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Close Brothers Group PLC
16 November 2017
Close Brothers Group plc
Results of 2017 Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 16
November 2017.
All resolutions were passed by the requisite majority by a poll
vote; resolutions 1 to 16 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions
17 to 21 as special resolutions.
The following votes were cast in respect of the AGM
resolutions:
% of
Total Total Total Issued
Votes Votes Votes share Votes
Ordinary Resolutions For % For Against % Against Cast capital Withheld
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To receive and adopt the
2017 Annual Report and
Accounts
1. and the Auditor's Report 119,207,016 99.93% 78,309 0.07% 119,285,325 78.60% 161,566
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To approve the Directors'
Remuneration Report for
the financial year ended
2. 31 July 2017 115,902,091 99.23% 896,955 0.77% 116,799,046 76.96% 2,647,845
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To approve the Directors'
Remuneration Policy
contained
in the Directors'
Remuneration
3. Report 115,948,606 97.08% 3,487,263 2.92% 119,435,869 78.70% 11,022
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To authorise the payment
of a final dividend on
the
ordinary shares of 40p
per
share for the year ended
4. 31 July 2017 119,446,371 100.00% 520 0.00% 119,446,891 78.70% 0
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To reappoint Mike Biggs
5. as a director 115,739,711 96.90% 3,702,505 3.10% 119,442,216 78.70% 4,675
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To reappoint Preben
Prebensen
6. as a director 118,708,694 99.39% 733,522 0.61% 119,442,216 78.70% 4,675
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To reappoint Jonathan
Howell
7. as a director 118,609,348 99.30% 834,018 0.70% 119,443,366 78.70% 3,525
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To reappoint Elizabeth
Lee
8. as a director 118,696,664 99.38% 736,230 0.62% 119,432,894 78.69% 13,997
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To reappoint Oliver
Corbett
9. as a director 119,007,115 99.64% 434,801 0.36% 119,441,916 78.70% 4,975
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To reappoint Geoffrey
Howe
10. as a director 119,001,752 99.64% 428,812 0.36% 119,430,564 78.69% 16,327
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To reappoint Lesley Jones
11. as a director 119,016,607 99.64% 426,459 0.36% 119,443,066 78.70% 3,825
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To reappoint Bridget
Macaskill
12. as a director 118,657,639 99.35% 775,575 0.65% 119,433,214 78.69% 13,677
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To appoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers
13. LLP as auditor 119,399,426 99.97% 37,602 0.03% 119,437,028 78.70% 9,863
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To authorise the
directors
to determine the
remuneration
14. of the auditor 119,413,001 99.97% 31,320 0.03% 119,444,321 78.70% 2,570
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If resolution 3 is
passed,
to approve the updated
Close
Brothers Omnibus Share
Incentive
15. Plan 116,008,935 97.13% 3,422,325 2.87% 119,431,260 78.69% 15,631
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To authorise the Board to
allot shares and to grant
rights to subscribe for
or convert any security
into shares (within
prescribed
16. limits) 114,459,624 95.83% 4,978,135 4.17% 119,437,759 78.70% 9,132
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Special Resolutions
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That, if resolution 16 is
passed, pre-emption
rights
are disapplied in
relation
to allotments of equity
securities up to 5% of
issued
17. share capital 118,911,446 99.56% 525,763 0.44% 119,437,209 78.70% 9,682
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That, if resolution 16 is
passed, pre-emption
rights
are disapplied in
relation
to allotments of equity
securities up to a
further
5% of issued share
18. capital 101,927,202 85.34% 17,510,007 14.66% 119,437,209 78.70% 9,682
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That the Company be
generally
and unconditionally
authorised
to make market purchases
of its own shares (within
19. prescribed limits) 116,535,832 97.59% 2,883,047 2.41% 119,418,879 78.68% 162,916
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That a general meeting
except
an AGM may be called on
not less than 14 clear
days'
20. notice 116,208,593 97.31% 3,215,420 2.69% 119,424,013 78.69% 22,878
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That, subject to Court
approval,
GBP307,762,365.31
standing
to the credit of the
share
premium account be
cancelled
and credited to
distributable
21. profits 119,437,872 100.00% 1,728 0.00% 119,439,600 78.70% 7,291
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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 151,770,022 ordinary shares (excluding 290,268 treasury
shares).
4. The full text of the resolutions is detailed in the Notice of
Meeting to be found on the Company website at
www.closebrothers.com/investor-relations/shareholder-information/annual-general-meeting
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