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

Release Date: 23/07/2025 17:45
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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
     LEI: 549300G0TJCT3K15ZG14



     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 23 July 2025 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
                                                               Votes                    Votes                  Total Votes    a % of
          Resolution                Votes For        %                       %                         %
                                                              Against                  Withheld                   Cast          the
                                                                                                                             Ordinary
                                                                                                                              Shares
                                                                                                                             in Issue
                                      Common business: Ninety One plc and Ninety One Limited
     To re-elect Hendrik du Toit    726,450,010 99.79%     1,534,416   0.21%      639,038            0%        727,984,426   81.16%
1
     as a director.
     To re-elect Kim McFarland      726,894,363   99.85%     1,087,747    0.15%       641,354        0%        727,982,110   81.16%
2
     as a director.
     To re-elect Gareth Penny       721,434,439   99.10%     6,547,838    0.90%       641,187        0%        727,982,277   81.16%
3
     as a director.
     To re-elect Idoya              722,226,274   99.21%     5,755,703    0.79%       641,487        0%        727,981,977   81.16%
4    Basterrechea Aranda as a
     director.
     To re-elect Busisiwe           716,336,222   98.32%     12,259,912   1.68%       27,330         0%        728,596,134   81.23%
5
     Mabuza as a director.
     To re-elect Victoria           727,327,164   99.91%     654,952      0.09%       641,348        0%        727,982,116   81.16%
6
     Cochrane as a director.
     To re-elect Khumo              725,749,553   99.69%     2,232,411    0.31%       641,500        0%        727,981,964   81.16%
7
     Shuenyane as a director.
     To approve the directors'      706,052,826   96.99%     21,910,447   3.01%       660,191        0%        727,963,273   81.16%
     remuneration report, for
8
     the year ended 31 March
     2025.
     To approve the directors'      680,425,908   93.47%     47,535,932   6.53%       661,624        0%        727,961,840   81.16%
9
     remuneration policy.
     To approve Ninety One's        576,948,491   96.44%     21,276,293   3.56%       130,380,580    18%       598,224,784   66.70%
10
     climate strategy.
                                                  Ordinary business: Ninety One plc
     To receive and adopt the       719,021,621   99.99%     37,534       0.01%       9,564,309      1%        719,059,155   80.17%
     audited annual financial
     statements of Ninety One
     plc for the year ended 31
11
     March 2025, together with
     the reports of the directors
     and of the auditor of Ninety
     One plc.
     Subject to the passing of      727,960,674   100.00%    34,573       0.00%       628,217        0%        727,995,247   81.16%
     resolution no. 19, to
12
     declare a final dividend on
     the ordinary shares for the
     year ended 31 March
     2025.


     To re-appoint                   727,919,105     99.99%     63,521       0.01%      640,809     0%   727,982,626   81.16%
     PricewaterhouseCoopers
     LLP of 7 More London
     Riverside, London, SE1
     2RT, as auditor of Ninety
     One plc to hold office until
13
     the conclusion of the
     Annual General Meeting of
     Ninety One plc to be held
     in 2026, with the
     designated audit partner
     being Allan McGrath.
     To authorise the Audit and      727,586,822     99.95%     392,696      0.05%      644,946     0%   727,979,518   81.16%
     Risk Committee to set the
14
     remuneration of Ninety
     One plc's auditors.
                                                     Special business: Ninety One plc
     Ordinary resolution:            703,050,146     96.57%     24,941,886 3.43%      631,432       0%   727,992,032   81.16%
     Directors' authority to allot
15
     shares and other
     securities.
     Special resolution:             720,753,521     99.04%     6,997,479    0.96%      872,464     0%   727,751,000   81.14%
16   Authority to purchase own
     ordinary shares.
     Special resolution:             694,986,930     95.47%     3,005,043    4.53%      631,491     0%   727,991,973   81.16%
17
     Consent to short notice.
                                                   Ordinary business: Ninety One Limited
     To present the audited
     financial statements of
     Ninety One Limited for the
     year ended 31 March
     2025, together with the
     reports of the directors, the
18                                                                          Non-voting resolution
     auditor, the chair of the
     Audit and Risk Committee
     and the chair of the
     Sustainability, Social and
     Ethics Committee to the
     shareholders.
     Subject to the passing of       727,956,631     100.00%    36,002       0.00%      630,831     0%   727,992,633   81.16%
     resolution no. 12, to
     declare a final dividend on
19
     the ordinary shares for the
     year ended 31 March
     2025.
     To re-appoint                   727,922,843     99.99%     59,805       0.01%      640,749     0%   727,982,648   81.16%
     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 auditor of
20
     Ninety One Limited, to hold
     office until the conclusion
     of the Annual General
     Meeting of Ninety One
     Limited to be held in 2026,
     with the designated audit
     partner being Nicolette
     Jacobs.
     Election of Audit and Risk
     Committee members:
21   i. Victoria Cochrane; and
                                     727,337,511     99.91%     644,605      0.09%     641,348      0%   727,982,116   81.16%
     ii. Khumo Shuenyane.
                                     723,406,890     99.37%     4,573,553    0.63%     643,021      0%   727,980,443   81.16%
     Election of Sustainability,
     Social     and     Ethics
     Committee members:
      i. Khumo Shuenyane            725,800,176    99.70%      2,179,169    0.30%    644,119     0%       727,979,345   81.16%
22
     ii. Gareth Penny; and          722,368,146    99.23%      5,611,529    0.77%    643,789     0%       727,979,675   81.16%

     iii. Hendrik du Toit.          718,626,221    98.72%      9,354,048    1.28%    643,195     0%       727,980,269   81.16%

     Authorising the directors to   695,376,167    95.52%      32,618,019   4.48%    629,278     0%       727,994,186   81.16%
     issue up to 5% of the
23
     issued ordinary shares in
     Ninety One Limited.
     General authority to issue     618,644,666    92.23%      52,085,078   7.77%    628,542     0%       670,729,744   74.78%
24
     ordinary shares for cash.
                                                  Special business: Ninety One Limited
     Special resolution 1 -         716,516,341    98.46%      11,178,188 1.54%       876,732    0%       727,694,529   81.13%
     Authority to acquire
25
     ordinary shares of Ninety
     One Limited.
     Special resolution 2 -         723,130,917    99.75%      1,789,528    0.25%    648,402     0%       724,920,445   80.82%
26
     Financial Assistance.
     Special resolution 3 - Non-    727,016,454    99.90%      702,563      0.10%    649,040     0%       727,719,017   81.13%
27   executive directors'
     remuneration.

     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 628,572,786 ordinary shares
     of GBP0.0001 each and Ninety One Limited's issued capital consists of 268,370,594 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 896,943,380.

     Resolutions 16, 17, 25, 26 and 27 were passed as special resolutions. Copies of resolutions 15, 16 and 17 will be
     filed with Companies House in the United Kingdom.

     In accordance with FCA Listing Rule 6.4.2R, 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.


     23 July 2025



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