Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0167G
Royal Mail PLC
18 July 2019
 

 

Royal Mail plc

(Incorporated in England and Wales)

Company Number: 8680755

LSE Share Code: RMG

ISIN:  GB00BDVZYZ77

LEI: 213800TCZZU84G8Z2M70

 

 

Results of Annual General Meeting held on 18 July 2019

 

Royal Mail plc (the 'Company') (RMG.L) 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 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 16 to 19 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the polls, on which Equiniti, the Company's registrar, acted as scrutineer, are as follows:

 

Poll results

The results of the polls, on which Equiniti, the Company's registrar, acted as scrutineer, are as follows:

 


RESOLUTION

 FOR

 %

AGAINST

 %

 TOTAL

% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL

WITHHELD


ORDINARY RESOLUTION








1.

To receive the Company's Accounts and the Report of the Directors and Auditor

616,471,563

99.92

489,184

0.08

616,960,747

61.70%

768,771

2.

To approve Directors' Remuneration Report

602,426,861

97.63

14,614,486

2.37

617,041,347

61.70%

687,765

3.

To approve Directors' Remuneration Policy

580,068,473

99.64

2,124,419

0.36

582,192,892

58.22%

35,526,464

4.

To declare final dividend

614,820,203

99.54

2,827,756

0.46

617,647,959

61.76%

112,458

5.

To re-appoint Keith Williams

606,425,840

98.22

10,991,432

1.78

617,417,272

61.74%

303,880

6.

To re-appoint Rico Back

612,487,189

99.19

4,995,265

0.81

617,482,454

61.75%

263,359

7.

To re-appoint Stuart Simpson

610,671,338

98.91

6,748,523

1.09

617,419,861

61.74%

302,561

8.

To re-appoint Maria da Cunha

614,054,947

99.46

3,363,283

0.54

617,418,230

61.74%

313,798

9.

To re-appoint Michael Findlay

611,965,736

99.12

5,434,765

0.88

617,400,501

61.74%

327,138

10.

To re-appoint Rita Griffin

610,596,462

98.90

6,811,085

1.10

617,407,547

61.74%

315,330

11.

To re-appoint Simon Thompson

608,715,246

98.59

8,694,903

1.41

617,410,149

61.74%

311,942

12.

To re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditor of the Company

616,615,312

99.86

889,230

0.14

617,504,542

61.75%

223,678

13.

To authorise the Company's Audit and Risk Committee to determine the Remuneration

616,759,365

99.88

758,110

0.12

617,517,475

61.75%

202,469

14.

To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations

608,359,322

98.51

9,196,884

1.49

617,556,206

61.76%

183,583

15.

To authorise allotment of shares

584,378,571

94.64

33,121,808

5.36

617,500,379

61.75%

231,404


SPRECIAL RESOLUTION








16.

To authorise the Directors to dis-apply the statutory pre-emption rights

616,174,595

99.81

1,186,869

0.19

617,361,464

61.74%

355,400

17.

To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments

577,184,217

93.49

40,172,852

6.51

617,357,069

61.74%

357,016

18.

To purchase of own shares

580,414,574

94.05

36,725,947

5.95

617,140,521

61.71%

589,434

19.

To approve calling general meetings on 14 days' notice (other than annual general meetings)

577,437,310

93.50

40,114,642

6.50

617,551,952

61.76%

166,181

 

As at 6.30pm on Tuesday 16 July 2019, the number of issued shares in the Company was 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares. This was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against all the resolutions at the AGM. In accordance with the Company's articles of association, on a poll every member present in person or by proxy has one vote for every share held.

 

There were no restrictions on shareholders casting votes on any of the resolutions proposed at the AGM. Votes withheld are not votes in law. Therefore, they have not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for or against a resolution.

 

Pursuant to UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of all resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the AGM today have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to view at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM 

 

The AGM results are also available to view on the Company's website at http://www.royalmailgroup.com/investors/shareholder-communications/annual-general-meetings

 

Contacts

Company Secretary

Mark Amsden

Phone: 020 7449 8289

Email: cosec@royalmail.com  

 

Media
Beth Longcroft

Phone: 07435 768 549

Email: beth.longcroft@royalmail.com

 

Mark Street

Phone: 07515 924 344

Email: mark.street@royalmail.com 

 

Royal Mail press office out of hours: 020 3338 1007

 

Investor Relations
Catherine Nash
Phone: 020 7449 8183
Email:
investorrelations@royalmail.com 

 

 

 


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