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RNS Number : 0167G
Royal Mail PLC
18 July 2019
Royal Mail plc
(Incorporated in England and Wales)
Company Number: 8680755
LSE Share Code: RMG
ISIN: GB00BDVZYZ77
LEI: 213800TCZZU84G8Z2M70
Results of Annual General Meeting held on 18 July 2019
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 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions
and Resolutions 16 to 19 were passed as special resolutions. The
results of the polls, on which Equiniti, the Company's registrar,
acted as scrutineer, are as follows:
Poll results
The results of the polls, on which Equiniti, the Company's
registrar, acted as scrutineer, are as follows:
RESOLUTION FOR % AGAINST % TOTAL % OF ISSUED WITHHELD
SHARE CAPITAL
ORDINARY RESOLUTION
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To receive the
Company's Accounts
and the Report
of the Directors
1. and Auditor 616,471,563 99.92 489,184 0.08 616,960,747 61.70% 768,771
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To approve Directors'
Remuneration
2. Report 602,426,861 97.63 14,614,486 2.37 617,041,347 61.70% 687,765
------------------------ ------------ ------ ----------- ----- ------------ --------------- -----------
To approve Directors'
Remuneration
3. Policy 580,068,473 99.64 2,124,419 0.36 582,192,892 58.22% 35,526,464
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To declare final
4. dividend 614,820,203 99.54 2,827,756 0.46 617,647,959 61.76% 112,458
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To re-appoint
5. Keith Williams 606,425,840 98.22 10,991,432 1.78 617,417,272 61.74% 303,880
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To re-appoint
6. Rico Back 612,487,189 99.19 4,995,265 0.81 617,482,454 61.75% 263,359
------------------------ ------------ ------ ----------- ----- ------------ --------------- -----------
To re-appoint
7. Stuart Simpson 610,671,338 98.91 6,748,523 1.09 617,419,861 61.74% 302,561
------------------------ ------------ ------ ----------- ----- ------------ --------------- -----------
To re-appoint
8. Maria da Cunha 614,054,947 99.46 3,363,283 0.54 617,418,230 61.74% 313,798
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To re-appoint
9. Michael Findlay 611,965,736 99.12 5,434,765 0.88 617,400,501 61.74% 327,138
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To re-appoint
10. Rita Griffin 610,596,462 98.90 6,811,085 1.10 617,407,547 61.74% 315,330
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To re-appoint
11. Simon Thompson 608,715,246 98.59 8,694,903 1.41 617,410,149 61.74% 311,942
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To re-appoint
KPMG LLP as
Auditor of the
12. Company 616,615,312 99.86 889,230 0.14 617,504,542 61.75% 223,678
------------------------ ------------ ------ ----------- ----- ------------ --------------- -----------
To authorise
the Company's
Audit and Risk
Committee to
determine the
13. Remuneration 616,759,365 99.88 758,110 0.12 617,517,475 61.75% 202,469
------------------------ ------------ ------ ----------- ----- ------------ --------------- -----------
To authorise
the Company
and its subsidiaries
to make political
14. donations 608,359,322 98.51 9,196,884 1.49 617,556,206 61.76% 183,583
------------------------ ------------ ------ ----------- ----- ------------ --------------- -----------
To authorise
allotment of
15. shares 584,378,571 94.64 33,121,808 5.36 617,500,379 61.75% 231,404
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SPRECIAL RESOLUTION
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To authorise
the Directors
to dis-apply
the statutory
pre-emption
16. rights 616,174,595 99.81 1,186,869 0.19 617,361,464 61.74% 355,400
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To authorise
the Directors
to dis-apply
pre-emption
rights for purposes
of acquisitions
17. or capital investments 577,184,217 93.49 40,172,852 6.51 617,357,069 61.74% 357,016
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To purchase
18. of own shares 580,414,574 94.05 36,725,947 5.95 617,140,521 61.71% 589,434
------------------------ ------------ ------ ----------- ----- ------------ --------------- -----------
To approve calling
general meetings
on 14 days'
notice (other
than annual
19. general meetings) 577,437,310 93.50 40,114,642 6.50 617,551,952 61.76% 166,181
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As at 6.30pm on Tuesday 16 July 2019, the number of issued
shares in the Company was 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares. This 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 casting votes on any
of the resolutions proposed at the AGM. Votes withheld are not
votes in law. Therefore, they 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
Company Secretary
Mark Amsden
Phone: 020 7449 8289
Email: cosec@royalmail.com
Media
Beth Longcroft
Phone: 07435 768 549
Email: beth.longcroft@royalmail.com
Mark Street
Phone: 07515 924 344
Email: mark.street@royalmail.com
Royal Mail press office out of hours: 020 3338 1007
Investor Relations
Catherine Nash
Phone: 020 7449 8183
Email: investorrelations@royalmail.com
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