RNS Number : 4077O
Phoenix Group Holdings PLC
14 May 2024
 

 

14 May 2024

 

 

Phoenix Group Holdings plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

Phoenix Group Holdings plc (the "Company") announces the results of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 14 May 2024 at Floor 22, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, 100 Bishopsgate, London, EC2P 2SR.

 

A poll was held on each of the resolutions. Resolutions 1 to 20 (ordinary resolutions) and resolutions 21 to 24 (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 2023.

757,709,229

99.99%

77,771

0.01%

757,787,000

75.66%

189,732

2.    

 

To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration report.

750,082,851

99.00%

7,593,675

1.00%

757,676,526

75.65%

190,155

3.    

To declare and approve a Final dividend of 26.65 pence per ordinary share.

755,897,213

99.73%

2,015,055

0.27%

757,912,268

75.67%

64,464

4.    

To re-elect Andy Briggs as a Director of the Company.

757,539,396

99.96%

266,334

0.04%

757,805,730

75.66%

171,003

5.    

To elect Eleanor Bucks as a Director of the Company.

757,426,491

99.97%

240,455

0.03%

757,666,946

75.65%

199,734

6.    

To re-elect Karen Green as a Director of the Company.

752,785,923

99.35%

4,961,597

0.65%

757,747,520

75.66%

194,213

7.    

To re-elect Mark Gregory as a Director of the Company.

757,363,952

99.96%

311,584

0.04%

757,675,536

75.65%

191,145

8.    

To re-elect Hiroyuki Iioka as a Director of the Company.

757,336,612

99.96%

336,932

0.04%

757,673,544

75.65%

193,137

9.    

To elect Nicholas Lyons as a Director of the Company.

749,653,021

98.93%

8,135,159

1.07%

757,788,180

75.66%

218,553

10.  

To re-elect Katie Murray as a Director of the Company.

752,840,550

99.36%

4,835,373

0.64%

757,675,923

75.65%

220,501

11.  

To re-elect John Pollock as a Director of the Company.

752,773,904

99.35%

4,893,906

0.65%

757,667,810

75.65%

198,871

12.  

To re-elect Belinda Richards as a Director of the Company.

757,322,972

99.95%

347,381

0.05%

757,670,353

75.65%

196,328

13.  

To elect David Scott as a Director of the Company.

757,296,004

99.95%

368,333

0.05%

757,664,337

75.65%

202,344

14.  

To re-elect Maggie Semple as a Director of the Company.

757,342,401

99.96%

333,347

0.04%

757,675,748

75.65%

190,933

15.  

To re-elect Nicholas Shott as a Director of the Company.

751,266,911

99.16%

6,331,873

0.84%

757,598,784

75.64%

377,949

16.  

To re-elect Rakesh Thakrar as a Director of the Company.

757,416,302

99.95%

373,118

0.05%

757,789,420

75.66%

187,313

17.  

To appoint KPMG LLP as the Company's Auditor until the conclusion of the next general meeting of the Company at which accounts are laid.

756,661,840

99.85%

1,108,451

0.15%

757,770,291

75.66%

93,390

18.  

To authorise the Directors to agree the Auditor's remuneration.

757,670,132

99.97%

226,256

0.03%

757,896,388

75.67%

80,345

19. 

To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and to incur political expenditure.

749,021,782

99.13%

6,579,561

0.87%

755,601,343

75.44%

2,375,389

20. 

To authorise the Directors to allot shares.

746,378,755

98.50%

11,364,085

1.50%

757,742,840

75.66%

158,841

21. 

To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights (Special Resolution).

747,686,700

98.77%

9,292,081

1.23%

756,978,781

75.58%

997,951

22. 

To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or other capital investment (Special Resolution).

739,470,639

97.69%

17,498,801

2.31%

756,969,440

75.58%

1,007,292

23. 

To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (Special Resolution).

756,615,533

99.85%

1,135,572

0.15%

757,751,105

75.66%

225,628

24. 

To authorise a 14-day notice period for general meetings (Special Resolution).

743,027,420

98.04%

14,861,072

1.96%

757,888,492

75.67%

88,241

 

*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 1,001,563,640 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
Douglas Campbell

Teneo

+44 (0)7753 136628

Shellie Wells, Corporate Communications Director, Phoenix Group

+44 (0) 204 559 3031

Investors
Claire Hawkins, Corporate Affairs Director, Phoenix Group
+44 (0) 204 559 3161

Andrew Downey, Investor Relations Director, Phoenix Group

+44 (0) 204 559 3145

 

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