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. 

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