RIT Capital Partners PLC

AGM Information • Apr 22, 2021

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RIT Capital Partners PLC

22 April 2021

22 April 2021

RIT CAPITAL PARTNERS PLC (LEI: P31Q1NLTW35JJGHA4667) 

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - (ALL RESOLUTIONS PASSED)

AND COMMITTEE CHANGES

The Annual General Meeting of RIT Capital Partners plc ('Company') was held on Thursday 22 April 2021.

All resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 29 March 2021 were passed and prints of the items of special business passed will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism.

The proxy votes cast on each resolution were as follow:

RESOLUTION		FOR/ DISCRETIONARY	AGAINST	VOTES WITHHELD
ORDINARY BUSINESS:
1.	Approval of the Directors' Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020	72,904,626	26,758	7,766
2.	Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2020	72,158,731	312,122	468,297
3.	Re-election of Sir James Leigh-Pemberton as a Director	54,696,837	3,157,302	15,085,011
4.	Re-election of Philippe Costeletos as a Director	70,438,658	2,454,538	45,954
5.	Re-election of Maggie Fanari as a Director	72,879,193	11,866	48,091
6.	Re-election of Maxim Parr as a Director	72,854,811	18,616	65,723
7.	Re-election of André Perold as a Director	72,849,689	22,959	66,502
8.	Re-election of Mike Power as a Director	72,851,717	19,129	68,304
9.	Re-election of Hannah Rothschild as a Director	72,479,191	24,440	433,969
10.	Re-election of Jeremy Sillem as a Director	63,601,972	8,882,566	454,612
11.	Re-election of Jonathan Sorrell as a Director	72,846,048	24,638	68,064
12.	Re-election of Amy Stirling as a Director	72,882,655	8,010	48,085
13.	Re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors	72,828,864	64,981	44,905
14.	To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors	72,885,885	12,124	40,741
SPECIAL BUSINESS:
15.	To renew the power to allot equity securities	72,760,092	168,317	10,341
16.	To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities for cash	72,844,355	72,534	21,861
17.	To renew the authority to repurchase up to 14.99 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital	72,869,928	58,380	10,442
18.	To change the notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings to 14 days	72,610,386	310,093	18,271

Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 18 were passed as special resolutions. 

Composition of Board Committees

Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.11R, the Company announces the following changes to the composition of its Board Committees with immediate effect:

·    Sir James Leigh-Pemberton has been appointed to the Conflicts Committee; and

·    Maxim Parr has been appointed to the Remuneration Committee.

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