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Ordinary Resolutions |
Total Votes For |
% |
Total Votes Against |
% |
Total Votes Cast |
% of Issued share capital |
Votes Withheld |
1. |
To receive and adopt the 2014 Annual Report and Accounts |
111,637,243 |
99.94 |
70,590 |
0.06 |
111,707,833 |
74.95 |
261,824 |
2. |
To approve the Report of the Board on Directors' Remuneration (other than the part relating to the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the financial year ended 31 July 2014 |
98,981,807 |
89.01 |
12,220,881 |
10.99 |
111,202,688 |
74.61 |
766,968 |
3. |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy contained in the Report of the Board on Remuneration |
98,700,890 |
92.48 |
8,021,756 |
7.52 |
106,722,646 |
71.60 |
5,247,011 |
4. |
To authorise the payment of a final dividend on the ordinary shares of 32.5p per share for the year ended 31 July 2014 |
111,927,216 |
100.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
111,927,216 |
75.10 |
42,441 |
5. |
To re-appoint Strone Macpherson as a director |
111,552,105 |
99.66 |
375,677 |
0.34 |
111,927,782 |
75.10 |
41,875 |
6. |
To re-appoint Preben Prebensen as a director |
111,472,676 |
99.59 |
454,963 |
0.41 |
111,927,639 |
75.10 |
42,018 |
7. |
To re-appoint Stephen Hodges as a director |
111,350,716 |
99.48 |
576,923 |
0.52 |
111,927,639 |
75.10 |
42,018 |
8. |
To re-appoint Jonathan Howell as a director |
111,358,645 |
99.49 |
568,994 |
0.51 |
111,927,639 |
75.10 |
42,018 |
9. |
To re-appoint Elizabeth Lee as a director |
111,340,574 |
99.48 |
587,065 |
0.52 |
111,927,639 |
75.10 |
42,018 |
10. |
To re-appoint Geoffrey Howe as a director |
111,545,277 |
99.66 |
381,862 |
0.34 |
111,927,139 |
75.10 |
42,518 |
11. |
To appoint Oliver Corbett as a director |
111,545,153 |
99.67 |
371,760 |
0.33 |
111,916,913 |
75.09 |
52,744 |
12. |
To appoint Lesley Jones as a director |
111,543,745 |
99.67 |
373,168 |
0.33 |
111,916,913 |
75.09 |
52,744 |
13. |
To appoint Bridget Macaskill as a director |
110,867,430 |
99.41 |
654,860 |
0.59 |
111,522,290 |
74.82 |
447,367 |
14. |
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors |
108,799,417 |
97.59 |
2,691,722 |
2.41 |
111,491,139 |
74.80 |
478,518 |
15. |
To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors |
109,482,584 |
97.84 |
2,412,051 |
2.16 |
111,894,635 |
75.07 |
75,022 |
16. |
To approve and adopt the Close Brothers Group plc Share Incentive Plan |
111,871,541 |
99.96 |
47,335 |
0.04 |
111,918,876 |
75.09 |
50,781 |
17. |
To authorise the Board to allot shares and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares (within prescribed limits) |
111,241,386 |
99.39 |
680,583 |
0.61 |
111,921,969 |
75.09 |
47,688 |
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Special Resolutions |
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18. |
That, if resolution 17 is passed, pre-emption rights are disapplied in relation to allotments of equity securities (within prescribed limits) |
111,617,183 |
99.73 |
304,051 |
0.27 |
111,921,234 |
75.09 |
48,423 |
19. |
That the Company be generally and unconditionally authorized to make market purchases of its own shares (within prescribed limits) |
111,887,957 |
99.96 |
39,969 |
0.04 |
111,927,926 |
75.10 |
41,731 |
20. |
That a general meeting except an AGM may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice |
106,950,422 |
95.55 |
4,977,483 |
4.45 |
111,927,905 |
75.10 |
41,751 |