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Quilter plc Board Composition

Published: 2022-05-12 16:00:30 ET
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QUILTER PLC
Incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 (UK) with registered number 06404270 and re-registered as a public limited company under
the Companies Act 2006) (UK)
ISIN CODE: GB00BDCXV269
JSE SHARE CODE: QLT
Quilter plc (the "Company")

12 May 2022
                                                                Quilter plc

                                                     Quilter plc Board Composition

As previously announced by Quilter plc (the “Company”) on 23 March 2022, Glyn Jones stepped down as Chair and as a Director of the
Company at the conclusion of the AGM. The search for a permanent successor to Mr Jones is progressing well and further details will be
published to the market in due course.

Ruth Markland, Quilter’s Senior Independent Director, was appointed as Chair of the Company with effect from the conclusion of the AGM.
Tim Breedon, an existing Non-executive Director of the Company, has assumed the role of Senior Independent Director for the duration of
Ruth Markland’s period as Chair.

Glyn Jones said:

“I have enjoyed greatly the six years that I have spent as Chair of Quilter plc and wish the Quilter Board and the executive leadership team
continued success in making Quilter a great business driven by strong values.”

Paul Feeney, Chief Executive Officer, commented that:

“Quilter and I have benefitted enormously from the support and advice of Glyn Jones. His incisive mind and thoughtful, analytical approach
has been of tremendous help to me and my management team through a period when we have faced many challenges.”

Ruth Markland, Chair, thanked Glyn, saying:

“Glyn has worked tirelessly over the last six years to build and maintain a strong cohesive Board and to ensure that Quilter’s management
team were supported and challenged in equal measure. During his tenure, Quilter has matured into a business with firm foundations and
a bright future and we thank him for the significant role he has played.”
                                                  Result of Annual General Meeting 2022

Quilter plc 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 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 and 18 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     Number of        % of votes   Total number of      % of     Number of
                                     votes cast       votes       votes cast            cast         votes cast   issued         votes
                                      “For” the   cast “For”   “Against” the   “Against” the                       share      Withheld
                                     resolution          the      resolution      resolution                      capital
                                                   resolutio                                                       voted
                                                           n
   1.    To receive the 2021
         Report and Accounts      1,286,069,077       99.99         147,775            0.01     1,286,216,852     76.42%      3,274,568
   2.    To approve the
         Remuneration Report
         (excluding the
         Directors’
         Remuneration Policy)     1,232,142,217       95.56      57,226,368            4.44     1,289,368,585     76.61%       122,580
   3.    To approve the
         Directors’
         Remuneration Policy      1,239,873,807       96.16      49,489,938            3.84     1,289,363,745     76.61%       127,420
   4.    To declare a final
         dividend                 1,289,276,877       99.99         144,271            0.01     1,289,421,148     76.61%         70,272
   5.    To re-elect Tim
         Breedon as a Director    1,256,116,127       99.17      10,457,132            0.83     1,266,573,259     75.25%    22,917,906
   6.    To re-elect Tazim
         Essani as a Director     1,288,449,015       99.93         926,908            0.07     1,289,375,923     76.61%       115,242
   7.    To re-elect Paul
         Feeney as a Director     1,286,630,214   99.95      629,802     0.05   1,287,260,016   76.48%   2,231,546
   8.    To re-elect Moira
         Kilcoyne as a Director   1,288,750,288   99.95      625,228     0.05   1,289,375,516   76.61%    115,649
   9.    To re-elect Ruth
         Markland as a Director   1,268,634,915   98.47    19,747,117    1.53   1,288,382,032   76.55%    109,133
   10.   To re-elect Paul
         Matthews as a
         Director                 1,288,460,323   99.93      919,470     0.07   1,289,379,793   76.61%    111,372
   11.   To re-elect George
         Reid as a Director       1,288,755,690   99.95      625,749     0.05   1,289,381,439   76.61%    109,726
   12.   To re-elect Chris
         Samuel as a Director     1,276,874,059   99.03    12,502,976    0.97   1,289,377,035   76.61%    114,130
   13.   To re-elect Mark
         Satchel as a Director    1,288,254,492   99.91     1,132,138    0.09   1,289,386,630   76.61%    104,932
   14.   To re-appoint
         Pricewaterhouse-
         Coopers LLP as
         Auditor of the
         Company                  1,287,089,706   99.82     2,297,344    0.18   1,289,387,050   76.61%    104,370
   15.   To authorise the
         Board Audit
         Committee to
         determine the
         remuneration of the
         Auditor                  1,289,222,287   99.99      163,609     0.01   1,289,385,896   76.61%    104,080
   16.   To authorise political
         donations or
         expenditure by the
         Company and its
         subsidiaries              993,011,828    77.50   288,314,973   22.50   1,281,326,801   76.13%   8,163,033
   17.   To authorise the
         Company to purchase
         its own shares*          1,286,535,916   99.80     2,612,189    0.20   1,289,148,105   76.59%    343,315
   18.   To authorise the
         Company to enter into
         Contingent Purchase
         Contracts*               1,286,603,189   99.80     2,548,435    0.20   1,289,151,624   76.59%    339,796
*Special resolution
Notes:
   i. As at 6:30pm on 10 May 2022, 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 1,638,123,085 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

 Keilah Codd                                         +44 (0)7776 649 681

 Company Secretary:
 Patrick Gonsalves                                   +44 (0)7391 867 081

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



About Quilter plc:
Quilter plc is a leading wealth management business in the UK and internationally, helping to create prosperity for the generations of today
and tomorrow.
Quilter oversees £107.2 billion in customer investments (as at 31 March 2022).

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

The business is being reorganised into 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