Rathbones Group PLC — AGM Information 2023

May 4, 2023

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Rathbones Group PLC

04 May 2023

RATHBONES GROUP PLC (the "Company")

LEI: 213800MBTHM6UE8ZQP29

RESULTS OF THE 2023 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LISTING RULE 9.6.18

At the fifty-second Annual General Meeting of the Company, held at 8 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7AZ on Thursday 4 May 2023, all the resolutions proposed (which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 30 March 2023) were passed on a poll.

Resolutions 1 to 14 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 18 were special resolutions.

The full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Meeting, a copy of which is on the Company's at www.rathbones.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/general-meetings. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed as special business will be submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

The results of the poll are as follows:

	Resolution	For	%	Against	%	Votes cast	Votes cast as a % of the voting capital	Withheld
1	To adopt the report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022	48,650,756	99.98	8,189	0.02	48,658,945	76.71%	419,279
2	To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2022	42,929,247	87.99	5,860,651	12.01	48,789,898	76.92%	288,326
3	To declare a final dividend of 56p per share for the year ended 31 December 2022	48,417,321	99.19	393,987	0.81	48,811,308	76.95%	266,916
4	To re-elect Clive Bannister as a director	48,235,540	98.84	564,175	1.16	48,799,715	76.93%	278,509
5	To re-elect Paul Stockton as a director	48,795,319	99.98	8,346	0.02	48,803,665	76.94%	274,559
6	To re-elect Jennifer Mathias as a director	48,670,790	99.91	43,942	0.09	48,714,732	76.80%	363,492
7	To re-elect Iain Cummings as a director	45,676,599	93.76	3,038,133	6.24	48,714,732	76.80%	363,492
8	To re-elect Terri Duhon as a director	45,667,855	93.75	3,046,842	6.25	48,714,697	76.80%	363,527
9	To re-elect Sarah Gentleman as a director	44,252,915	90.84	4,462,917	9.16	48,715,832	76.80%	362,392
10	To re-elect Dharmash Mistry as a director	45,676,356	93.76	3,037,976	6.24	48,714,332	76.80%	363,892
11	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the company	48,798,508	99.98	8,801	0.02	48,807,309	76.94%	270,915
12	To authorise the audit committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors	48,802,590	99.98	8,826	0.02	48,811,416	76.95%	266,808
13	To approve an authority to make political donations and to incur political expenditure	46,493,749	95.40	2,242,866	4.60	48,736,615	76.83%	341,609
14	To approve a general authority to allot ordinary shares	44,130,121	90.41	4,680,720	9.59	48,810,841	76.95%	267,383
15	To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights	46,570,920	95.53	2,176,931	4.47	48,747,851	76.85%	330,373
16	To further authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights regarding shares issued in connection with an acquisition or capital investment	42,786,946	87.77	5,961,243	12.23	48,748,189	76.85%	330,035
17	To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares	48,480,880	99.34	321,094	0.66	48,801,974	76.93%	276,250
18	To authorise the convening of a general meeting (other than the AGM) of not less than 14 days' notice	45,454,599	93.12	3,356,145	6.88	48,810,744	76.95%	267,480

For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes cast are expressed as a percentage of 63,433,381 ordinary shares. A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a resolution. 

Ali Johnson

Company Secretary

Email: CompanySecretariat@rathbones.com

Tel: 07901 118456

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