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Result of Annual General Meeting 2023

Published: 2023-05-18 16:00:40 ET
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QUILTER PLC
Incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with registered number 06404270 and re-registered as a public limited company under the
Companies Act 2006)
ISIN CODE: GB00BDCXV269
JSE SHARE CODE: QLT
Quilter plc (the "Company")



18 May 2023
                                                                 Quilter plc

                                                 Result of Annual General Meeting 2023

Quilter plc (the “Company”) announces that at its Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) held earlier today, all the resolutions put to shareholders
were passed by the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 to 16 and resolution 20 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 19
and resolution 21 were passed as special resolutions.

The Company notes that more than 20% of the votes cast on resolution 16 (“To authorise political donations by the Company and its
subsidiaries”) were against that resolution.

The Company has actively engaged with our shareholders on this issue since Listing in 2018 and understand their concerns which reflect a
difference in market practice for many of our South African shareholders. The Company will continue to engage with shareholders in
accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code and will provide an update on these discussions in due course.

The results of the poll are set out below.

         Resolution                 Number of    % of votes      Number of        % of votes   Total number of      % of      Number of
                                    votes cast    cast “For”      votes cast            cast         votes cast   issued          votes
                                     “For” the           the   “Against” the   “Against” the                       share       Withheld
                                    resolution   resolution       resolution      resolution                      capital
                                                                                                                   voted
   1.    To receive the 2022
         Report and Accounts     1,031,326,981      100.00           25,354            0.00     1,031,352,335     73.45%      3,333,572
   2.    To approve the
         Remuneration
         Report (excluding the
         Directors’
         Remuneration Policy)     969,593,126         93.79      64,166,266            6.21     1,033,759,392     73.62%        925,097
3.    To declare a final
      dividend                 1,033,751,201   100.00       40,240     0.00   1,033,791,441   73.63%    895,884
4.    To re-elect Neeta
      Atkar as a Director      1,033,385,157    99.96      390,927     0.04   1,033,776,084   73.63%    908,405
5.    To re-elect Tim
      Breedon as a
      Director                 1,033,383,437    99.96      390,864     0.04   1,033,774,301   73.63%    910,248
6.    To re-elect Tazim
      Essani as a Director     1,032,398,002    99.87     1,378,108    0.13   1,033,776,110   73.63%    908,459
7.    To re-elect Moira
      Kilcoyne as a Director   1,033,389,678    99.96      385,731     0.04   1,033,775,409   73.63%    909,080
8.    To re-elect Steven
      Levin as a Director      1,033,396,285    99.96      384,362     0.04   1,033,780,647   73.63%    903,842
9.    To re-elect Ruth
      Markland as a
      Director                 1,030,937,831    99.89     1,118,347    0.11   1,032,056,178   73.50%   2,628,311
10.   To re-elect Paul
      Matthews as a
      Director                 1,033,369,766    99.96      404,475     0.04   1,033,774,241   73.63%    910,248
11.   To re-elect George
      Reid as a Director       1,033,266,257    99.95      509,815     0.05   1,033,776,072   73.63%    906,999
12.   To re-elect Chris
      Samuel as a Director     1,002,265,930    96.95    31,509,981    3.05   1,033,775,911   73.63%    908,578
13.   To re-elect Mark
      Satchel as a Director    1,024,478,249    99.10     9,303,795    0.90   1,033,782,044   73.63%    903,863
14.   To re-appoint
      Pricewaterhouse-
      Coopers LLP as
      Auditor of the
      Company                  1,031,995,199    99.83     1,762,784    0.17   1,033,757,983   73.62%    927,924
15.   To authorise the
      Board Audit
      Committee to
      determine the
      remuneration of the
      Auditor                  1,033,714,076    99.99       53,152     0.01   1,033,767,228   73.62%    918,679
16.   To authorise political
      donations or
      expenditure by the        774,783,580     74.95   259,001,404   25.05   1,033,784,984   73.63%    900,923
          Company and its
          subsidiaries
   17.    To authorise the
          Company to
          purchase its own
          shares*                 1,031,791,429       99.83      1,802,402            0.17     1,033,593,831      73.61%       1,093,494
   18.    To authorise the
          Company to enter
          into Contingent
          Purchase Contracts*     1,031,781,655       99.83      1,802,779            0.17     1,033,584,434      73.61%       1,100,055
   19.    To amend the
          Company’s Articles of
          Association in
          respect of an Odd-lot
          Offer*                  1,033,690,158       99.99         85,074            0.01     1,033,775,232      73.63%         909,257
   20.    To authorise the
          Directors to
          implement an Odd-
          lot Offer               1,031,962,516       99.82      1,811,716            0.18     1,033,774,232      73.63%         910,257
   21.    To approve a
          contract to purchase
          shares in respect of
          an Odd-lot Offer*       1,031,962,516       99.82      1,812,342            0.18     1,033,774,858      73.63%         909,631
         *Special resolution

Notes:
   i. As at 6:30pm on 16 May 2023, the time by which shareholders who wanted to vote at the AGM must have been entered on the
       Company's register of members, the number of issued shares in the Company was 1,404,105,498 ordinary shares. In accordance
       with the Company's articles of association, on a poll every member present in person or by proxy had one vote for every share held.

   ii.   Votes withheld are not votes in law and therefore have not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for or
         against a resolution.

   iii. All percentages are shown to two decimal places.

Pursuant to UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of all resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the AGM today will be
submitted to and available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to view at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
The poll results will also be available shortly on the Company’s website at plc.quilter.com/gm.



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Enquiries:

 Investor Relations:
 John-Paul Crutchley                                    +44 (0)7741 385 251

 Company Secretary:
 Clare Barrett                                          +44 (0)7741 384 512

 Camarco
 Geoffrey Pelham-Lane                                   +44 (0)20 3757 4985



About Quilter plc:
Quilter plc is a leading UK-centric wealth management business, helping to create prosperity for the generations of today and tomorrow.

Quilter oversees £101.9 billion in customer investments (as at 31 March 2023).

It has an adviser and customer offering spanning financial advice, investment platforms, multi-asset investment solutions, and discretionary
fund management.

The business is comprised of two segments: Affluent and High Net Worth.

Affluent encompasses the financial planning businesses, Quilter Financial Planning, the Quilter Investment Platform and Quilter Investors,
the Multi-asset investment solutions business.

High Net Worth includes the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot, together with Quilter Private Client Advisers.

JSE Sponsor:
J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited