The Public Register is the world’s first register tracking shareholder dissent at listed companies. The Register details companies in the UK FTSE All Share that have received significant opposition by shareholders to a resolution (written statements by a company’s board of directors detailing a binding corporate action), or any resolution withdrawn before a shareholder vote. 

In doing so, it helps to identify which companies are acknowledging shareholder dissent and how they are addressing their shareholders’ concerns.

We included the idea of setting up a Public Register of shareholder votes in our response to the Government’s Green Paper on Corporate Governance Reform in 2017. In its final response in August 2017, the Government asked the IA to develop and maintain the Register, which includes:

  • key details about the resolution (title, meeting date etc)
  • results of the shareholder vote (percentage of votes cast for and against, number of votes withheld, and percentage of the issued share capital voted)
  • a link to the AGM/GM results, including any statement made by the Board in response to the significant vote against at the time of the meeting – as required under provision E.2.2. of the UK Corporate Governance Code
  • a link to any further announcements by the company in response to the dissent, including shareholder views and what the company has done or plans to do.

The new UK Corporate Governance Code requires an update statement within six months of the shareholder meeting. To help companies, we’ve produced guidance setting out what investors would like to see from these update statements. You can find this guidance here.

You can find more details about the approach on the methodology page. For any further questions or to submit an update statement to the Public Register email [email protected]. For media enquiries email [email protected].

 

Remuneration policy
Company name Meeting date Meeting type (AGM/GM) Resolution number & title % Voted for % Voted against % Withheld % Issued share capital voted Statement in results Update statement
INVESTEC PLC 08/08/2018 AGM Resolution 17: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy 79.47% 20.53% 0.77% 79.16% Yes
No
INVESTEC PLC 06/08/2020 AGM Resolution 14: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy 75.40% 24.60% 0.20% 81.86% No
Yes
Remuneration report
Company name Meeting date Meeting type (AGM/GM) Resolution number & title % Voted for % Voted against % Withheld % Issued share capital voted Statement in results Update statement
INVESTEC PLC 10/08/2017 AGM Resolution 15: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report 77.89% 22.11% 1.15% 76.00% No
Yes
INVESTEC PLC 06/08/2020 AGM Resolution 13: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report 76.12% 23.88% 0.19% 81.87% No
Yes
INVESTEC PLC 05/08/2021 AGM Resolution 15: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report 79.12% 20.88% 0.05% 84.48% Yes
Yes
Director re-election
Company name Meeting date Meeting type (AGM/GM) Resolution number & title % Voted for % Voted against % Withheld % Issued share capital voted Statement in results Update statement
INVESTEC PLC 10/08/2017 AGM Resolution 14: To re-elect Fani Titi as a Director 72.55% 27.45% 0.78% 76.00% No
Yes
INVESTEC PLC 10/08/2017 AGM Resolution 8: To re-elect Charles Richard Jacobs as a Director 76.61% 23.39% 0.81% 76.00% No
Yes
Authority to allot shares
Company name Meeting date Meeting type (AGM/GM) Resolution number & title % Voted for % Voted against % Withheld % Issued share capital voted Statement in results Update statement
INVESTEC PLC 10/08/2017 AGM Resolution 33: To approve an authority to allot shares 75.65% 24.35% 0.50% 76.00% No
No
INVESTEC PLC 08/08/2018 AGM Resolution 36: To approve an authority to allot shares 66.50% 33.50% 0.73% 79.19% Yes
No
Auditor re-election & remuneration
Company name Meeting date Meeting type (AGM/GM) Resolution number & title % Voted for % Voted against % Withheld % Issued share capital voted Statement in results Update statement
INVESTEC PLC 08/08/2019 AGM Resolution 21: To re-appoint KPMG LLP as joint auditors
79.93% 20.07% 0.57% 80.32% Yes
Yes
Political donations
Company name Meeting date Meeting type (AGM/GM) Resolution number & title % Voted for % Voted against % Withheld % Issued share capital voted Statement in results Update statement
INVESTEC PLC 10/08/2017 AGM Resolution 36: To authorise the Company to make political donations 76.49% 23.51% 13.06% 67.00% No
No
INVESTEC PLC 05/08/2021 AGM Resolution 38: To authorise the payment of political donations and to incur political expenditure 79.93% 20.07% 0.06% 84.47% Yes
Yes
Investec PLC 04/08/2022 AGM Resolution 38: Political donations
70.50% 29.50% 0.21% 82.64% No
No
Investec PLC 03/08/2023 AGM Resolution 34: Political donations
76.54% 23.46% 0.42% 75.85% No
Yes