AGM Results

RNS Number : 8997E

Royal Mail PLC

21 July 2016

 

Royal Mail plc 

21 July 2016

Results of Annual General Meeting held on 21 July 2016

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 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 19 to 22 were passed as special resolutions. 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
1.	Directors and Auditors' reports and audited accounts	634,181,691	99.95	343,451	0.05	634,525,142	63.45%	702,908
2.	Directors' Remuneration Policy	523,665,626	83.46	103,807,987	16.54	627,473,613	62.75%	7,731,040
3.	Directors' Remuneration Report	586,759,324	96.58	20,795,146	3.42	607,554,470	60.76%	27,633,259
4.	Final dividend	634,135,971	99.92	514,497	0.08	634,650,468	63.47%	541,875
5.	Re-elect Peter Long	560,405,447	91.36	52,994,957	8.64	613,400,404	61.34%	21,787,167
6.	Re-elect Moya Greene	631,168,408	99.52	3,070,672	0.48	634,239,080	63.42%	996,003
7.	Re-elect Matthew Lester	629,490,732	99.29	4,484,414	0.71	633,975,146	63.40%	1,203,140
8.	Re-elect Nick Horler	630,030,899	99.38	3,939,485	0.62	633,970,384	63.40%	1,217,423
9.	Re-elect Cath Keers	631,983,807	99.69	1,987,990	0.31	633,971,797	63.40%	1,210,509
10.	Re-elect Paul Murray	616,951,933	97.32	16,994,963	2.68	633,946,896	63.39%	1,228,536
11.	Re-elect Orna Ni-Chionna	581,997,967	92.53	46,991,765	7.47	628,989,732	62.90%	6,164,297
12.	Re-elect Les Owen	617,004,463	97.33	16,916,742	2.67	633,921,205	63.39%	1,215,474
13.	Appoint KPMG LLP	633,174,745	99.81	1,175,109	0.19	634,349,854	63.43%	834,605
14.	Auditors' remuneration	633,176,711	99.81	1,197,566	0.19	634,374,277	63.44%	759,047
15.	Political donations	620,139,352	98.56	9,029,547	1.44	629,168,899	62.92%	6,028,480
16.	Long Term Incentive Plan	552,087,406	87.95	75,660,439	12.05	627,747,845	62.77%	7,442,351
17.	Deferred Share Bonus Plan	576,469,721	90.96	57,261,007	9.04	633,730,728	63.37%	1,424,895
18.	Allotment of shares	609,239,946	96.18	24,201,259	3.82	633,441,205	63.34%	1,624,795
19.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights (cash)	628,770,265	99.14	5,444,960	0.86	634,215,225	63.42%	958,360
20.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights (acquisition)	622,801,109	98.20	11,390,385	1.80	634,191,494	63.42%	992,526
21.	Notice of general meeting	566,776,308	90.07	62,470,387	9.93	629,246,695	62.92%	5,938,556
22.	Purchase of own shares	621,234,891	98.75	7,864,381	1.25	629,099,272	62.91%	6,061,633

As at 6.00pm on Tuesday 19 July 2016, the number of issued shares in the Company was 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares, which 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 to cast votes on any of the resolutions proposed at the AGM. Votes withheld are not votes in law and therefore 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

Royal Mail plc

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Media Relations
Beth Longcroft
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Royal Mail press office out of hours: 0203 338 1007

Investor Relations
Catherine Nash
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