The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc - Result of Annual General Meeting
14 May 2013
Following the Annual General Meeting held today, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc announces the results of the poll vote for each resolution as follows. Resolutions 17 and 19 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 and approve the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2012 and the reports of the directors and auditors thereon |
20,259,402,316
|
99.68 |
64,189,012 |
0.32 |
83.13 |
21,969,652 |
Resolution 2 To approve the Remuneration Report for year ended 31 December 2012 |
20,058,440,088 |
99.32 |
138,246,040 |
0.68 |
82.61 |
148,371,848 |
Resolution 3 To re-elect Sandy Crombie as a director |
20,309,140,988 |
99.90 |
19,952,940 |
0.10 |
83.15 |
16,257,584 |
Resolution 4 To re-elect Alison Davis as a director |
20,310,673,820 |
99.91 |
18,629,452 |
0.09 |
83.15 |
16,205,336 |
Resolution 5 To re-elect Tony Di Iorio as a director
|
20,309,804,152 |
99.90 |
19,452,812 |
0.10 |
83.15 |
16,314,644 |
Resolution 6 To re-elect Philip Hampton as a director |
20,246,481,144 |
99.86 |
29,243,136 |
0.14 |
82.93 |
69,829,040 |
Resolution 7 To re-elect Stephen Hester as a director |
20,308,040,768 |
99.89 |
21,679,108 |
0.11 |
83.15 |
15,795,804 |
Resolution 8 To re-elect Penny Hughes as a director |
20,310,571,368 |
99.91 |
18,887,848 |
0.09 |
83.15 |
16,140,568 |
Resolution 9 To re-elect Brendan Nelson as a director |
20,255,850,732 |
99.64 |
73,436,884 |
0.36 |
83.15 |
16,273,828 |
Resolution 10 To re-elect Baroness Noakes as a director |
20,308,922,768 |
99.90 |
20,470,656 |
0.10 |
83.15 |
16,208,360 |
Resolution 11 To re-elect Art Ryan as a director |
20,260,416,348 |
99.66 |
68,851,348 |
0.34 |
83.15 |
16,328,444 |
Resolution 12 To re-elect Bruce Van Saun as a director |
20,309,550,436 |
99.90 |
19,762,404 |
0.10 |
83.15 |
16,288,912 |
Resolution 13 To re-elect Philip Scott as a director |
20,310,002,036 |
99.91 |
19,000,648 |
0.09 |
83.15 |
16,518,048 |
Resolution 14 To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors |
20,246,536,684 |
99.64 |
72,150,672 |
0.36 |
83.11 |
26,832,288 |
Resolution 15 To authorise the Group Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditors |
20,309,885,048 |
99.96 |
8,778,848 |
0.04 |
83.11 |
26,913,968 |
Resolution 16 To renew the directors' authority to allot securities |
20,138,680,456 |
99.11 |
180,322,640 |
0.89 |
83.11 |
26,581,720 |
Resolution 17 To renew the directors' authority to allot equity securities on a non pre-emptive basis |
20,321,690,432 |
99.96 |
7,744,948 |
0.04 |
83.15 |
16,080,404 |
Resolution 18 To renew and extend the directors' authority to offer shares in lieu of a cash dividend |
20,324,261,204 |
99.97 |
5,674,252 |
0.03 |
83.15 |
15,624,692 |
Resolution 19 To permit the holding of General Meetings at 14 days' notice |
19,985,425,236 |
98.30 |
344,833,172 |
1.70 |
83.15 |
15,226,764 |
Resolution 20 To authorise political donations and expenditure by the Group in terms of Section 366 of the Companies Act 2006 |
20,019,921,340 |
98.48 |
308,501,440 |
1.52 |
83.15 |
17,110,288 |
* 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 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 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 Annual 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 Annual 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.
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