RNS Number : 5105P
Close Brothers Group PLC
17 November 2016
 

Close Brothers Group plc

 

Results of 2016 Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 17 November 2016.

 

All resolutions were passed by the requisite majority on a show of hands; resolutions 1 to 14 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 18 as special resolutions.

 

The following proxy votes were cast in respect of the AGM resolutions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ordinary Resolutions

Total Votes For

%

Total Votes Against

%

Total Votes Cast

% of Issued share capital

Votes Withheld

1.

To receive and adopt the 2016 Annual Report and Accounts and the Directors' and Auditor's Reports

118,133,507

99.77

271,872

0.23

118,405,379

79.20

29,527

2.

To approve the Report of the Board on Directors' Remuneration for the financial year ended 31 July 2016

104,649,524

93.94

6,747,162

6.06

111,396,686

74.51

7,038,220

3.

To authorise the payment of a final dividend on the ordinary shares of 38.0p per share for the year ended 31 July 2016

118,432,806

99.99

100

0.01

118,432,906

79.22

2,000

4.

To re-appoint Strone Macpherson as a director

117,489,634

99.20

941,897

0.80

118,431,531

79.21

3,375

5.

To re-appoint Preben Prebensen as a director

117,659,010

99.35

771,511

0.65

118,430,521

79.21

4,385

6.

To re-appoint Jonathan Howell as a director

117,656,182

99.35

771,711

0.65

118,427,893

79.21

7,013

7.

To re-appoint Elizabeth Lee as a director

117,643,769

99.34

784,264

0.66

118,428,033

79.21

6,873

8.

To re-appoint Oliver Corbett as a director

117,926,256

99.58

495,073

0.42

118,421,329

79.21

13,577

9.

To re-appoint Geoffrey Howe as a director

117,991,508

99.63

437,173

0.37

118,428,681

79.21

6,225

10.

To re-appoint Lesley Jones as a director

117,965,829

99.61

459,278

0.39

118,425,107

79.21

9,799

11.

To re-appoint Bridget Macaskill as a director

118,004,594

99.64

425,439

0.36

118,430,033

79.21

4,873

12.

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors

115,160,732

99.27

849,942

0.73

116,010,674

77.60

2,424,232

13.

To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors

118,224,873

99.82

208,033

0.18

118,432,906

79.22

2,000

14.

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

116,775,671

98.60

1,654,710

1.40

118,430,381

79.21

4,525











Special Resolutions








15.

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

117,870,092

99.53

558,619

0.47

118,428,711

79.21

6,195

16.

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 for financing an acquisition or capital investment

105,524,467

89.11

12,901,604

10.89

118,426,071

79.21

8,835

17.

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

115,733,178

97.72

2,699,153

2.28

118,432,331

79.21

2,575

18

.

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

114,017,835

96.27

4,415,309

3.73

118,433,144

79.22

1,761

 

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 was 149,972,890 ordinary shares (excluding 670,838 treasury shares).

 

 

John Hudspith

Deputy Company Secretary

17 November 2016

 

020-7655 3100

 

 


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