Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0690R

Barclays PLC

23 April 2009

 



BARCLAYS PLC

  23 April 2009

Barclays PLC Annual General Meeting  A poll was held on each of the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting on 23rd April 2009. The results of the polls are:
Resolutions		For	%	Against	%	Withheld
1	To receive the Directors' and Auditors' Reports and the audited Accounts for the year ended 31st December 2008.	4,565,801,502	99.69	14,114,592	0.31	17,764,502
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31st December 2008.	4,307,489,337	95.06	223,746,401	4.94	66,444,625
3	That Simon Fraser be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	4,563,191,137	99.69	14,322,031	0.31	20,165,961
4	That Marcus Agius be re-elected a Director of the Company.	3,813,044,826	83.71	742,249,918	16.29	42,388,422
5	That David Booth be re-elected a Director of the Company.	4,560,635,754	99.64	16,607,085	0.36	20,435,296
6	That Sir Richard Broadbent be re-elected a Director of the Company.	4,514,989,509	98.63	62,843,295	1.37	19,596,075
7	That Richard Leigh Clifford be re-elected a Director of the Company.	4,435,293,735	96.91	141,646,661	3.09	20,738,507
8	That Fulvio Conti be re-elected a Director of the Company.	4,558,050,347	99.59	18,715,938	0.41	20,913,516
9	That Robert E Diamond Jr be re-elected a Director of the Company.	4,468,175,865	98.31	76,866,810	1.69	52,640,319
10	That Sir Andrew Likierman be re-elected a Director of the Company.	4,558,246,845	99.59	18,695,863	0.41	20,739,316
11	That Christopher Lucas be re-elected a Director of the Company.	4,501,148,815	98.38	74,140,718	1.62	22,389,380
12	That Sir Michael Rake be re-elected a Director of the Company.	4,559,026,336	99.61	17,914,945	0.39	20,737,130
13	That Stephen Russell be re-elected a Director of the Company.	4,432,036,858	96.84	144,669,733	3.16	20,972,056
14	That Frederik Seegers be re-elected a Director of the Company.	4,499,653,413	98.36	75,016,456	1.64	23,014,081
15	That Sir John Sunderland be re-elected a Director of the Company.	4,556,961,685	99.58	19,309,784	0.42	21,408,765
16	That John Varley be re-elected a Director of the Company.	4,500,770,926	98.36	74,883,733	1.64	22,028,544
17	That Patience Wheatcroft be re-elected a Director of the Company.	4,560,551,382	99.63	16,718,589	0.37	20,405,366
18	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company.	4,499,796,017	99.66	15,328,773	0.34	82,552,737
19	To authorise the Directors to set the remuneration of the Auditors.	4,556,751,944	99.82	8,118,859	0.18	32,807,378
20	To authorise Barclays and its subsidiaries to make EU political donations.	4,458,512,982	97.50	114,343,453	2.50	24,822,186
21	To authorise the increase in authorised ordinary share capital.	4,491,288,037	97.87	97,526,111	2.13	8,865,481
22	To renew the authority given to the Directors to allot securities.	4,446,869,354	97.18	129,214,592	2.82	21,596,123
23	To renew the authority given to the Directors to allot securities for cash other than on a pro-rata basis to shareholders and to sell treasury shares.	4,490,045,985	98.14	84,981,914	1.86	22,652,093
24	To renew the Company's authority to purchase its own shares.	4,570,097,444	99.82	8,047,635	0.18	19,537,970
25	To authorise the Directors to call general meetings (other than an Annual General Meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	4,497,377,054	97.96	93,655,924	2.04	6,677,248

Professor Dame Sandra Dawson and Sir Nigel Rudd retired at the 2009 Barclays PLC Annual General Meeting and did not seek re-election. Professor Dame Sandra Dawson and Sir Nigel Rudd therefore resigned from the Board at the conclusion of the meeting.

On 23rd April 2009 there were 8,388,423,494 ordinary shares in issue and 1,033 shareholders or persons representing shareholders attended the meeting.  Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.  Votes withheld are not votes and, therefore, have not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.

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Neil Temple            [phone]

MEDIA

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