Ashmore Group plc (the “Company”)
5 November 2026
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (“AGM”)
The Board of Ashmore Group plc is pleased to announce that at the AGM of the Company held earlier today all resolutions were duly passed on a poll. All of the resolutions are accordingly declared as carried.
The Company welcomes the approval by 78.77% of votes cast of the Directors’ remuneration report in Resolution 10. However, it notes the 21.23% vote against. The Company has an ongoing programme of regular engagement with shareholders and proxy advisers and, following publication of the Notice of AGM, has been in contact to understand how they intended to vote and their rationale. Consequently, the Company is aware of the views held by certain shareholders’ governance teams. This engagement will continue, and shareholders’ feedback will be reported to the Board to enable a further discussion, with an update provided within six months.
The results of the poll on each resolution were as follows:
FOR | AGAINST | VOTES WITHHELD* | TOTAL VOTE | % of total votes in favour | ||
Resolution | No. of Votes | No. of Votes | No. of Votes | |||
1 | To receive and adopt the report and accounts for the year ended 30 June 2026 | 594,031,656 | 1,861,478 | 161,146 | 595,893,134 | 99.69 |
2 | To declare a final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2026 of 12.1 pence per Ordinary Share | 596,017,491 | 24,777 | 12,012 | 596,042,268 | 100.00 |
3 | To re-elect Mark Coombs as a Director | 595,685,695 | 334,952 | 33,633 | 596,020,647 | 99.94 |
4 | To re-elect Tom Shippey as a Director | 595,838,845 | 182,405 | 33,030 | 596,021,250 | 99.97 |
5 | To re-elect Clive Adamson as a Director | 567,739,254 | 28,265,846 | 49,180 | 596,005,100 | 95.26 |
6 | To re-elect Jennifer Bingham as a Director | 568,140,610 | 27,860,127 | 53,543 | 596,000,737 | 95.33 |
7 | To re-elect Thuy Dam as a Director | 575,981,472 | 19,724,174 | 348,634 | 595,705,646 | 96.69 |
8 | To re-elect Anna Sweeney as a Director | 576,366,300 | 19,633,781 | 54,199 | 596,000,081 | 96.71 |
9 | To approve the Directors’ remuneration policy | 452,961,482 | 91,968,836 | 51,123,962 | 544,930,318 | 83.12 |
10 | To approve the Directors’ remuneration report for the year ended 30 June 2026 | 429,268,348 | 115,666,226 | 51,119,706 | 544,934,574 | 78.77 |
11 | To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors | 595,811,977 | 150,492 | 91,811 | 595,962,469 | 99.97 |
12 | To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors | 595,801,490 | 148,621 | 104,169 | 595,950,111 | 99.98 |
13 | To authorise political donations and political expenditure | 551,086,268 | 31,919,233 | 13,048,799 | 583,005,501 | 94.53 |
14 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 563,944,237 | 31,998,613 | 111,430 | 595,942,850 | 94.63 |
15 | To authorise the dis-application of pre-emption rights up to 35,637,040 shares** | 565,389,349 | 30,383,414 | 281,517 | 595,772,763 | 94.90 |
16 | To authorise the dis-application of pre-emption rights up to a further 35,637,040 shares** | 565,337,585 | 30,424,166 | 292,529 | 595,761,751 | 94.89 |
17 | To authorise market purchases of shares** | 595,897,019 | 97,423 | 59,838 | 595,994,442 | 99.98 |
18 | To reduce the notice period for general meetings other than an annual general meeting** | 594,086,575 | 1,823,124 | 144,581 | 595,909,699 | 99.69 |
19 | To adopt new Articles of Association** | 435,481,055 | 94,911,883 | 65,661,342 | 530,392,938 | 82.11 |
* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a resolution.
** Indicates Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority.
Ashmore Group plc’s Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is 549300U3L59WB4YI2X12.
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, copies of resolutions concerning special business passed at the AGM today have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority’s national storage mechanism. This document will shortly be available to view at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
For further information, please contact:
Ashmore Group plc | |
Jordan Griffin | +44 (0)20 3077 6385 |
Cardew Group | |
Tom Allison | +44 (0)7789 998020 |
Will Baldwin-Charles | +44 (0)7834 524833 |
Luke Bramwell | +44 (0)7467 992924 |
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