4 May 2022
RIT CAPITAL PARTNERS PLC (LEI: P31Q1NLTW35JJGHA4667)
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (ALL RESOLUTIONS PASSED) AND COMPOSITION OF BOARD COMMITTEES
The Annual General Meeting of RIT Capital Partners plc ('Company') was held on Wednesday 4 May 2022.
All resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 28 March 2022 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:
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RESOLUTION |
FOR/ DISCRETIONARY |
AGAINST |
VOTES WITHHELD |
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ORDINARY BUSINESS: |
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1. |
Approval of the Directors' Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021 |
69,465,678 |
16,588 |
5,698 |
|
2. |
Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2021 |
69,084,379 |
64,506 |
339,079 |
|
3. |
Re-election of Sir James Leigh-Pemberton as a Director |
66,330,343 |
3,128,397 |
29,224 |
|
4. |
Re-election of Philippe Costeletos as a Director |
69,033,840 |
424,762 |
29,362 |
|
5. |
Re-election of Maggie Fanari as a Director |
69,397,396 |
77,593 |
12,975 |
|
6. |
Re-election of Maxim Parr as a Director |
69,439,750 |
18,571 |
29,643 |
|
7. |
Re-election of André Perold as a Director |
69,435,426 |
22,381 |
30,157 |
|
8. |
Re-election of Mike Power as a Director |
69,433,950 |
23,852 |
30,162 |
|
9. |
Re-election of Hannah Rothschild as a Director |
69,344,116 |
128,107 |
15,741 |
|
10. |
Re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors |
69,408,282 |
69,577 |
10,105 |
|
11. |
To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors |
69,461,556 |
17,890 |
8,518 |
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SPECIAL BUSINESS: |
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12. |
To renew the power to allot equity securities |
69,403,603 |
71,565 |
12,796 |
|
13. |
To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities for cash |
69,417,374 |
54,160 |
16,430 |
|
14. |
To renew the authority to repurchase up to 14.99 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital |
69,435,074 |
42,613 |
10,277 |
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15. |
To change the notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings to 14 days |
69,209,439 |
269,481 |
9,044 |
Resolutions 1 to 12 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 to 15 were passed as special resolutions.
Composition of Board Committees
Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.11R, the Company announces that Maggie Fanari has been appointed to the Nominations Committee with immediate effect.
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