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Rathbones Group PLC

05 May 2022

RATHBONES GROUP PLC ('the Company')

LEI: 213800MBTHM6UE8ZQP29

RESULTS OF THE 2022 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

N OTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LISTING RULE 9.6.18

At the fifty-first Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 8 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7AZ on Thursday 5 May 2022, all the resolutions proposed (which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 31 March 2022) were passed on a poll.

Resolutions 1 to 15 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 20 were special resolutions.

The full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, a copy of which is on the Company's website at www.rathbones.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/general-meetings A copy has also been made available for inspection through the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism which can be found at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

The results of the poll were as follows:

 
      Resolution                            For         %       Against      %     Votes cast      Votes      Withheld 
                                                                                                  cast as 
                                                                                                   a % of 
                                                                                                 the voting 
                                                                                                  capital 
      To adopt the report and accounts 
       for the year ended 31 December 
 1     2021                              48,949,906   100.00       2,020    0.00   48,951,926        78.58%    106,744 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To approve the directors' 
      remuneration 
      report for the year ended 31 
 2    December 2021                      43,603,530    88.89   5,447,775   11.11   49,051,305        78.74%      7,365 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To declare a final dividend 
       of 54p per share for the year 
 3     ended 31 December 2021            49,048,516    99.99       7,052    0.01   49,055,568        78.75%      3,102 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To re-elect Clive Bannister 
 4     as a director                     48,583,334    99.21     386,582    0.79   48,969,916        78.61%     88,754 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To re-elect Paul Stockton as 
 5     a director                        48,946,617    99.78     107,660    0.22   49,054,277        78.75%      4,393 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To re-elect Jennifer Mathias 
 6     as a director                     48,838,766    99.74     126,362    0.26   48,965,128        78.60%     93,542 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To re-elect Colin Clark as a 
 7     director                          45,523,378    92.96   3,445,373    7.04   48,968,751        78.61%     89,919 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To elect Iain Cummings as a 
 8     director                          48,855,170    99.79     102,444    0.21   48,957,614        78.59%    101,056 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To re-elect Terri Duhon as a 
 9     director                          45,522,486    92.96   3,447,430    7.04   48,969,916        78.61%     88,754 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To re-elect Sarah Gentleman 
 10    as a director                     44,144,575    90.16   4,818,045    9.84   48,962,620        78.60%     96,050 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To elect Dharmash Mistry as 
 11    a director                        48,861,490    99.79     103,179    0.21   48,964,669        78.60%     94,001 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as 
 12    auditors of the company           48,779,420    99.47     261,539    0.53   49,040,959        78.73%     17,711 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To authorise the audit committee 
       to agree the remuneration of 
 13    the auditors                      48,771,219    99.44     276,416    0.56   49,047,635        78.74%     11,035 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To approve an authority to make 
      political donations and to incur 
 14   political expenditure              46,763,655    95.52   2,194,583    4.48   48,958,238        78.59%    100,432 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To approve a general authority 
 15    to allot ordinary shares          44,393,837    90.51   4,653,258    9.49   49,047,095        78.74%     11,035 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To authorise the disapplication 
 16    of pre-emption rights             43,450,633    88.70   5,533,119   11.30   48,983,752        78.63%     74,918 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To further authorise the 
      disapplication 
      of pre-emption rights regarding 
      shares issued in connection 
      with an acquisition or capital 
 17   investment                         42,386,462    86.53   6,597,153   13.47   48,983,615        78.63%     75,055 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To authorise market purchases 
 18    of ordinary shares                48,712,917    99.35     320,800    0.65   49,033,717        78.71%     24,953 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To adopt an amended set of 
      Articles 
 19   of Association                     49,029,894    99.97      17,073    0.03   49,046,967        78.74%     11,703 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To authorise the convening of 
       a general meeting (other than 
       the AGM) of not less than 14 
 20    days' notice                      45,144,660    92.04   3,905,575    7.96   49,050,235        78.74%      8,435 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
 

For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes cast are expressed as a percentage of 62,292,806 ordinary shares. A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a resolution. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed at today's AGM will be submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism.

Ali Johnson

Company Secretary

Email: CompanySecretariat@rathbones.com

Tel: 07901 118456

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