Annual General Meeting Resolutions |
For |
% |
Against |
% |
Votes withheld |
Resolution 1 That the accounts and reports of the directors and the auditors for the year ended 31 March 2021 be received. |
6,914,109,757 |
99.98 |
1,043,946 |
0.02 |
4,016,590 |
Resolution 2 That the Report on directors' remuneration for the year ended 31 March 2021 be received and approved. |
6,634,876,487 |
95.92 |
282,321,890 |
4.08 |
1,975,431 |
Resolution 3 That Jan du Plessis be re-elected as a director. |
6,730,815,056 |
97.30 |
186,438,683 |
2.70 |
1,970,324 |
Resolution 4 That Philip Jansen be re-elected as a director. |
6,912,914,684 |
99.93 |
4,627,825 |
0.07 |
1,709,860 |
Resolution 5 That Simon Lowth be re-elected as a director. |
6,906,504,818 |
99.84 |
10,796,577 |
0.16 |
1,922,345 |
Resolution 6 That Adel Al-Saleh be re-elected as a director. |
6,770,949,771 |
99.14 |
58,506,601 |
0.86 |
89,735,391 |
Resolution 7 That Sir Ian Cheshire be re-elected as a director. |
6,860,349,907 |
99.18 |
56,923,545 |
0.82 |
1,917,910 |
Resolution 8 That Iain Conn be re-elected as a director. |
6,912,698,054 |
99.94 |
4,482,740 |
0.06 |
1,989,039 |
Resolution 9 That Isabel Hudson be re-elected as a director. |
6,913,166,371 |
99.94 |
4,096,169 |
0.06 |
1,895,147 |
Resolution 10 That Matthew Key be re-elected as a director. |
6,913,405,962 |
99.95 |
3,799,014 |
0.05 |
1,964,914 |
Resolution 11 That Allison Kirkby be re-elected as a director. |
6,901,772,817 |
99.78 |
15,471,797 |
0.22 |
1,930,999 |
Resolution 12 That Leena Nair be re-elected as a director. |
6,902,815,010 |
99.79 |
14,406,556 |
0.21 |
1,959,623 |
Resolution 13 That Sara Weller be re-elected as a director. |
6,903,293,479 |
99.80 |
13,952,146 |
0.20 |
1,928,431 |
Resolution 14 That KPMG LLP be re-appointed as auditor of the company, to hold office until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the company. |
6,826,841,756 |
98.69 |
90,662,899 |
1.31 |
1,657,914 |
Resolution 15 That the Audit & Risk Committee of the Board be authorised to decide the auditors' remuneration. |
6,912,725,943 |
99.93 |
4,721,816 |
0.07 |
1,721,686 |
Special Business |
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Resolution 16 That the directors are authorised generally and without conditions under Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 ('2006 Act') to allot relevant securities. |
5,451,569,963 |
95.35 |
266,143,639 |
4.65 |
1,201,486,074 |
Resolution 17 That subject to the passing of Resolution 16, the directors have power to allot equity securities (within the meaning of Section 561 of the 2006 Act) entirely paid for in cash. |
6,843,836,738 |
99.12 |
60,932,273 |
0.88 |
14,376,991 |
Resolution 18 That subject to the passing of Resolution 16, the directors have power to allot further equity securities (within the meaning of Section 561 of the 2006 Act) entirely paid for in cash. |
6,647,965,311 |
96.28 |
256,643,860 |
3.72 |
14,519,178 |
Resolution 19 That the company has general and unconditional authority to make market purchases as defined in section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006 of shares of 5p each in the company. |
6,790,993,421 |
98.46 |
106,225,328 |
1.54 |
21,964,487 |
Resolution 20 That the company may call a general meeting (but not an AGM) on at least 14 clear days' notice. |
6,647,656,733 |
96.09 |
270,229,351 |
3.91 |
1,279,645 |
Resolution 21 That British Telecommunications plc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, be authorised to make political donations to political organisations. |
6,841,814,467 |
98.91 |
75,486,946 |
1.09 |
1,891,539 |
Resolution 22 That the new Articles of Association be adopted. |
6,914,056,999 |
99.96 |
2,693,828 |
0.04 |
2,404,514 |
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority ("UKLA") and will be available to view on the National Storage Mechanism website at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
The total number of shares in issue as at 6.30pm on 13 July 2021, excluding shares held in treasury was 9,918,324,018. 69.76% of the voting capital was instructed.