RATHBONES GROUP PLC (the "Company")
LEI: 213800MBTHM6UE8ZQP29
RESULTS OF THE 2025 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At the fifty-fourth Annual General Meeting('AGM') of the Company, held at 30 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7QN on Thursday 8 May 2025, all the resolutions proposed (which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 31 March 2025) 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 Meeting, a copy of which is on the Company's at www.rathbones.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/general-meetings . In accordance with UKLR 6.4.2R, a copy of the resolutions passed as special business will be submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .
The results of the poll are as follows:
| Resolution |
For |
% |
Against |
% |
Votes cast |
Votes cast as a % of the voting capital |
Withheld |
|
| 1 |
To adopt the report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 |
74,893,301 |
100.00 |
3,604 |
0.00 |
74,896,905 |
81.35% |
339,286 |
| 2 |
To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2024 |
73,280,156 |
97.84 |
1,615,488 |
2.16 |
74,895,644 |
81.35% |
340,547 |
| 3 |
To declare a final dividend of 63p per share for the year ended 31 December 2024 |
75,223,234 |
100.00 |
3,404 |
0.00 |
75,226,638 |
81.71% |
9,553 |
| 4 |
To re-elect Clive Bannister as a director |
73,448,268 |
97.64 |
1,777,256 |
2.36 |
75,225,524 |
81.71% |
10,666 |
| 5 |
To re-elect Paul Stockton as a director |
74,809,488 |
99.45 |
411,172 |
0.55 |
75,220,660 |
81.71% |
15,531 |
| 6 |
To re-elect Iain Hooley as a director |
74,908,368 |
99.58 |
312,568 |
0.42 |
75,220,936 |
81.71% |
15,255 |
| 7 |
To re-elect Iain Cummings as a director |
74,495,632 |
99.04 |
725,003 |
0.96 |
75,220,635 |
81.71% |
15,555 |
| 8 |
To re-elect Terri Duhon as a director |
72,156,329 |
95.92 |
3,068,295 |
4.08 |
75,224,624 |
81.71% |
11,566 |
| 9 |
To re-elect Sarah Gentleman as a director |
70,599,261 |
93.87 |
4,607,536 |
6.13 |
75,206,797 |
81.69% |
29,392 |
| 10 |
To re-elect Dharmash Mistry as a director |
73,589,588 |
97.83 |
1,633,047 |
2.17 |
75,222,635 |
81.71% |
13,555 |
| 11 |
To re-elect Henrietta Baldock as a director |
70,935,633 |
94.30 |
4,284,403 |
5.70 |
75,220,036 |
81.71% |
16,155 |
| 12 |
To re-elect Ruth Leas as a director |
70,877,440 |
94.23 |
4,342,596 |
5.77 |
75,220,036 |
81.71% |
16,155 |
| 13 |
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the company |
74,682,371 |
99.69 |
230,029 |
0.31 |
74,912,400 |
81.37% |
323,791 |
| 14 |
To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors |
75,036,642 |
99.75 |
189,996 |
0.25 |
75,226,638 |
81.71% |
9,553 |
| 15 |
To approve an authority to make political donations and to incur political expenditure |
72,710,391 |
96.75 |
2,444,322 |
3.25 |
75,154,713 |
81.63% |
81,478 |
| 16 |
To approve a general authority to allot ordinary shares |
71,038,103 |
94.44 |
4,181,595 |
5.56 |
75,219,698 |
81.71% |
16,492 |
| 17 |
To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights |
73,694,800 |
97.99 |
1,510,542 |
2.01 |
75,205,342 |
81.69% |
30,849 |
| 18 |
To further authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights regarding shares issued in connection with an acquisition or capital investment |
71,037,726 |
94.46 |
4,167,616 |
5.54 |
75,205,342 |
81.69% |
30,849 |
| 19 |
To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares |
75,208,384 |
99.99 |
5,065 |
0.01 |
75,213,449 |
81.70% |
22,802 |
| 20 |
That the share premium account of the company be cancelled |
75,104,220 |
99.87 |
96,236 |
0.13 |
75,200,456 |
81.68% |
35,735 |
| 21 |
To authorise the convening of a general meeting (other than the AGM) of not less than 14 days' notice |
72,238,255 |
96.04 |
2,981,494 |
3.96 |
75,219,749 |
81.71% |
16,442 |
For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes cast are expressed as a percentage of 92,061,919 ordinary shares. A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a resolution.
Ali Johnson
Group Company Secretary
Email: CompanySecretariat@rathbones.com
Tel: 07901 118456