Results of the Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 6799L

Bank of Ireland Group PLC

20 April 2018

 

Bank of Ireland Group PLC (the "Company")

Results of the 2018 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

20 April 2018

All of the resolutions proposed at the AGM of the Company held on 20 April 2018 were duly passed.

The results of the voting on each resolution are as follows:

Resolution 1

To receive and consider the Company's Financial Statements, the Report of the Directors and the Auditors' Report for the year ended 31 December 2017.

Resolution	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Withheld	Votes Total
1	741,521,149	99.98	166,260	0.02	264,706	741,687,409

Resolution 2

To declare a final dividend.

Resolution	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Withheld	Votes Total
2	741,871,374	100.00	8,062	0.00	73,541	741,879,436

Resolution 3

To receive and consider the Group Remuneration Committee Report for the year ended 31 December 2017.

Resolution	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Withheld	Votes Total
3	583,874,941	99.16	4,944,358	0.84	153,129,552	588,819,299

Resolution 4

To elect the following Directors, by separate resolutions:

(a)   Kent Atkinson;

(b)   Richard Goulding;

(c)   Patrick Haren;

(d)   Archie G Kane;

(e)   Andrew Keating;

(f)    Patrick Kennedy;

(g)   Davida Marston;

(h)   Francesca McDonagh

(i)    Fiona Muldoon; and

(j)    Patrick Mulvihill.

Resolution	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Withheld	Votes Total
4 (a)	740,559,348	99.83	1,297,654	0.17	96,105	741,857,002
4 (b)	741,226,342	99.91	632,485	0.09	94,400	741,858,827
4 (c)	733,705,233	99.24	5,623,764	0.76	2,623,722	739,328,997
4 (d)	735,752,190	99.18	6,101,961	0.82	98,829	741,854,151
4 (e)	737,134,682	99.36	4,713,997	0.64	97,137	741,848,679
4 (f)	739,593,823	99.69	2,264,160	0.31	95,244	741,857,983
4 (g)	741,235,986	99.92	621,248	0.08	95,867	741,857,234
4 (h)	741,271,908	99.92	597,062	0.08	84,257	741,868,970
4 (i)	741,244,907	99.92	618,349	0.08	89,971	741,863,256
4 (j)	741,077,067	99.89	779,294	0.11	96,274	741,856,361

Resolution 5

To consider the continuation in office of KPMG as Auditors of the Company.  

Resolution	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Withheld	Votes Total
5	739,139,371	99.63	2,726,786	0.37	87,036	741,866,157

Resolution 6

To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditors.

Resolution	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Withheld	Votes Total
6	741,395,786	99.94	475,019	0.06	80,858	741,870,805

Resolution 7

To authorise purchases of Ordinary Shares by the Company or subsidiaries.

Resolution	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Withheld	Votes Total
7	740,333,133	99.78	1,602,618	0.22	17,476	741,935,751

Resolution 8

To authorise the Directors to issue Ordinary Shares.

Resolution	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Withheld	Votes Total
8	724,940,095	97.71	16,980,023	2.29	32,138	741,920,118

Resolution 9

To authorise the Directors to issue Ordinary Shares on a non-pre-emptive basis for cash.

Resolution	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Withheld	Votes Total
9	737,000,326	99.34	4,876,758	0.66	50,961	741,877,084

Resolution 10

To authorise the Directors to issue contingent equity conversion notes, and Ordinary Shares on the conversion of such notes.

Resolution	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Withheld	Votes Total
10	740,173,607	99.77	1,696,933	0.23	57,505	741,870,540

Resolution 11

To authorise the Directors to issue for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis, contingent equity conversion notes, and Ordinary Shares on the conversion of such notes.

Resolution	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Withheld	Votes Total
11	733,122,999	98.82	8,749,548	1.18	55,498	741,872,547

The "Vote Withheld" option is provided to enable abstention on any particular resolution. However, it should be noted that a "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.

The full text of each resolution was set out in the Chairman's Letter to holders of Ordinary Shares and Notice of the Annual General Meeting which was posted to shareholders on 20 March 2018.

In accordance with Irish Listing Rule 6.6.2 and UK Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions will be submitted to the Irish Stock Exchange and the UK's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at the following locations:

Company Announcements Office

The Irish Stock Exchange

28 Anglesea Street

Dublin 2

and at

http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

20 April 2018

For further information contact:

Helen Nolan, Group Secretary

Tel: + 353 (0) 76 6234710

 

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