Result of AGM 2025
At the Rank Group PLC annual general meeting on October 15, 2025, all resolutions were passed. For the approval of the 2024/25 report and financial statements, 431,876,410 votes were cast for and 6,023 against, representing 92.20% of shares. The approval of the 2024/25 directors' remuneration report saw 149,044,853 votes for and 964,768 against, representing 32.02% of shares. The final dividend was approved with 432,291,414 votes for and 4,161 against, representing 92.29% of shares. John O'Reilly was re-elected as director with 431,367,272 votes for and 914,836 against, Richard Harris with 430,909,839 votes for and 1,372,320 against, and Christian Nothhaft was elected with 428,519,988 votes for and 3,728,265 against. The total number of ordinary shares in issue at the meeting date was 468,429,541.
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At The Rank Group Plc annual general meeting held on Wednesday 15 October 2025 a poll was taken on all resolutions put to the meeting. All resolutions were passed by the members entitled to vote.
The results of the poll incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are set out below.
| № | Resolution | Type | For | Against | Total № of Votes Cast | % of shares on register: 15 Oct 2025 | Withheld | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| № of votes | % | № of votes | % | № of votes | |||||
| Votes of all shareholders | |||||||||
| 1. | Approval of 2024/25 report and financial statements | Ordinary | 431,876,410 | 100.00 | 6,023 | 0.00 | 431,882,433 | 92.20% | 413,526 |
| 2. | Approval of 2024/25 directors' remuneration report | Ordinary | 149,044,853 | 99.36 | 964,768 | 0.64 | 150,009,621 | 32.02% | 282,286,338 |
| 3. | Approval of final dividend | Ordinary | 432,291,414 | 100.00 | 4,161 | 0.00 | 432,295,575 | 92.29% | 384 |
| 4. | Re-election of John O'Reilly as a director | Ordinary | 431,367,272 | 99.79 | 914,836 | 0.21 | 432,282,108 | 92.28% | 13,851 |
| 5. | Re-election of Richard Harris as a director | Ordinary | 430,909,839 | 99.68 | 1,372,320 | 0.32 | 432,282,159 | 92.28% | 13,800 |
| 6. | Election of Christian Nothhaft as a director | Ordinary | 428,519,988 | 99.14 | 3,728,265 | 0.86 | 432,248,253 | 92.28% | 47,706 |
| 7. | Re-election of Katie McAlister as a director | Ordinary | 429,304,633 | 99.32 | 2,927,748 | 0.68 | 432,232,381 | 92.27% | 63,578 |
| 8. | Re-election of Karen Whitworth as a director | Ordinary | 427,815,851 | 98.97 | 4,465,879 | 1.03 | 432,281,730 | 92.28% | 14,229 |
| 9. | Re-election of Lucinda Charles-Jones as a director | Ordinary | 430,803,071 | 99.66 | 1,478,710 | 0.34 | 432,281,781 | 92.28% | 14,178 |
| 10. | Re-election of Keith Laslop as a director | Ordinary | 432,123,734 | 99.96 | 158,374 | 0.04 | 432,282,108 | 92.28% | 13,851 |
| 11. | Re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditor | Ordinary | 432,125,010 | 99.97 | 150,421 | 0.03 | 432,275,431 | 92.28% | 20,528 |
| 12. | Remuneration of auditor | Ordinary | 432,205,663 | 99.98 | 86,183 | 0.02 | 432,291,846 | 92.29% | 4,113 |
| № | Resolution | Type | For | Against | Total № of Votes Cast | % of shares on register on 15 Oct 2025 | Withheld | ||
| № of votes | % | № of votes | % | № of votes | |||||
| 13. | Authority to make political donations and political expenditure | Ordinary | 432,171,419 | 99.97 | 116,596 | 0.03 | 432,288,015 | 92.28% | 7,944 |
| 14. | Authority to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice | Special | 431,640,326 | 99.85 | 646,439 | 0.15 | 432,286,765 | 92.28% | 9,194 |
| Votes of independent shareholders only | |||||||||
| 7. | Re-election of Katie McAlister as a director | Ordinary | 147,079,527 | 98.05 | 2,927,748 | 1.95 | 150,007,275 | 80.56% | 63,578 |
| 8. | Re-election of Karen Whitworth as a director | Ordinary | 145,590,745 | 97.02 | 4,465,879 | 2.98 | 150,056,624 | 80.59% | 14,229 |
| 9. | Re-election of Lucinda Charles-Jones as a director | Ordinary | 148,577,965 | 99.01 | 1,478,710 | 0.99 | 150,056,675 | 80.59% | 14,178 |
| 10. | Re-election of Keith Laslop as a director | Ordinary | 149,898,628 | 99.89 | 158,374 | 0.11 | 150,057,002 | 80.59% | 13,851 |
Notes:
- Total ordinary shares in issue at the date of the meeting were 468,429,541. Total ordinary shares held by shareholders excluding the controlling shareholder at the date of the meeting were 186,204,435.
- Any proxy appointments giving discretion to "the Chair of the meeting" have been included in the "For" totals above.
- Resolutions 7,8,9 and 10 will be counted separately excluding the controlling shareholder.
- "Withheld" is not a vote in law and therefore is excluded from the calculation of the proportion of the votes for or against a resolution.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the notice of annual general meeting which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. and on the Company's website https://www.rank.com/investors/shareholder-centre/shareholder-meetings/
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