Result of AGM
Man Group plc (the "Company") held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") at 10.00am on Friday 1 May 2020. All resolutions presented at the AGM were put to the meeting on a poll and were passed with the requisite majority. The full results are detailed below.
The issued ordinary share capital as at 29 April 2020, the voting record date, was 1,541,794,770 (including treasury shares). The Company held 54,933,706 shares in Treasury, which do not carry any voting rights. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company as at the voting record date was 1,486,861,064.
|
Resolution |
FOR
|
AGAINST |
% of ISC voted |
Number of votes withheld |
|||
|
No. of shares |
% |
No. of shares |
% |
||||
|
1 |
Receive the Annual Report and financial statements
|
1,043,784,712 |
100.00% |
20,676 |
0.00% |
70.20% |
73,425,371 |
|
2 |
Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
|
1,031,978,008 |
92.38% |
85,142,424 |
7.62% |
75.13% |
110,327 |
|
3 |
Declare a final dividend
|
1,117,199,373 |
100.00% |
22,573 |
0.00% |
75.14% |
8,813 |
|
4 |
Reappoint Dame Katharine Barker as a director
|
1,116,284,729 |
99.93% |
816,400 |
0.07% |
75.13% |
129,630 |
|
5 |
Reappoint Richard Berliand as a director
|
1,116,348,583 |
99.93% |
752,546 |
0.07% |
75.13% |
129,630 |
|
6 |
Reappoint Zoe Cruz as a director
|
1,116,329,355 |
99.93% |
771,774 |
0.07% |
75.13% |
129,630 |
|
7 |
Reappoint John Cryan as a director
|
1,110,691,913 |
99.43% |
6,406,484 |
0.57% |
75.13% |
132,362 |
|
8 |
Reappoint Luke Ellis as a director |
1,116,397,021 |
99.94% |
700,831 |
0.06% |
75.13% |
132,907 |
|
9 |
Appoint Cecelia Kurzman as a director
|
1,116,358,811 |
99.93% |
729,858 |
0.07% |
75.13% |
142,090 |
|
10 |
Reappoint Mark Jones as a director |
1,108,486,415 |
99.23% |
8,614,714 |
0.77% |
75.13% |
129,630 |
|
11 |
Reappoint Dev Sanyal as a director |
1,116,320,640 |
99.93% |
785,421 |
0.07% |
75.13% |
124,698 |
|
12 |
Appoint Lucinda Bell as a director of the Company |
1,107,108,005 |
99.11% |
9,989,388 |
0.89% |
75.13% |
133,366 |
|
13 |
Appoint Anne Wade as a director |
1,116,350,802 |
99.94% |
719,434 |
0.06% |
75.13% |
160,523 |
|
14 |
Reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditor |
1,044,594,788 |
99.98% |
227,542 |
0.02% |
70.27% |
72,408,429 |
|
15 |
Determine the remuneration of the auditor |
1,115,116,666 |
99.82% |
1,991,414 |
0.18% |
75.13% |
122,679 |
|
16 |
Authorise political donations and expenditure |
1,104,220,350 |
98.85% |
12,863,082 |
1.15% |
75.13% |
147,327 |
|
17 |
Authorise the directors to allot shares |
904,770,703 |
80.99% |
212,434,220 |
19.01% |
75.14% |
25,836 |
|
18 |
Authorise the directors to allot shares for cash other than on a pro-rata basis to existing shareholders* |
922,448,335 |
82.57% |
194,746,488 |
17.43% |
75.14% |
35,936 |
|
19 |
Authorise the directors to allot shares for cash other than on a pro-rata basis to existing shareholders in relation to acquisitions and specified capital investments* |
922,473,646 |
82.57% |
194,721,134 |
17.43% |
75.14% |
35,979 |
|
20 |
Authorise the Company to purchase its own shares* |
1,042,900,169 |
93.50% |
72,470,005 |
6.50% |
75.02% |
1,860,585 |
|
21 |
Amendment to the Articles of Association* |
1,116,916,085 |
99.98% |
179,335 |
0.02% |
75.13% |
135,339 |
|
22 |
Authorise the directors to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice* |
1,061,319,528 |
95.00% |
55,829,579 |
5.00% |
75.13% |
81,652 |
* Special Resolution requiring 75% majority
NOTES:
1. The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.
2. Votes 'Withheld' are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
3. Resolutions 18 to 22 are special resolutions.
4. Copies of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be available on the FCA's Electronic Submission System in due course for inspection. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms used in this announcement shall have the meaning given to them in the Notice of Meeting.
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