Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2848X

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

04 May 2016

 

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

4 May 2016 

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, 19, 20 and 22 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 accounts for the year ended 31 December 2015 and the reports of the directors and auditors therein	42,870,073,884	99.98	7,232,572	0.02	91.62	3,265,972
Resolution 2 To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration in the Directors' Remuneration Report	42,686,046,288	99.56	188,029,796	0.44	91.61	6,603,412
Resolution 3 To elect Howard Davies as a director	42,820,770,396	99.86	57,943,312	0.14	91.62	1,842,668
Resolution 4  To re-elect Ross McEwan as a director	42,858,022,712	99.95	20,963,832	0.05	91.62	1,494,752
Resolution 5  To re-elect Ewen Stevenson as a director	42,857,042,372	99.95	21,687,276	0.05	91.62	1,748,848
Resolution 6  To re-elect Sandy Crombie as a director	42,842,323,048	99.92	36,365,244	0.08	91.62	1,780,668
Approval of Sandy Crombie's re-election by independent shareholders only	9,104,388,972	99.60	36,365,244	0.40	69.99	1,780,668
Resolution 7  To re-elect Alison Davis as a director	42,830,426,776	99.89	48,327,684	0.11	91.62	1,803,624
Approval of Alison Davis's re-election by independent shareholders only	9,092,492,700	99.47	48,327,684	0.53	69.99	1,803,624
Resolution 8  To re-elect Morten Friis as a director	42,859,044,320	99.95	19,603,572	0.05	91.62	1,907,624
Approval of Morten Friis' re-election by independent shareholders only	9,121,110,244	99.79	19,603,572	0.21	69.99	1,907,624
Resolution 9  To re-elect Robert Gillespie as a director	42,857,289,076	99.95	21,423,500	0.05	91.62	1,841,792
Approval of Robert Gillespie's re-election by independent shareholders only	9,119,355,000	99.77	21,423,500	0.23	69.99	1,841,792
Resolution 10 To re-elect Penny Hughes as a director	42,858,666,604	99.95	20,069,352	0.05	91.62	1,811,844
Approval of Penny Hughes' re-election by independent shareholders only	9,120,732,528	99.78	20,069,352	0.22	69.99	1,811,844
Resolution 11  To re-elect Brendan Nelson as a director	42,853,467,756	99.94	25,256,916	0.06	91.62	1,823,480
Approval of Brendan Nelson's  re-election by independent shareholders only	9,115,533,680	99.72	25,256,916	0.28	69.99	1,823,480
Resolution 12 To re-elect Baroness Noakes as a director	42,850,946,232	99.93	27,899,072	0.07	91.62	1,702,644
Approval of Baroness Noakes' re-election by independent shareholders only	9,113,012,156	99.69	27,899,072	0.31	69.99	1,702,644
Resolution 13 To elect Mike Rogers as a director	42,853,845,328	99.95	23,536,232	0.05	91.62	3,170,756
Approval of Mike Rogers' election by independent shareholders only	9,115,911,252	99.74	23,536,232	0.26	69.98	3,170,756
Resolution 14 To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors	42,873,971,708	99.99	5,545,120	0.01	91.63	1,212,452
Resolution 15 To authorise the Group Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditors	42,876,148,532	99.99	3,127,204	0.01	91.62	1,365,892
Resolution 16 To renew the directors' authority to allot securities	42,617,034,176	99.39	260,313,764	0.61	91.62	3,294,572
Resolution 17 To renew the directors' authority to allot equity shares on a non pre-emptive basis	42,506,422,492	99.26	316,339,872	0.74	91.50	57,955,464
Resolution 18 To renew  the directors' authority to allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in connection with the issue of Equity Convertible Notes	42,603,829,928	99.36	274,661,504	0.64	91.62	2,225,520
Resolution 19 To renew the  directors' authority to allot equity securities on a non pre-emptive basis  in connection with the issue of Equity Convertible Notes	42,317,590,584	98.69	560,893,256	1.31	91.62	2,243,864
Resolution 20 To permit the holding of General Meetings at 14 days' notice	42,150,049,380	98.30	729,250,516	1.70	91.62	1,416,720
Resolution 21 To renew the authority in respect of  political donations and expenditure by the Company in terms of Section 366 of the Companies Act 2006	42,367,621,296	98.81	508,465,256	1.19	91.62	4,576,532
Resolution 22 To renew the authority for the Company to purchase its own shares on a recognised investment exchange	42,769,863,048	99.75	109,333,876	0.25	91.62	1,524,428

* 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 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: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

As at 29 April 2016 (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 46,798,773,168.                   

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