Rathbone Brothers Rathbone Brothers Plc : Result Of Agm

 
TIDMRAT 
 
   RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC ('Rathbones') 
 
   RESULTS OF THE 2017 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 
 
   NOTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LISTING RULE 9.6.18 
 
   At the forty-sixth Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 8 
Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7AZ on Thursday 11 May 2017, all the 
resolutions proposed (which were contained in the Notice of Meeting 
dated 7 April 2017) were passed on a poll. 
 
   Resolutions 1 to 15 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 18 
were special resolutions. 
 
   The full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual 
General Meeting, a copy of which is on the Company's website at 
http://www.rathbones.com/investor-relations/governance. A copy has also 
been made available for inspection through the National Storage 
Mechanism which can be found at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. 
 
   The results of the poll were as follows: 
 
 
 
 
                                                                                                                Votes 
                                                                                                              cast as 
                                                                                                               a % of 
                                                                                                                  the 
                                                                                                               voting 
    Resolution                                                     For       %    Against      %  Votes cast  capital   Withheld 
    To adopt the report and accounts for the year ended 
1    31 December 2016                                       41,267,109   99.94     23,101   0.06  41,290,210   81.45%     57,490 
    To approve the directors' remuneration report for 
2    the year ended 31 December 2016                        38,555,276   96.20  1,524,379   3.80  40,079,655   79.06%  1,268,045 
    To declare a final dividend of 36p per share for the 
3    year ended 31 December 2016                            41,319,949  100.00      1,101   0.00  41,321,050   81.51%     26,650 
4   To re-elect Mark Nicholls as a director                 41,159,189   99.92     34,032   0.08  41,193,221   81.25%    154,479 
5   To re-elect Philip Howell as a director                 41,180,192   99.80     84,203   0.20  41,264,395   81.39%     83,305 
6   To re-elect Paul Stockton as a director                 41,311,229   99.99      4,815   0.01  41,316,044   81.50%     31,656 
7   To re-elect James Dean as a director                    41,298,540   99.99      2,162   0.01  41,300,702   81.47%     46,998 
8   To elect Sarah Gentleman as a director                  41,295,940   99.99      2,162   0.01  41,298,102   81.46%     49,598 
9   To re-elect Kathryn Matthews as a director              41,265,018   99.92     34,535   0.08  41,299,553   81.46%     48,147 
10  To elect Jim Pettigrew as a director                    40,283,499   99.91     36,794   0.09  40,320,293   79.53%  1,027,407 
11  To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company       40,454,186   98.87    464,036   1.13  40,918,222   80.71%    429,478 
12  To authorise the directors to agree the remuneration    41,278,577   99.93     27,563   0.07  41,306,140   81.48%     41,560 
     of the auditors 
13  To approve an authority to make political donations     39,888,925   98.25    712,361   1.75  40,601,286   80.09%    746,414 
     and to incur political expenditure 
14  To approve a general authority to allot ordinary        39,431,880   95.45  1,879,553   4.55  41,311,433   81.49%     36,267 
    shares 
15  To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights   40,703,522   98.55    598,648   1.45  41,302,170   81.47%     45,530 
16  To further authorise the disapplication of pre-emption  36,911,698   89.36  4,394,828  10.64  41,306,526   81.48%     41,174 
     rights regarding shares issued in connection with 
     an acquisition or capital investment 
17  To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares        40,494,219   98.01    820,281   1.99  41,314,500   81.49%     33,200 
18  To authorise the convening of a general meeting (other  40,875,827   98.95    434,673   1.05  41,310,500   81.49%     37,200 
     than the AGM) or not less than 14 days' notice 
 
 
   For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes 
cast are expressed as a percentage of 50,696,817 ordinary shares.  A 
vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote 
"for" or "against" a resolution.  In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, 
a copy of the resolutions passed at today's AGM will be submitted to the 
National Storage Mechanism. 
 
   Ali Johnson 
 
   Company Secretary 
 
   Tel: [phone] 
 
   This announcement is distributed by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions on behalf 
of Nasdaq Corporate Solutions clients. 
 
   The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely 
responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information 
contained therein. 
 
   Source: Rathbone Brothers Plc via Globenewswire 
 
 
  http://www.rathbones.com/ 
 

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