore was not included in the calculation of the proportion of the vote 'In Favour' and 'Against' a resolution.
The current issued share capital of the company is 143,942,238 ordinary shares (excluding 5,530,928 treasury shares).
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 two copies of resolutions 7, 8, 9 and 10 have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS
Tel 020 7066 1000
Simon Watson
Deputy Company Secretary
13 November 2008
020 7655 3100