Rathbones Group Plc ('the
Company')
LEI: 213800MBTHM6UE8ZQP29
2023 Report and Accounts
Notice of 2024 Annual General
Meeting
The Company today announces that its
Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023
("Annual Report"), Notice of the 2024 Annual General Meeting
("AGM") and Form of Proxy for the 2024 AGM have been sent to
shareholders. The Annual Report and AGM Notice are available to
view on the Company's website at:
www.rathbones.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/general-meetings
In compliance with LR 9.6.1 of the
UK Financial Conduct Authority, the Company has today submitted
electronic copies of the following documents to the Financial
Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism, and these
will shortly be available for inspection at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
·
2023 Annual Report and Accounts
·
Notice of the 2024 AGM
·
Form of Proxy
How
to ask Questions
Shareholders, their appointed
proxies, or corporate representatives who attend the AGM, whether
at the physical venue or online, can ask questions on the business
of the meeting on the day. All shareholders can also submit
questions in advance of the AGM by sending them to
CompanySecretariat@rathbones.com.
To ensure that a response is received before the proxy appointment
deadline, shareholders should submit their questions by 6:30pm on
Wednesday 1 May 2024. We will publish the questions and our
response on our website.
Enquires:
Ali
Johnson
Group Company Secretary
Email: CompanySecretariat@rathbones.com
The Appendix below, together with the information included in the Company's
announcement of its preliminary results on 6 March 2024,
constitutes the information required to comply with DTR
6.3.5
Appendix
Statement of directors'
responsibilities in respect of the report and accounts
The directors are responsible for
preparing the report and accounts 2023, and the group and parent
company financial statements in accordance with applicable law and
regulations.
Company law requires the directors
to prepare group and parent company financial statements for each
financial year. Under that law they are required to prepare the
group financial statements in accordance with UK-adopted
International Accounting Standards (International Financial
Reporting Standards (IFRS)) and applicable law and have elected to
prepare the parent company financial statements on the same
basis.
Under company law, the directors
must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied
that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the
group and parent company and of their profit or loss for that
period. In preparing each of the group and parent company financial
statements, the directors are required to:
-
select suitable accounting policies and then apply
them consistently
-
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable,
relevant and reliable
-
state whether they have been prepared in
accordance with UK-adopted International Accounting Standards
(IFRS)
-
assess the group and parent company's ability to
continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters
related to going concern
-
use the going concern basis of accounting unless
they either intend to liquidate the group or the parent company or
to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do
so.
The directors are responsible for
keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and
explain the parent company's transactions and disclose with
reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the
parent company and enable them to ensure that its financial
statements comply with the Companies Act 2006.
They are responsible for such
internal controls as they determine are necessary to enable the
preparation of financial statements that are free from material
misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and have general
responsibility for taking such steps as are reasonably open to them
to safeguard the assets of the group and to prevent and detect
fraud and other irregularities.
Under applicable law and
regulations, the directors are also responsible for preparing a
strategic report, directors' report, directors' remuneration report
and corporate governance statement that comply with that law and
those regulations.
The directors are responsible for
the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial
information included on the company's website. Legislation in the
UK governing the preparation and dissemination of financial
statements may differ from legislation in other
jurisdictions.
Responsibility statement of the
directors in respect of the report and accounts
We confirm that to the best of our
knowledge:
- the
financial statements, prepared in accordance with the applicable
set of accounting standards, give a true and fair view of the
assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the
company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as
a whole
- the
strategic report and directors' report include a fair review of the
development and performance of the business and the position of the
issuer and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as
a whole, together with a description of the principal risks and
uncertainties that they face.
We consider the report and accounts,
taken as a whole, is fair, balanced and understandable and provides
the information necessary for shareholders to assess the group's
position and performance, business model and strategy.
By order of the board
Paul Stockton
Group Chief Executive
Officer