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Rathbones Group PLC AGM Information 2021

Apr 6, 2021

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AGM Information

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2021 Annual General Meeting

The Rathbone Brothers Plc 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) is currently scheduled to be held at 8 Finsbury Circus, London EC2M 7AZ on Thursday 6 May 2021 at 2.00pm.

Rathbone Brothers Plc. Registered office: 8 Finsbury Circus, London EC2M 7AZ. Registered in England No. 01000403.

Rathbone Brothers Plc – Proxy form

Voting ID Task ID Shareholder Reference

You can also appoint a proxy online at www.sharevote.co.uk using the above voting references or via the CREST electronic proxy appointment service.

I/We appoint the Chairman of the AGM or

(Please read note 1 carefully before selecting your proxy)

as my/our proxy to exercise all or any of my/our rights to attend, speak and vote in respect of my/our voting entitlement† on my/our behalf as directed below at the AGM of Rathbone Brothers Plc to be held on Thursday 6 May 2021 at 2.00pm and at any adjournment thereof. I/We also authorise my/our proxy to vote (or withhold the vote) as he or she thinks fit in relation to any other matter which is properly put before the AGM.

Please tick here if this proxy appointment is one of multiple appointments being made.†

† For votes of less than your full voting entitlement or for the appointment of more than one proxy, please refer to note 1.

Resolutions
(Special resolution denoted by*)
Vote
For Against
withheld
Resolutions
(Special resolution denoted by*)
For Against Vote
withheld
1 To adopt the reports of the
directors and the auditors and the
11 To re-elect Terri Duhon as
a director
audited financial statements for
the year ended 31 December 2020
12 To re-elect Sarah Gentleman as
a director
2 To approve the directors'
remuneration report for the year
ended 31 December 2020
13 To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as
auditors of the company
3 To approve the directors'
remuneration policy
14 To authorise the audit committee
of the board of directors to agree
the remuneration of the auditors
4 To approve the Rathbone
Brothers Plc Executive Share
Performance Plan ('ESPP')
15 To approve an authority to make
political donations and to incur
5 To declare a final dividend of 47p
per share for the year ended
31 December 2020
16 political expenditure
To approve a general authority to
allot ordinary shares
6 To elect Clive Bannister
as a director, subject to
17* To authorise the disapplication of
pre-emption rights
7 regulatory approval
To re-elect Paul Stockton as
a director
18* To further authorise the
disapplication of pre-emption
rights regarding shares issued in
8 To re-elect Jennifer Mathias as
a director
connection with an acquisition
or capital investment
9 To re-elect Colin Clark as
a director
19* To authorise market purchases
of ordinary shares
10 To re-elect James Dean as
a director
20* To authorise the convening
of a general meeting (other
than the AGM) on not less
than 14 days' notice

You may return this proxy form to Equiniti in an envelope using the address on the reverse of this proxy form. Please quote Freepost RTHJ-CLLL-KBKU, Equiniti, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, BN99 8LU. No stamp will be required.

Signature Date
otes
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6DA so as to be received by no later than 2:00pm on Tuesday 4
at Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex BN99
In the case of a corporation, the proxy must be executed under
its common seal or signed by a duly authorised officer. In the
M attendance and your proxy
1 AG
May 2021. Alternatively, a member may appoint a proxy online
by following the instructions for the electronic appointment of
case of joint shareholders, the signature of any one holder will
be sufficient but the names of the joint shareholders must be
The company specifies that only those shareholders registered
Tuesday 4 May 2021 (or, if the meeting is adjourned, at 6:30pm
in the register of members of the company at 6:30pm on
the details of the appointment completed in accordance with
appointment, the member's electronic message confirming
a proxy at www.sharevote.co.uk. To be a valid proxy
stated. The vote of the senior joint holder who tenders a vote
joint holders. Seniority shall be determined by the order in
shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other
adjourned meeting) shall be entitled to attend and vote at the
meeting in respect of the number of shares registered in their
on the day two business days prior to the day fixed for the
from attending in person and voting at the AGM provided that
those instructions must be transmitted so as to be received by
the same time. Appointing a proxy will not prevent a member
which the names of the holders stand in the register of
members in respect of the joint holding.
name at that time. Subsequent changes to the entries on the
register will be disregarded in determining the rights of any
attendance in person is permitted under applicable public
health restrictions and guidance at the date of the AGM.
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4 Return of proxy for
person to attend and to vote at the meeting. Reference in this
paragraph to the right to attend the meeting shall as regards
attendance in person be read subject to the following
proxy holder's name the number of shares in relation to which
If your proxy is being appointed in relation to less than your
full voting entitlement, please enter in the box next to the
registrars, Equiniti, at the address below. If you do not want to
return the proxy form without it being in an envelope, please
Please detach and return the proxy form to the company's
return it in an envelope to:
In light of the ongoing need to reduce the public health risks
paragraphs of this note.
proxy will be deemed to be authorised in respect of your full
they are authorised to act as your proxy. If left blank your
Freepost RTHJ-CLLL-KBKU
Equiniti
posed by the transmission of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the
continuing Government restrictions and guidance on social
contact, and the advice that only absolutely necessary
voting entitlement (or, if this proxy form has been issued in
respect of a designated account for a shareholder, the full
voting entitlement for that designated account).
Spencer Road
Aspect House
participants should physically attend meetings, members will
not be permitted to attend the AGM in person. This will
To appoint more than one proxy, additional proxy forms may BN99 8LU
LANCING
continue to be the case so long as restrictions and guidance
precluding attendance in person are in force. Every eligible
on 0371 384 2417 or from overseas on +44 121 415 7047 or you
be obtained by contacting the company's registrars, Equiniti,
No stamp is required.
person (or two or more persons in respect of different shares
member does, however, have the right to appoint another
5.30pm, Monday to Friday. Please indicate in the box next to
may photocopy this form. Lines are open from 8.30am to
must be
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To be valid the proxy for
held by him or her) as his or her proxy to exercise all or any of
his or her rights in relation to the AGM.
indicate by ticking the box provided if the proxy instruction is
the proxy holder's name the number of shares in relation to
which they are authorised to act as your proxy. Please also
received by Equiniti not later than
May 2021.
m on Tuesday 4
2.00p
The appointment of a proxy in relation to the AGM will, however,
be subject to the special arrangements in these Notes or any
one of multiple instructions being given. 5 Appointing your proxy online
alternative arrangements that the board considers necessary
to ensure the validity of the meeting.
2 The resolutions As an alternative to completing and returning a paper
form, you can appoint a proxy and give your
proxy
Chair of the AGM as their proxy in order to do so. Appointing
Members who wish to vote at the AGM should appoint the
You can show how you want your proxy to vote on each of the
explanatory notes are set out in the accompanying Notice of
resolutions. Full details of the resolutions together with
www.sharevote.co.uk where details of the voting procedure
instructions online. To use this facility please visit
voting
the Chair of the AGM as proxy will ensure that the member's
vote is counted. While restrictions are in force precluding
proxy form is provided to enable you to withhold your vote on
Annual General Meeting. The 'Vote withheld' option on the
number shown on the proxy form will be required to complete
are shown. The Voting ID, Task ID and Shareholder Reference
the procedure. To be valid, your online proxy appointment
physical attendance, no other person(s) appointed as proxy
will be permitted to attend the AGM in person unless the
any particular resolution. However, it should be noted that a
withheld vote is not a vote in law and will not be counted in
must be not later than 2.00pm on Tuesday 4 May 2021. Your
appointment will not be accepted if found to contain a
count. If a member appoints the Chair of the AGM as his or her
board decides otherwise, and the member's vote will not
the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' and 'Against'
a resolution'.
computer virus.
proxy, the Chair will vote in accordance with the appointing
member's instructions. If the Chair of the AGM is given
3 Your signature 6 Appointing your proxy via crest
discretion as to how to vote, he or she will vote in favour of
each of the resolutions as set out in the notice of meeting.
someone else on your behalf, the power of attorney or other
You must sign and date the proxy form. If it is signed by
Proxy appointments and voting instructions can also be made
through the CREST electronic proxy appointment service.
Members can appoint a proxy by completing and returning a
hard copy proxy form. A hard copy proxy form has been
authority under which it is signed (or a copy of the authority
certified notarially) must be returned together with the
Please see the Notice of Annual General Meeting for full details.
You can view the Notice of Annual General Meeting
completed and returned to the company's Registrars, Equiniti,
provided with this notice of meeting. Such forms should be
proxy form. at www.rathbones.com

Freepost RTHJ-CLLL-KBKU Equiniti Aspect House Spencer Road Lancing BN99 8LU