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Ninety One plc and Ninety One Limited announced on 09 April 2025 the results of their General Meetings. All three resolutions, concerning directors' authority to allot shares, disapply pre-emption rights, and issue shares, were passed by shareholders with 'for' votes ranging from 99.37% to 99.91% of the total votes cast for each resolution. The total votes cast represented approximately 85.09% of the ordinary shares in issue.
| Date | 9 Apr 2025 |
| Time | 15:00:00 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 3561E |
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Ninety One plc Registration number: 12245293 Date of registration: 4 October 2019 JSE share code: N91 ISIN: GB00BJHPLV88 LEI: 549300G0TJCT3K15ZG14
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Ninety One Limited Registration number: 2019/526481/06 Date of registration: 18 October 2019 ISIN: ZAE000282356
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As part of the dual-listed companies' ("DLC") structure, Ninety One plc and Ninety One Limited (together "Ninety One") notify both the LSE and the JSE of matters which are required to be disclosed under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules and Listing Rules of the FCA and/or the Listings Requirements of the JSE.
Results of the Ninety One General Meetings
(the "General Meetings" or "GMs")
Ninety One announces the results of the General Meetings held earlier today. As required by Ninety One's DLC structure, all resolutions were treated as Joint Electorate Actions and were decided on a poll. All resolutions were passed by the required majority.
The voting results of the Joint Electorate Actions are identical and are given below:
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Resolution |
Votes For |
% of total number of shares voted at GMs |
Votes Against |
% of total number of shares voted at GMs |
Votes Withheld |
% of total number of shares voted at GMs |
Total Votes Cast |
Total Votes Cast as a % of the Ordinary Shares in Issue |
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Ninety One plc |
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1 |
Ordinary resolution: Directors' authority to allot shares and other securities in Ninety One plc. |
761,768,701 |
99.91% |
689,329 |
0.09% |
200,897 |
0% |
762,458,030 |
85.09% |
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2 |
Special resolution: Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights in relation to shares in Ninety One plc. |
754,853,473 |
99.37% |
4,780,942 |
0.63% |
3,024,512 |
0% |
759,634,415 |
84.77% |
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Ninety One Limited |
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3 |
Ordinary resolution: Directors' authority to issue shares in Ninety One Limited. |
761,655,444 |
99.89% |
807,677 |
0.11% |
192,002 |
0% |
762,463,121 |
85.09% |
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Votes withheld are not votes in law and have not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution. Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'for' total.
Other information
As at 7 April 2025, Ninety One plc's issued capital consists of 621,550,336 ordinary shares of GBP0.0001 each and Ninety One Limited's issued capital consists of 274,560,743 ordinary shares of no par value. In accordance with Ninety One's DLC structure, the aggregate number of voting rights which may be exercised at the GM was 896,111,079.
Resolution 2 was passed as a special resolution. Copies of resolutions 1 and 2 will be filed with Companies House in the United Kingdom.
In accordance with FCA Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed at today's GM, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
9 April 2025
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