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Close Brothers Group PLC
16 November 2023
Close Brothers Group plc
AGM Results and Statement
At the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of Close Brothers Group
plc (the "Company") held on 16 November 2023 at 11.00am, all
resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed on a poll with the
required majorities. The full text of each resolution is contained
in the Notice of Annual General Meeting (the "Notice"). Resolutions
1 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 17 to 22
were passed as special resolutions.
The following votes were cast in respect of the AGM
resolutions:
Total Votes % For Total Votes % Against Total Votes % of Issued Votes
For Against Cast Share Withheld
Capital
Voted
Ordinary Resolutions
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To receive and adopt
the Company's
2023 Annual Report and
1. Accounts. 123,592,131 100.00 1,752 0.00 123,593,883 82.14% 269,181
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To approve the
Directors'
Remuneration
Report for the
financial year ended
2. 31 July 2023. 118,111,830 95.36 5,740,696 4.64 123,852,526 82.31% 10,040
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To authorise the
payment of a final
dividend of 45.0 pence
3. per share. 122,711,082 99.07 1,147,646 0.93 123,858,728 82.31% 4,336
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To elect Kari Hale as
a Director
4. of the Company. 123,840,219 99.99 7,259 0.01 123,847,478 82.31% 15,088
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To re-elect Mike Biggs
as a Director
5. of the Company. 115,926,982 93.60 7,922,972 6.40 123,849,954 82.31% 12,612
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To re-elect Adrian
Sainsbury as
a Director of the
6. Company. 123,840,087 99.99 13,189 0.01 123,853,276 82.31% 9,290
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To re-elect Mike
Morgan as a Director
7. of the Company. 123,792,215 99.95 56,881 0.05 123,849,096 82.31% 13,470
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To re-elect Peter
Duffy as a Director
8. of the Company 117,086,982 95.24 5,849,971 4.76 122,936,953 81.70% 925,613
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To re-elect Tracey
Graham as a
director of the
9. Company. 122,920,170 99.25 928,835 0.75 123,849,005 82.31% 13,561
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To re-elect Patricia
Halliday as
a Director of the
10. Company. 119,287,127 96.32 4,551,647 3.68 123,838,774 82.30% 23,792
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To re-elect Tesula
Mohindra as
a Director of the
11. Company. 119,295,241 96.33 4,551,215 3.67 123,846,456 82.31% 16,110
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To re-elect Mark Pain
as a Director
12. of the Company. 118,382,446 95.59 5,465,627 4.41 123,848,073 82.31% 14,493
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To re-elect Sally
Williams as a
Director of the
13. Company. 119,295,981 96.32 4,554,994 3.68 123,850,975 82.31% 11,591
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To reappoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as auditor of the
14. Company. 122,539,793 98.94 1,313,260 1.06 123,853,053 82.31% 10,011
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To authorise the Audit
Committee
(on behalf of the
Board) to determine
the remuneration of
15. the auditor. 123,830,267 99.98 25,995 0.02 123,856,262 82.31% 6,802
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To authorise the Board
to allot
shares in the Company
and to grant
rights to subscribe
for or convert
any security into
16. shares (see Notice). 115,121,051 92.95 8,732,066 7.05 123,853,117 82.31% 9,449
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Special Resolutions
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To authorise the Board
to allot
shares in connection
with AT1 Securities
17. (see Notice). 116,972,450 94.45 6,877,176 5.55 123,849,626 82.31% 12,940
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That, subject to the
passing of
Resolution 16 the
Board be given
power to disapply
pre-emption rights
18. up to 5% (see Notice). 118,271,193 95.49 5,580,923 4.51 123,852,116 82.31% 10,948
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That, subject to the
passing of
Resolution 16 the
Board be given
power to disapply
pre-emption rights
up to an additional 5%
in connection
with an acquisition or
other capital
investment (see
19. Notice). 115,805,282 93.50 8,045,846 6.50 123,851,128 82.31% 11,936
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20. That, subject to the 116,950,584 94.43 6,900,667 5.57 123,851,251 82.31% 11,813
passing of
Resolution 17 the
Board be given
authority to disapply
pre-emption
rights in connection
with AT1 Securities
(see Notice).
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That the Company be
authorised
to make one or more
market purchases
of its ordinary shares
of 25p each
21. (see Notice). 122,525,232 98.94 1,316,217 1.06 123,841,449 82.30% 21,615
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That a general meeting
other than
an annual general
meeting may be
called on not less
than 14 clear
22. days' notice. 117,206,367 94.63 6,648,151 5.37 123,854,518 82.31% 8,546
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NOTES:
1. 'Total Votes For' include votes recorded as at the discretion
of the Chairman of the meeting.
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 150,472,242 ordinary shares (excluding 1,588,048
treasury shares).
4. The full text of the resolutions is detailed in the Notice
available on the Company website at
www.closebrothers.com/investor-relations/shareholder-information/annual-general-meeting
.
Change of Committee Chairs
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.11, Close Brothers also
announces that, following the AGM, Oliver Corbett has retired as a
director of the Company and has stepped down as Chair of the Audit
Committee with effect from 16 November 2023.
Kari Hale becomes Chair of the Audit Committee with effect from
16 November 2023. His other committee memberships remain
unchanged.
Enquiries: Sarah Peazer-Davies, Company Secretary
020 3837 6482
About Close Brothers
Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing
lending, deposit taking, wealth management services and securities
trading. We employ approximately 4,000 people, principally in the
United Kingdom and Ireland. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on
the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250.
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