Result of Meeting

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Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
14 May 2013
 



The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc - Result of General Meeting

 

14 May 2013 

 

Following the General Meeting held today, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc announces the results of the poll vote for each resolution as follows. Resolution 2 was passed as a special resolution.

 


For

% of votes cast

Against

% of votes cast

Total votes cast as % of Voting   Share Capital

Withheld *

Resolution 1

To authorise the directors to allot ordinary shares in the company or grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into ordinary shares in connection with the issue of Equity Convertible Notes

20,105,117,760

 

99.02

199,388,932

0.98

83.05

37,961,520

Resolution 2

To authorise the directors to allot equity securities on a non pre-emptive basis  in connection with the issue of Equity Convertible Notes 

20,036,731,164

98.69

266,267,588

1.31

83.04

39,471,172

* 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 resolutions 1 and 2 will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism which is located at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

 

As at 10 May 2013 (being the latest date by which shareholders who wanted to attend, speak and vote at the General Meeting must have been entered on the company's Register of Members) the issued share capital of the company conferring the right to vote at the General Meeting consisted of 6,111,304,930 ordinary shares carrying four votes each on a poll, 400,000 5.5 per cent. cumulative preference shares carrying four votes each on a poll and 500,000 11 per cent. cumulative preference shares carrying four votes each on a poll. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the company as at 10 May 2013 was 24,448,819,720.

 

Contact

 

Group Media Centre

+44 (0)131 523 4205

 


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