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Phoenix Group Holdings plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
4 May 2023
Phoenix Group Holdings plc (the "Company") announces the results of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 4 May 2023 at 20 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7AN.
A poll was held on each of the resolutions. Resolutions 1 to 21 (ordinary resolutions) and resolutions 22 to 25 (special resolutions) were all passed by the required majority. The results of the poll are as follows:
|
|
Description of Resolution |
Votes For |
% of Votes cast |
Votes Against |
% of Votes cast |
Total |
% of issued share capital |
Votes Withheld* |
|
1.
|
To receive the Company's Annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022. |
773,212,834 |
99.99 |
41,567 |
0.01 |
773,254,401 |
77.29 |
388,468 |
|
2.
|
To receive and approve the Directors' remuneration report. |
767,333,037 |
99.20 |
6,157,257 |
0.80 |
773,490,294 |
77.31 |
152,575 |
|
3.
|
To receive and approve the Directors' remuneration policy. |
764,184,513 |
98.81 |
9,241,995 |
1.19 |
773,426,508 |
77.30 |
216,361 |
|
4. |
To declare and approve a final dividend of 26.0 pence per ordinary share. |
770,712,432 |
99.63 |
2,829,123 |
0.37 |
773,541,555 |
77.32 |
106,529 |
|
5. |
To re-elect Alastair Barbour as a Director of the Company. |
764,577,355 |
98.86 |
8,853,680 |
1.14 |
773,431,035 |
77.30 |
217,049 |
|
6. |
To re-elect Andy Briggs as a Director of the Company. |
773,306,638 |
98.98 |
149,514 |
0.02 |
773,456,152 |
77.31 |
191,932 |
|
7. |
To elect Stephanie Bruce as a Director of the Company. |
773,062,283 |
99.95 |
364,313 |
0.05 |
773,426,596 |
77.30 |
221,488 |
|
8. |
To re-elect Karen Green as a Director of the Company. |
773,206,601 |
99.97 |
232,441 |
0.03 |
773,439,042 |
77.30 |
209,042 |
|
9. |
To elect Mark Gregory as a Director of the Company. |
773,248,251 |
99.99 |
96,350 |
0.01 |
773,344,601 |
77.30 |
303,483 |
|
10. |
To re-elect Hiroyuki Iioka as a Director of the Company. |
773,067,087 |
99.96 |
347,618 |
0.04 |
773,414,705 |
77.30 |
233,379 |
|
11. |
To re-elect Katie Murray as a Director of the Company. |
773,351,149 |
99.99 |
84,918 |
0.01 |
773,436,067 |
77.30 |
212,017 |
|
12. |
To re-elect John Pollock as a Director of the Company. |
773,311,115 |
99.98 |
120,591 |
0.02 |
773,431,706 |
77.30 |
216,378 |
|
13. |
To re-elect Belinda Richards as a Director of the Company. |
773,225,313 |
99.97 |
210,806 |
0.03 |
773,436,119 |
77.30 |
211,965 |
|
14. |
To elect Maggie Semple as a Director of the Company. |
773,233,249 |
99.98 |
184,577 |
0.02 |
773,417,826 |
77.30 |
225,043 |
|
15. |
To re-elect Nicholas Shott as a Director of the Company. |
772,691,394 |
99.93 |
559,190 |
0.07 |
773,250,584 |
77.29 |
392,285 |
|
16. |
To re-elect Kory Sorenson as a Director of the Company. |
772,926,157 |
99.94 |
488,310 |
0.06 |
773,414,467 |
77.30 |
228,402 |
|
17. |
To re-elect Rakesh Thakrar as a Director of the Company. |
772,935,086 |
99.93 |
510,877 |
0.07 |
773,445,963 |
77.31 |
202,121 |
|
18. |
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's Auditor until the conclusion of the next general meeting of the Company at which accounts are laid. |
772,117,941 |
99.82 |
1,358,009 |
0.18 |
773,475,950 |
77.31 |
172,134 |
|
19. |
To authorise the Directors to agree the Auditor's remuneration. |
772,452,269 |
99.87 |
1,038,546 |
0.13 |
773,490,815 |
77.31 |
157,269 |
|
20. |
To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and to incur political expenditure. |
767,384,321 |
99.60 |
3,096,761 |
0.40 |
770,481,082 |
77.01 |
3,165,852 |
|
21. |
To authorise the Directors to allot shares. |
760,615,063 |
98.69 |
10,133,024 |
1.31 |
770,748,087 |
77.04 |
2,899,997 |
|
22. |
To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights (Special Resolution). |
765,916,344 |
99.38 |
4,787,209 |
0.62 |
770,703,553 |
77.03 |
2,944,531 |
|
23. |
To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or other capital investment (Special Resolution). |
762,009,130 |
98.54 |
11,271,223 |
1.46 |
773,280,353 |
77.29 |
367,731 |
|
24. |
To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (Special Resolution). |
773,176,730 |
99.98 |
181,713 |
0.02 |
773,358,443 |
77.30 |
284,426 |
|
25. |
To authorise a 14 day notice period for general meetings (Special Resolution). |
755,168,147 |
97.63 |
18,359,823 |
2.37 |
773,527,970 |
77.31 |
120,114 |
*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and therefore cannot be counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.
As at the date of the AGM, the Company's issued share capital was 1,000,505,190 ordinary shares of 10 pence each.
In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting will be available via the National Storage Mechanism, which can be accessed at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Enquiries:
|
Media Teneo +44 (0)7753 136628 Shellie Wells, Corporate Communications Director, Phoenix Group +44 (0) 204 559 3031 |
Investors Andrew Downey, Investor Relations Director, Phoenix Group +44 (0) 204 559 3145 |
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