Charter Court Financial Svs Grp PLC RESULTS OF 2018 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (5778O)

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RNS Number : 5778O

Charter Court Financial Svs Grp PLC

18 May 2018

18 May 2018

RESULTS OF 2018 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM)

Charter Court Financial Services Group plc (the "Company") announces the results of its AGM held on Wednesday 16 May 2018.

All resolutions were passed by the requisite majority on a poll; resolutions 1 to 16 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 20 as special resolutions.

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

 
       Resolution        Total Votes     %        Total Votes     %      Total votes     % of issued     Votes 
                         for                      against                cast            share capital   withheld 
       To receive the 
       2017 Report and 
 1.    Accounts            203,942,079   100.00               0   0.00     203,942,079           85.28          27,516 
       To approve the 
       Directors' 
       Remuneration 
 2.    Policy              200,889,991    98.50       3,067,022   1.50     203,957,013           85.29          12,582 
 3.    To approve the      200,306,308    98.45       3,161,570   1.55     203,467,878           85.09         501,716 
       Annual Report 
       on Remuneration 
 4.    To elect Sir        203,902,137    99.97          67,458   0.03     203,969,595           85.30               0 
       Malcolm 
       Williamson as a 
       Director 
       To elect Ian 
       Lonergan as a 
 5.    Director            203,969,596   100.00               0   0.00     203,969,596           85.30               0 
 6.    To elect            203,969,596   100.00               0   0.00     203,969,596           85.30               0 
       Sebastien 
       Maloney as a 
       Director 
       To elect Peter 
       Elcock as a 
 7.    Director            203,969,596   100.00               0   0.00     203,969,596           85.30               0 
       To elect Philip 
       Jenks as a 
 8.    Director            203,969,596   100.00               0   0.00     203,969,596           85.30               0 
  9.   To elect            203,969,596   100.00               0   0.00     203,969,596           85.30               0 
       Noël 
       Harwerth as a 
       Director 
       To elect Ian 
       Ward as a 
 10.   Director            203,590,719    99.81         378,876   0.19     203,969,595           85.30               0 
       To elect Tim 
       Brooke as a 
 11.   Director            203,969,596   100.00               0   0.00     203,969,596           85.30               0 
       To elect Rajan 
       Kapoor as a 
 12.   Director            203,969,596   100.00               0   0.00     203,969,596           85.30               0 
       To re-appoint 
       Deloitte LLP as 
 13.   Auditor             203,890,679   100.00               0   0.00     203,890,679           85.26          78,916 
 14.   To authorise        203,969,596   100.00               0   0.00     203,969,596           85.30               0 
       the Audit 
       Committee to 
       agree the 
       auditor's 
       remuneration. 
 15.   To authorise        201,072,414    98.58       2,892,182   1.42     203,964,596           85.29           5,000 
       the Company to 
       make limited 
       political 
       donations and 
       political 
       expenditure of 
       not more than 
       GBP50,000 in 
       total 
 16.   To authorise        203,969,596   100.00               0   0.00     203,969,596           85.30               0 
       the Directors 
       to allot 
       shares, up to a 
       limited amount 
 17.   To authorise        203,969,596   100.00               0   0.00     203,969,596           85.30               0 
       the Directors 
       to allot shares 
       and sell 
       treasury shares 
       for cash, 
       without making 
       a pre-emptive 
       offer to 
       shareholders 
  18   To authorise        199,817,837    97.96       4,151,758   2.04     203,969,595           85.30               0 
       the Directors 
       to allot 
       additional 
       shares and sell 
       treasury shares 
       for cash, 
       without 
       making a 
       pre-emptive 
       offer to 
       shareholders, 
       in line with 
       recommendations 
       of the 
       Pre-Emption 
       Group 
  19   To authorise        203,902,096    99.97          67,499   0.03     203,969,595           85.30               0 
       the Company to 
       purchase its 
       own shares 
  20   To authorise        203,637,177    99.84         332,419   0.16     203,969,596           85.30               0 
       the calling of 
       general 
       meetings (other 
       than an annual 
       general 
       meeting) by 
       notice 
       of not less 
       than 14 clear 
       days 
 

VOTES OF INDEPENDENT SHAREHOLDERS ON THE RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE ELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

 
       Resolution      Total Votes      %        Total Votes     %      Total votes     % of issued     Votes withheld 
                       for                       against                cast            share capital 
       To elect Noel 
  9.   Harwerth           113,258,250   100.00               0   0.00     113,258,250           76.31                0 
       To elect Ian 
 10.   Ward               112,879,373    99.67         378,876   0.33     113,258,249           76.31                0 
       To elect Tim 
 11.   Brooke             113,258,250   100.00               0   0.00     113,258,250           76.31                0 
       To elect 
 12.   Rajan Kapoor       113,258,250   100.00               0   0.00     113,258,250           76.31                0 
 

A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.

All percentages are shown to two decimal places.

The total number of voting rights in issue as at close of business on 16 May 2018 was 239,130,419.

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting will also be available on the Charter Court Financial Services Group PLC website at https://www.chartercourtfs.co.uk/InvestorCentre/AGMInformation

The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Charter Court Financial Services Group plc website at https://www.chartercourtfs.co.uk/InvestorCentre/AGMInformation

Enquiries:

CHARTER COURT FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP PLC

Dianne Malsbury, Company Secretariat

01902 625903

CITGATE DEWE ROGERSON

Sandra Novakov

Michael Russell

020 7638 9571

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