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Royal Mail PLC
21 July 2016
 

Royal Mail plc 

 

 

21 July 2016

 

 

 

Results of Annual General Meeting held on 21 July 2016

 

Royal Mail plc (the 'Company') (RMG.L) announces that at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held earlier today, all the resolutions put to shareholders were passed by the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 to 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 19 to 22 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the polls, on which Equiniti, the Company's registrar, acted as scrutineer, are as follows:

 

RESOLUTION

 FOR

 %

AGAINST

 %

 TOTAL

% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL

WITHHELD

1.  

Directors and Auditors' reports and audited accounts

634,181,691

99.95

343,451

0.05

634,525,142

63.45%

702,908

2.  

Directors' Remuneration Policy

523,665,626

83.46

103,807,987

16.54

627,473,613

62.75%

7,731,040

3.  

Directors' Remuneration Report

586,759,324

96.58

20,795,146

3.42

607,554,470

60.76%

27,633,259

4.  

Final dividend

634,135,971

99.92

514,497

0.08

634,650,468

63.47%

541,875

5.  

Re-elect Peter Long

560,405,447

91.36

52,994,957

8.64

613,400,404

61.34%

21,787,167

6.  

Re-elect Moya Greene

631,168,408

99.52

3,070,672

0.48

634,239,080

63.42%

996,003

7.  

Re-elect Matthew Lester

629,490,732

99.29

4,484,414

0.71

633,975,146

63.40%

1,203,140

8.  

Re-elect Nick Horler

630,030,899

99.38

3,939,485

0.62

633,970,384

63.40%

1,217,423

9.  

Re-elect Cath Keers

631,983,807

99.69

1,987,990

0.31

633,971,797

63.40%

1,210,509

10.

Re-elect Paul Murray

616,951,933

97.32

16,994,963

2.68

633,946,896

63.39%

1,228,536

11.

Re-elect Orna Ni-Chionna

581,997,967

92.53

46,991,765

7.47

628,989,732

62.90%

6,164,297

12.

Re-elect Les Owen

617,004,463

97.33

16,916,742

2.67

633,921,205

63.39%

1,215,474

13.

Appoint KPMG LLP

633,174,745

99.81

1,175,109

0.19

634,349,854

63.43%

834,605

14.

Auditors' remuneration

633,176,711

99.81

1,197,566

0.19

634,374,277

63.44%

759,047

15.

Political donations

620,139,352

98.56

9,029,547

1.44

629,168,899

62.92%

6,028,480

16.

Long Term Incentive Plan

552,087,406

87.95

75,660,439

12.05

627,747,845

62.77%

7,442,351

17.

Deferred Share Bonus Plan

576,469,721

90.96

57,261,007

9.04

633,730,728

63.37%

1,424,895

18.

Allotment of shares

609,239,946

96.18

24,201,259

3.82

633,441,205

63.34%

1,624,795

19.

Disapplication of pre-emption rights (cash)

628,770,265

99.14

5,444,960

0.86

634,215,225

63.42%

958,360

20.

Disapplication of pre-emption rights (acquisition)

622,801,109

98.20

11,390,385

1.80

634,191,494

63.42%

992,526

21.

Notice of general meeting

566,776,308

90.07

62,470,387

9.93

629,246,695

62.92%

5,938,556

22.

Purchase of own shares

621,234,891

98.75

7,864,381

1.25

629,099,272

62.91%

6,061,633

 

 

As at 6.00pm on Tuesday 19 July 2016, the number of issued shares in the Company was 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against all the resolutions at the AGM.  In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, on a poll every member present in person or by proxy has one vote for every share held.

 

There were no restrictions on shareholders to cast votes on any of the resolutions proposed at the AGM. Votes withheld are not votes in law and therefore have not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for or against a resolution.

 

Pursuant to UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of all resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the AGM today have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to view at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM 

 

The AGM results are also available to view on the Company's website at http://www.royalmailgroup.com/investors/shareholder-communications/annual-general-meetings

 

 

Contacts

 

Royal Mail plc

 

Company Secretariat
Kulbinder Dosanjh
Phone: 07776 991449
Email: cosec@royalmail.com

 

Media Relations
Beth Longcroft
Mobile: 07435 768 549
Email: beth.longcroft@royalmail.com

 

Harshna Brahmbhatt

Mobile: 0743 595 7464

Email: harshna.brahmbhatt@royalmail.com 

 

Royal Mail press office out of hours: 0203 338 1007

 

Investor Relations
Catherine Nash
Phone: 07436 560 910
Email: investorrelations@royalmail.com

 


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