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

LEI: 2138001P49OLAEU33T68

 

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        % of Votes cast  Votes Against  % of         Total        % of issued share capital  Votes

                                                                                               For                                          Votes cast                                           Withheld*
 1.            To receive the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31       757,709,229  99.99%           77,771         0.01%        757,787,000  75.66%                     189,732

             December 2023.

 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   756,661,840  99.85%           1,108,451      0.15%        757,770,291  75.66%                     93,390
               general meeting of the Company at which accounts are laid.
 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   749,021,782  99.13%           6,579,561      0.87%        755,601,343  75.44%                     2,375,389
               to incur political expenditure.
 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              747,686,700  98.77%           9,292,081      1.23%        756,978,781  75.58%                     997,951
               Resolution).
 22.           To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition    739,470,639  97.69%           17,498,801     2.31%        756,969,440  75.58%                     1,007,292
               or other capital investment (Special Resolution).
 23.           To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (Special    756,615,533  99.85%           1,135,572      0.15%        757,751,105  75.66%                     225,628
               Resolution).
 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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

 

 

Enquiries:

 Media                                                             Investors
 Douglas Campbell                                                  Claire Hawkins, Corporate Affairs Director, Phoenix Group

                                                                 +44 (0) 204 559 3161
 Teneo

                                                                 Andrew Downey, Investor Relations Director, Phoenix Group
 +44 (0)7753 136628

                                                                 +44 (0) 204 559 3145
 Shellie Wells, Corporate Communications Director, Phoenix Group

 +44 (0) 204 559 3031

 

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