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NINETY ONE PLC - Results of Annual General Meetings of Ninety One plc and Ninety One Limited

Release Date: 26/07/2024 14:30
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Results of Annual General Meetings of Ninety One plc and Ninety One Limited

Ninety One plc                                             Ninety One Limited
Incorporated in England and Wales                          Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
Registration number: 12245293                              Registration number: 2019/526481/06
Date of registration: 4 October 2019                       Date of registration: 18 October 2019
LSE share code: N91                                        JSE share code: NY1
JSE share code: N91                                        ISIN: ZAE000282356
ISIN: GB00BJHPLV88



As part of the dual-listed companies' structure, Ninety One plc and Ninety One Limited 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 Annual General Meetings of Ninety One plc and Ninety One Limited
                                     (the "Annual General Meetings" or "AGMs")

The AGMs were held on 25 July 2024 physically and electronically by audiocast. As required by the companies'
dual-listed structure, all resolutions were treated as Joint Electorate Actions and were decided on a poll. All
resolutions at both meetings were passed by the required majority.

The voting results of the Joint Electorate Actions are identical and are given below:

                                                                                                                               Total
                                                                                                                              Votes
                                                                                                                             Cast as a
                                                                  Votes                   Votes                Total Votes
            Resolution                  Votes For      %                        %                      %                     % of the
                                                                 Against                 Withheld                 Cast
                                                                                                                             Ordinary
                                                                                                                             Shares in
                                                                                                                               Issue
                                       Common business: Ninety One plc and Ninety One Limited
     To re-elect Hendrik du Toit as
1
     a director.                       732,626,045   99.93    483,033         0.07     726,336         0       733,109,078   80.79
     To re-elect Kim McFarland as
2
     a director.                       732,600,120   99.93    509,014         0.07     726,336         0       733,109,134   80.79
     To re-elect Gareth Penny as a
3
     director.                         724,266,882   98.79    8,842,253       1.21     726,335         0       733,109,135   80.79
     To re-elect Idoya
4    Basterrechea Aranda as a
     director.                         727,881,658   99.29    5,227,420       0.71     726,336         0       733,109,078   80.79
     To re-elect Colin Keogh as a
5
     director.                         726,861,090   99.15    6,248,107       0.85     726,273         0       733,109,197   80.79
     To re-elect Busisiwe Mabuza
6
     as a director.                    727,395,685   99.22    5,713,299       0.78     726,486         0       733,108,984   80.79
     To re-elect Victoria Cochrane
7
     as a director.                    732,986,337   99.98    122,648         0.02     726,485         0       733,108,985   80.79
     To re-elect Khumo Shuenyane
8
     as a director.                    700,355,073   99.89    745,181         0.11     32,735,216      4       701,100,254   77.27
     To approve the directors'
9    remuneration report, for the
     year ended 31 March 2024.         713,574,339   97.33    19,542,664      2.67     718,373         0       733,117,003   80.79
     To approve the directors'
10
     remuneration policy.              696,715,844   95.03    36,401,102      4.97     718,524         0       733,116,946   80.79
     To approve Ninety One's
11
     climate strategy.                 604,161,269   97.84     13,342,825    2.16      116,331,377     16      617,504,094   68.05
                                                  Ordinary business: Ninety One plc
     To receive and adopt the
     audited annual financial
     statements of Ninety One plc
12   for the year ended 31 March
     2024, together with the reports
     of the directors and of the
     auditor of Ninety One plc.        731,610,593   100.00   1,441           0.00     2,223,437       0       731,612,034   80.63
     Subject to the passing of
     resolution no. 20, to declare a
13   final dividend on the ordinary
     shares for the year ended 31
     March 2024.                       733,127,884   100.00   409             0.00     707,178         0       733,128,293   80.80
     To re-appoint
     PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
     of 7 More London Riverside,
     London, SE1 2RT, as auditor
     of Ninety One plc to hold office
14   until the conclusion of the
     Annual General Meeting of
     Ninety One plc to be held in
     2025, with the designated
     audit partner being Allan
     McGrath.                            733,070,391     99.99     57,902           0.01    707,178      0   733,128,293   80.80
     To authorise the Audit and
     Risk Committee to set the
15
     remuneration of Ninety One
     plc's auditors.                     732,902,001     99.97     222,041       0.03       711,429      0   733,124,042   80.80
                                                       Special business: Ninety One plc
     Ordinary resolution: Directors'
16   authority to allot shares and
     other securities.                   675,306,853     92.11     57,815,260       7.89    713,358      0   733,122,113   80.80
     Special resolution: Authority to
17   purchase own ordinary
     shares.                             726,791,045     99.17     6,063,170        0.83    981,256      0   732,854,215   80.77
     Special resolution: Consent to
18
     short notice.                       709,179,475     97.36     19,234,849       2.64    5,421,147    1   728,414,324   80.28
                                                 Ordinary business: Ninety One Limited
     To present the audited
     financial statements of Ninety
     One Limited for the year
     ended 31 March 2024,
     together with the reports of the
19   directors, the auditor, the chair                                           Non-voting resolution
     of the Audit and Risk
     Committee and the chair of
     the Sustainability, Social and
     Ethics Committee to the
     shareholders.
     Subject to the passing of
     resolution no. 13, to declare a
20   final dividend on the ordinary
     shares for the year ended 31
     March 2024.                         733,127,236     100.00    1,044            0.00    707,191      0   733,128,280   80.80
     To re-appoint
     PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.
     of 5 Silo Square, V&A
     Waterfront, Cape Town, 8002,
     South Africa, upon the
     recommendation of the current
     Audit and Risk Committee, as
21   auditor of Ninety One Limited,
     to hold office until the
     conclusion of the Annual
     General Meeting of Ninety
     One Limited to be held in
     2025, with the designated
     audit partner being Chantel
     van den Heever.                     732,988,905     99.98     136,190          0.02    710,376      0   733,125,095   80.80
     Election of Audit and Risk
     Committee members.
     i. Victoria Cochrane
22                                       732,934,837     99.98     147,183          0.02    753,451      0   733,082,020   80.79
     ii. Colin Keogh
                                         731,190,316     99.74     1,891,703        0.26    753,452      0   733,082,019   80.79
     iii. Khumo Shuenyane
                                         695,743,244     94.91     37,338,775       5.09    753,452      0   733,082,019   80.79
     Authorising the directors to
     issue up to 5% of the issued
23
     ordinary shares in Ninety One
     Limited.                            675,586,891     92.15     57,536,645       7.85    711,935      0   733,123,536   80.80
     General authority to issue
24
     ordinary shares for cash.           604,289,169     82.43     128,833,026      17.57   713,276      0   733,122,195   80.80
                                                 Special business: Ninety One Limited
     Special resolution 1 - Authority
25   to acquire ordinary shares of
     Ninety One Limited.                724,641,703   98.85    8,418,014     1.15       775,754   0    733,059,717    80.79
     Special resolution 2 - Financial
26
     Assistance.                        721,566,182   98.42    11,548,606    1.58       720,682   0    733,114,788    80.79
     Special resolution 3 - Non-
27   executive directors'
     remuneration.                      732,159,640   99.87    933,250       0.13       742,581   0    733,092,890    80.79

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 the date of the AGM, Ninety One plc's issued capital consists of 622,624,622 ordinary shares
of GBP0.0001 each and Ninety One Limited's issued capital consists of 284,754,801 ordinary shares of no par value.
In accordance with the dual-listed companies' structure, the aggregate number of voting rights which may be
exercised at the AGM was 907,379,427.

Resolutions 17, 18, 25, 26 and 27 were passed as special resolutions. Copies of resolutions 16, 17 and 18 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 AGM, 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.


26 July 2024



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