Rathbone Brothers PLC Result of AGM (5687Y)

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RNS Number : 5687Y

Rathbone Brothers PLC

09 May 2019

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC ('Rathbones')

RESULTS OF THE 2019 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LISTING RULE 9.6.18

At the forty-eighth Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 8 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7AZ on Thursday 9 May 2019, all the resolutions proposed (which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 4 April 2019) were passed on a poll.

Resolutions 1 to 16 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 21 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 www.rathbones.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/general-meetings . 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:

 
      Resolution                         For          %        Against     %       Votes cast   Votes         Withheld 
                                                                                                 cast as 
                                                                                                 a % of 
                                                                                                 the voting 
                                                                                                 capital 
      To adopt the report and accounts 
       for the year ended 31 December 
 1     2018                              45,845,945    99.99       3,444    0.01   45,849,389        82.87%     91,840 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To approve the directors' 
      remuneration 
      report for the year ended 31 
 2    December 2018                      38,445,773    84.33   7,146,545   15.67   45,592,318        82.41%    348,910 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To declare a final dividend 
       of 42p per share for the year 
 3     ended 31 December 2018            45,929,030    99.99       3,444    0.01   45,932,474        83.02%      8,755 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To re-elect Mark Nicholls as 
 4     a director                        45,722,373    99.67     152,335    0.33   45,874,708        82.92%     66,496 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To re-elect Paul Stockton as 
 5     a director                        45,861,947    99.86      64,413    0.14   45,926,360        83.01%     14,844 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To elect Colin Clark as a 
 6    director                           45,767,354    99.85      68,356    0.15   45,835,710        82.85%    105,494 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To re-elect James Dean as a 
 7     director                          44,496,952    97.08   1,338,008    2.92   45,834,960        82.85%    106,244 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To elect Terri Duhon as a 
 8    director                           45,767,354    99.85      68,795    0.15   45,836,149        82.85%    105,055 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To re-elect Sarah Gentleman 
 9     as a director                     45,158,421    98.48     696,078    1.52   45,854,499        82.88%     86,705 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To elect Jennifer Mathias as 
 10    a director                        45,712,226    99.69     143,112    0.31   45,855,338        82.89%     85,866 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To re-elect Jim Pettigrew as 
 11    a director                        45,677,700    99.69     141,189    0.31   45,818,889        82.82%    122,315 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To appoint Deloitte LLP as 
      auditors 
 12   of the company                     45,540,251    99.19     373,907    0.81   45,914,158        82.99%     27,071 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To authorise the audit committee 
       to agree the remuneration of 
 13    the auditors                      45,396,128    99.00     456,631    1.00   45,852,759        82.88%     88,470 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To adopt the Rathbone Brothers 
       Savings Related Option Plan 
 14    2019                              45,800,960    99.74     120,615    0.26   45,921,575        83.01%     19,654 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To approve an authority to make 
      political donations and to incur 
 15   political expenditure              45,068,867    99.54     208,762    0.46   45,277,629        81.84%    663,575 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To approve a general authority 
 16    to allot ordinary shares          44,316,612    96.66   1,529,908    3.34   45,846,520        82.87%     94,709 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To authorise the disapplication 
 17    of pre-emption rights             45,717,734    99.77     107,052    0.23   45,824,786        82.83%    116,443 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To further authorise the 
      disapplication 
      of pre-emption rights regarding 
      shares issued in connection 
      with an acquisition or capital 
 18   investment                         42,145,896    91.97   3,680,112    8.03   45,826,008        82.83%    115,220 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To authorise market purchases 
 19    of ordinary shares                45,224,754    98.53     674,715    1.47   45,899,469        82.97%     41,759 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To adopt an amended set of 
      Articles 
 20   of Association                     45,482,937   100.00       1,039    0.00   45,483,976        82.21%    457,253 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To authorise the convening of 
       a general meeting (other than 
       the AGM) of not less than 14 
 21    days' notice                      45,176,674    98.52     677,204    1.48   45,853,878        82.88%     87,351 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
 

For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes cast are expressed as a percentage of 55,323,758 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

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