Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3625Y

Royal Mail PLC

08 September 2020

 

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 8 September 2020

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:

	RESOLUTION	FOR	%	AGAINST	%	TOTAL	% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL	WITHHELD
	ORDINARY RESOLUTION
1.	To receive the Company's Accounts and the Reports of the Directors and Auditor	694,865,848	99.94	392,770	0.06	695,258,618	69.53	836,953
2.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	641,361,501	99.09	5,918,385	0.91	647,279,886	64.73	48,806,675
3.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	642,589,878	99.28	4,659,090	0.72	647,248,968	64.72	48,823,734
4.	To re-appoint Keith Williams	627,044,429	90.11	68,802,226	9.89	695,846,655	69.58	253,048
5.	To re-appoint Stuart Simpson	694,454,890	99.80	1,364,478	0.20	695,819,368	69.58	262,358
6.	To re-appoint Maria da Cunha	693,016,024	99.60	2,777,296	0.40	695,793,320	69.58	278,428
7.	To re-appoint Michael Findlay	692,987,432	99.60	2,769,972	0.40	695,757,404	69.58	306,808
8.	To re-appoint Rita Griffin	692,456,628	99.52	3,327,657	0.48	695,784,285	69.58	284,172
9.	To re-appoint Simon Thompson	692,471,386	99.52	3,319,939	0.48	695,791,325	69.58	279,342
10.	To re-appoint Baroness Sarah Hogg	694,868,520	99.86	948,860	0.14	695,817,380	69.58	252,938
11.	To re-appoint Lynne Peacock	694,946,315	99.88	841,841	0.12	695,788,156	69.58	266,898
12.	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditor of the Company	646,671,644	99.90	636,950	0.10	647,308,594	64.73	48,762,704
13.	To authorise the Company's Audit and Risk Committee to determine the Remuneration of the Auditor	695,338,729	99.92	552,487	0.08	695,891,216	69.59	178,050
14.	To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure	693,020,112	99.59	2,864,084	0.41	695,884,196	69.59	197,442
15.	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	665,970,236	95.71	29,868,132	4.29	695,838,368	69.58	229,282
	SPECIAL RESOLUTION
16.	To authorise the Directors to disapply the statutory pre-emption rights	694,287,086	99.80	1,399,016	0.20	695,686,102	69.57	375,381
17.	To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for the purposes of acquisitions or capital investments	646,063,828	92.87	49,618,609	7.13	695,682,437	69.57	369,015
18.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	645,656,567	92.90	49,311,596	7.10	694,968,163	69.50	1,110,965
19.	To approve calling a general meeting with no less than 14 clear days' notice (other than annual general meetings)	671,595,257	96.51	24,321,785	3.49	695,917,042	69.59	152,442

As at 6.30pm on Friday 4 September 2020, 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  https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

The AGM results and pre-recorded virtual shareholder event are also available to view on the Company's website at https://www.royalmailgroup.com/en/investors/annual-general-meetings/

Contacts

Company Secretary

Mark Amsden

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Media
Beth Longcroft

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Royal Mail press office out of hours: 020 3338 1007

Investor Relations
John Crosse
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