Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9598W
NatWest Group plc
28 April 2021
 

NatWest Group   plc   -   Result   of   Annual General Meeting

28 April 2021

 

Following the Annual General Meeting held today, NatWest Group plc announces the results of the poll vote for each resolution as follows.   Resolutions 18, 19, 21, 22 and 24 to 27 were passed as special resolutions.


For

% of votes cast

Against

% of votes cast

Total votes cast as % of Voting  Share Capital

Withheld *

Resolution 1

To receive the 2020 Report and Accounts

41,461,080,224

99.99

  3,769,088

0.01

89.54%

  18,782,700

Resolution 2

To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration in the Directors' Remuneration Report

40,070,096,464

99.89

  42,368,132

0.11

86.62%

  1,371,168,504

Resolution 3

To declare a final dividend of 3 pence per ordinary share

41,471,286,776

99.98

  7,872,704

0.02

89.57%

  4,473,776

Resolution 4

To re-elect Howard Davies as a Director

41,127,534,568

99.16

  349,577,912

0.84

89.57%

  6,525,268

Resolution 5

To re-elect Alison Rose-Slade as a Director

41,460,156,984

99.96

  17,504,996

0.04

89.57%

  5,778,384

Resolution 6

To re-elect Katie Murray as a Director

41,460,227,924

99.96

  16,531,144

0.04

89.57%

  7,044,368

Resolution 7

To re-elect Frank Dangeard as a Director

41,457,021,000

99.96

  15,262,928

0.04

89.56%

  11,157,668

Approval of Frank Dangeard's
re-election by independent shareholders only

13,782,008,224

99.89

  15,262,928

0.11

74.05%

11,157,668

Resolution 8

To re-elect Patrick Flynn as a Director

41,457,695,928

99.97

14,344,816

0.03

  89.56%

  11,400,980

Approval of Patrick Flynn's  re-election by independent shareholders only

13,782,683,152

99.90

14,344,816

0.10

  74.05%

  11,400,980

Resolution 9

To re-elect Morten Friis as a Director

41,461,536,516

99.98

10,188,156

0.02

89.56%

  11,717,052

Approval of Morten Friis' re-election by independent shareholders only

13,786,523,740

99.93

10,188,156

0.07

74.05%

  11,717,052

Resolution 10

To re-elect Robert Gillespie as a Director

41,284,345,920

99.97

10,795,472

0.03

89.18%

188,495,972

Approval of Robert Gillespie's  re-election by independent shareholders only

13,609,333,144

99.92

10,795,472

0.08

73.10%

188,495,972

Resolution 11

To re-elect Yasmin Jetha as a Director

41,466,248,832

99.99

5,821,248

0.01

89.56%

11,368,688

Approval of Yasmin Jetha's re-election by independent shareholders

13,791,236,056

99.96

5,821,248

0.04

74.05%

11,368,688

Resolution 12

To re-elect Mike Rogers as a Director

41,461,353,340

99.97

10,529,868

0.03

89.56%

11,558,516

Approval of Mike Rogers' re-election by independent shareholders only

13,786,340,564

99.92

10,529,868

0.08

74.05%

11,558,516

Resolution 13

To re-elect Mark Seligman as a Director

41,461,583,672

99.98

10,217,444

0.02

89.56%

11,640,608

Approval of Mark Seligman's
re-election by independent shareholders only

13,786,570,896

99.93

10,217,444

0.07

74.05%

11,640,608

Resolution 14

To re-elect Lena Wilson  as a Director

41,462,717,264

99.98

9,356,988

0.02

89.56%

11,364,508

Approval of  Lena Wilson's re-election by independent shareholders only

13,787,704,488

99.93

9,356,988

0.07

74.05%

11,364,508

Resolution 15

To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors

41,120,277,316

99.15

352,579,716

0.85

89.56%

10,561,360

Resolution 16

To authorise the Group Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditors

41,471,420,908

99.99

3,716,340

0.01

89.56%

8,301,536

Resolution 17

To renew the directors' authority to allot shares in the Company

40,824,572,560

98.43

653,034,116

1.57

89.57%

6,035,044

Resolution 18

To renew the directors' authority to allot equity securities on a non pre-emptive basis in connection with an offer or issue of equity securities

41,450,362,716

99.94

26,343,032

0.06

89.57%

6,937,100

Resolution 19

To renew the directors' authority to allot equity securities on a non pre-emptive basis in connection with the purposes

of financing a transaction

 

 

 

40,740,621,796

98.22

736,346,340

1.78

89.57%

6,671,960

Resolution 20

To renew  the directors' authority to allot ordinary shares or grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into ordinary shares in relation to  Equity Convertible Notes

41,120,925,552

99.14

355,669,972

0.86

89.57%

7,033,072

Resolution 21

To renew the  directors' authority to allot equity securities on a non pre-emptive basis  in connection with Equity Convertible Notes  

41,080,958,768

99.05

395,583,768

0.95

89.57%

7,089,700

Resolution 22

To renew the authority to permit the holding of General Meetings at 14 clear days' notice

40,933,771,756

98.69

544,187,480

1.31

89.57%

5,608,624

Resolution 23

To renew the authority in respect of  political donations and expenditure by the Company in terms of Section 366 of the Companies Act 2006

40,997,976,072

98.85

475,665,396

1.15

89.56%

9,925,500

Resolution 24

To renew the authority for the Company to purchase its own shares on a recognised investment exchange

40,626,070,928

98.00

829,465,328

2.00

89.52%

28,105,244

Resolution 25

To renew the authority to make off-market purchases of ordinary shares from HM Treasury

 

13,765,108,452

99.89

15,104,492

0.11

29.76%

28,340,604

Resolution 26

To authorise the Company to make off-market purchases of  preference securities

41,442,314,980

99.97

11,389,488

0.03

89.52%

29,836,156

Resolution 27

To amend the Company's Articles of Association

 

41,469,669,564

99.99

4,542,360

0.01

89.56%

9,325,472

Resolution 28

To renew the authority to offer shares in lieu of a cash dividend on ordinary shares

41,466,150,684

99.97

11,031,104

0.03

89.57%

6,367,076

* A vote Withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes

"For" and "Against" a resolution.

 

 

In accordance with the UK Listing   Authority ' s listing rules, copies of the amended Articles of Association and the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism which is located at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

As at 26 April 2021 (being the latest date by which shareholders who wanted to vote at the Annual General Meeting must have been entered on the company's Register of Members) the total number of voting rights in the company was 46,307,677,708. 

 

Contact

 

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