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Rathbones Group PLC

04 May 2023

RATHBONES GROUP PLC (the "Company")

LEI: 213800MBTHM6UE8ZQP29

RESULTS OF THE 2023 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

N OTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LISTING RULE 9.6.18

At the fifty-second Annual General Meeting of the Company, held at 8 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7AZ on Thursday 4 May 2023, all the resolutions proposed (which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 30 March 2023) were passed on a poll.

Resolutions 1 to 14 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 18 were special resolutions.

The full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Meeting, a copy of which is on the Company's at www.rathbones.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/general-meetings . In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed as special business will be submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

The results of the poll are 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     2022                               48,650,756   99.98       8,189    0.02   48,658,945        76.71%    419,279 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To approve the directors' 
      remuneration 
      report for the year ended 31 
 2    December 2022                       42,929,247   87.99   5,860,651   12.01   48,789,898        76.92%    288,326 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To declare a final dividend 
       of 56p per share for the year 
 3     ended 31 December 2022             48,417,321   99.19     393,987    0.81   48,811,308        76.95%    266,916 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To re-elect Clive Bannister 
 4     as a director                      48,235,540   98.84     564,175    1.16   48,799,715        76.93%    278,509 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To re-elect Paul Stockton as 
 5     a director                         48,795,319   99.98       8,346    0.02   48,803,665        76.94%    274,559 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To re-elect Jennifer Mathias 
 6     as a director                      48,670,790   99.91      43,942    0.09   48,714,732        76.80%    363,492 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To re-elect Iain Cummings as 
 7     a director                         45,676,599   93.76   3,038,133    6.24   48,714,732        76.80%    363,492 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To re-elect Terri Duhon as a 
 8     director                           45,667,855   93.75   3,046,842    6.25   48,714,697        76.80%    363,527 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To re-elect Sarah Gentleman 
 9     as a director                      44,252,915   90.84   4,462,917    9.16   48,715,832        76.80%    362,392 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To re-elect Dharmash Mistry 
 10    as a director                      45,676,356   93.76   3,037,976    6.24   48,714,332        76.80%    363,892 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as 
 11    auditors of the company            48,798,508   99.98       8,801    0.02   48,807,309        76.94%    270,915 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To authorise the audit committee 
       to agree the remuneration of 
 12    the auditors                       48,802,590   99.98       8,826    0.02   48,811,416        76.95%    266,808 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To approve an authority to make 
       political donations and to incur 
 13    political expenditure              46,493,749   95.40   2,242,866    4.60   48,736,615        76.83%    341,609 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To approve a general authority 
 14    to allot ordinary shares           44,130,121   90.41   4,680,720    9.59   48,810,841        76.95%    267,383 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To authorise the disapplication 
 15    of pre-emption rights              46,570,920   95.53   2,176,931    4.47   48,747,851        76.85%    330,373 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To further authorise the 
      disapplication 
      of pre-emption rights regarding 
      shares issued in connection 
      with an acquisition or capital 
 16   investment                          42,786,946   87.77   5,961,243   12.23   48,748,189        76.85%    330,035 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To authorise market purchases 
 17    of ordinary shares                 48,480,880   99.34     321,094    0.66   48,801,974        76.93%    276,250 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To authorise the convening of 
       a general meeting (other than 
       the AGM) of not less than 14 
 18    days' notice                       45,454,599   93.12   3,356,145    6.88   48,810,744        76.95%    267,480 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
 

For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes cast are expressed as a percentage of 63,433,381 ordinary shares. A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a resolution.

Ali Johnson

Company Secretary

Email: CompanySecretariat@rathbones.com

Tel: 07901 118456

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