REG - Quilter PLC - Result of AGM 2021
RNS Number : 5693YQuilter PLC13 May 202113 May 2021
Quilter plc
Result of Annual General Meeting 2021
Quilter plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today, all the resolutions put to shareholders were passed by the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 and 18 were passed as special resolutions.
The results of the poll are set out below.
Resolution
Number of votes cast "For" the resolution
% of votes cast "For" the resolution
Number of votes cast "Against" the resolution
% of votes cast "Against" the resolution
Total number of votes cast
% of issued share capital voted
Number of votes Withheld
1.
To receive the 2020 Report and Accounts
1,304,745,500
100.00
15,568
0.00
1,304,761,068
74.81
1,555,352
2.
To approve the Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy)
1,235,244,118
96.88
39,808,026
3.12
1,275,052,144
73.11
31,260,900
3.
To declare a final dividend
1,304,104,235
99.86
1,879,970
0.14
1,305,984,205
74.88
333,748
4.
To re-elect Tim Breedon as a Director
1,305,362,064
99.96
570,860
0.04
1,305,932,924
74.88
381,963
5.
To re-elect Tazim Essani as a Director
1,305,874,153
100.00
41,841
0.00
1,305,915,994
74.88
398,893
6.
To re-elect Paul Feeney as a Director
1,304,983,613
99.93
947,567
0.07
1,305,931,180
74.88
385,240
7.
To re-elect Rosie Harris as a Director
1,305,870,860
100.00
43,566
0.00
1,305,914,426
74.88
400,461
8.
To re-elect Glyn Jones as a Director
1,305,353,710
99.96
568,687
0.04
1,305,922,397
74.88
394,023
9.
To re-elect Moira Kilcoyne as a Director
1,305,876,301
100.00
43,249
0.00
1,305,919,550
74.88
395,337
10.
To re-elect Ruth Markland as a Director
1,303,966,147
99.85
1,947,825
0.15
1,305,913,972
74.88
400,915
11.
To re-elect Paul Matthews as a Director
1,305,446,888
99.96
468,700
0.04
1,305,915,588
74.88
399,299
12.
To re-elect George Reid as a Director
1,305,450,041
99.96
466,993
0.04
1,305,917,034
74.88
396,320
13.
To re-elect Mark Satchel as a Director
1,305,783,472
99.99
136,977
0.01
1,305,920,449
74.88
395,971
14.
To re-appoint Pricewaterhouse-Coopers LLP as Auditor of the Company
1,303,617,100
99.82
2,343,883
0.18
1,305,960,983
74.88
355,437
15.
To authorise the Board Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditor
1,305,642,539
99.98
324,962
0.02
1,305,967,501
74.88
348,919
16.
To authorise political donations or expenditure by the Company and its subsidiaries
1,068,742,194
82.07
233,464,408
17.93
1,302,206,602
74.67
4,111,351
17.
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares*
1,278,886,005
97.95
26,785,354
2.05
1,305,671,359
74.86
645,061
18.
To authorise the Company to enter into Contingent Purchase Contracts*
1,302,855,984
99.81
2,491,032
0.19
1,305,347,016
74.85
969,404
*Special resolution
Notes:
i. As at 6:30pm on 11 May 2021, the time by which shareholders who wanted to vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, the number of issued shares in the Company was 1,744,055,918 ordinary shares. In accordance with the Company's articles of association, on a poll every member present in person or by proxy had one vote for every share held.
ii. Votes withheld are not votes in law and therefore have not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for or against a resolution.
iii. All percentages are shown to two decimal places.
Pursuant to UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of all resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the AGM today will be submitted to and available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to view at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
The poll results will also be available shortly on the Company's website at quilter.com/agm.
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Enquiries:
Investor Relations:
John-Paul Crutchley
Keilah Codd
+44 (0)7741 385 251
+44 (0)7776 649 681
Company Secretary:
Patrick Gonsalves
+44 (0) 7391 867 081
Camarco
Geoffrey Pelham-Lane
+44 (0)20 3757 4985
About Quilter plc:
Quilter plc is a leading wealth management business in the UK and internationally, helping to create prosperity for the generations of today and tomorrow.
Quilter oversees £119.9 billion in customer investments (as at 31 March 2021).
It has an adviser and customer offering spanning financial advice, investment platforms, multi-asset investment solutions and discretionary fund management.
The business is comprised of two segments: Advice and Wealth Management and Wealth Platforms.
Advice and Wealth Management encompasses the financial planning businesses (Quilter Private Client Advisers, Quilter Financial Planning and Quilter Financial Advisers), the discretionary fund management business (Quilter Cheviot) and the Multi-asset investment solutions business (Quilter Investors). Wealth Platforms includes the Old Mutual Wealth UK Platform and Quilter International, including AAM Advisory in Singapore.
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