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Close Brothers Group PLC
15 November 2018
Close Brothers Group plc
Results of 2018 Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 15
November 2018.
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 Issued
Total Votes Votes Total Votes share Votes
Ordinary Resolutions For % For Against % Against Cast capital Withheld
To receive and adopt
the 2018 Annual
Report and Accounts
and the Auditor's
1. Report 119,065,339 100.00% 100 0.00% 119,065,439 78.79% 271,481
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To approve the
Directors'
Remuneration
Report for the
financial year ended
2. 31 July 2018 117,624,646 98.58% 1,697,527 1.42% 119,322,173 78.96% 14,746
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To authorise the
payment of a final
dividend on the
ordinary shares
of 42p per share for
the year ended
3. 31 July 2018 119,336,820 100.00% 100 0.00% 119,336,920 78.97% 0
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To reappoint Mike
4. Biggs as a director 117,602,509 98.55% 1,727,039 1.45% 119,329,548 78.96% 7,021
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To reappoint Preben
Prebensen as
5. a director 118,917,943 99.65% 415,160 0.35% 119,333,103 78.96% 3,467
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To reappoint Elizabeth
Lee as a
6. director 118,912,546 99.65% 418,617 0.35% 119,331,163 78.96% 5,407
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To reappoint Oliver
Corbett as a
7. director 118,863,076 99.61% 468,087 0.39% 119,331,163 78.96% 5,407
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To reappoint Geoffrey
Howe as a
8. director 118,928,018 99.62% 448,735 0.38% 119,376,753 78.99% 15,774
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To reappoint Lesley
9. Jones as a director 118,867,799 99.62% 451,162 0.38% 119,318,961 78.95% 17,609
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To reappoint Bridget
Macaskill as
10. a director 118,754,524 99.52% 576,639 0.48% 119,331,163 78.96% 5,407
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To appoint Mike Morgan
11. as a director 118,907,628 99.65% 415,260 0.35% 119,322,888 78.96% 13,682
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To reappoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers
12. LLP as auditor 119,313,661 99.99% 6,029 0.01% 119,319,690 78.96% 16,880
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To authorise the
directors to determine
the remuneration of
13. the auditor 119,307,241 99.98% 27,601 0.02% 119,334,842 78.97% 2,078
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To approve amendments
to the Close
Brothers Omnibus Share
Incentive
14. Plan 115,442,970 96.70% 3,936,289 3.30% 119,379,259 78.99% 13,617
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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
15. prescribed limits) 114,100,643 95.62% 5,230,874 4.38% 119,331,517 78.96% 5,403
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16. To authorise the Board
to allot
shares and to grant
rights to subscribe
for or convert any
security into
shares in relation to
the issue
of AT1 Securities
(within prescribed
limits) 118,478,433 99.29% 849,983 0.71% 119,328,416 78.96% 7,253
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Special Resolutions
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That, if resolution 15
is passed,
pre-emption rights are
disapplied
in relation to
allotments of equity
securities up to 5% of
issued share
17. capital 118,737,418 99.50% 595,059 0.50% 119,332,477 78.96% 4,093
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That, if resolution 15
is passed,
pre-emption rights are
disapplied
in relation to
allotments of equity
securities up to a
further 5% of
18. issued share capital 110,898,373 92.93% 8,431,633 7.07% 119,330,006 78.96% 6,563
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That, if resolution 16
is passed,
pre-emption rights are
disapplied
in relation to
allotments of equity
securities arising
from the issue
19. of any AT1 Securities 117,983,841 98.87% 1,347,365 1.13% 119,331,206 78.96% 5,363
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That the Company be
generally and
unconditionally
authorised to make
market purchases of
its own shares
(within prescribed
20. limits) 118,557,587 99.37% 754,431 0.63% 119,312,018 78.95% 24,551
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That a general meeting
except an
annual general meeting
may be called
on not less than 14
clear days'
21. notice 115,806,361 97.04% 3,529,747 2.96% 119,336,108 78.97% 812
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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. For the purposes of the AGM the issued share capital of the
Company was 151,123,475 ordinary shares (excluding 936,815 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
5. Following the AGM and as announced on 27 June 2018, Mike
Morgan has succeeded Jonathan Howell as Group Finance Director.
John Hudspith
Deputy Company Secretary
Close Brothers Group plc
LEI code: 213800W73SYHR14I3X91
15 November 2018
020 7655 3100
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