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Result of AGM

29 Apr 2022 17:30

RNS Number : 9454J
AstraZeneca PLC
29 April 2022
 

29 April 2022 17:30 BST

 

Results of Annual General Meeting held on 29 April 2022

 

AstraZeneca PLC announced the results of the voting at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) today. As proposed in the Notice of AGM, all Resolutions were decided by poll vote. Resolutions 9 - 12 were passed as special resolutions; all other resolutions were passed as ordinary resolutions.

 

Resolution

Votes for

% of votes cast

Votes against

% of votes cast

Votes cast in total

Total votes cast as a % of issued share capital

Votes withheld

1

To receive the Company's Accounts, the Reports of the Directors and Auditor and the Strategic Report for the year ended 31 December 2021

1,203,570,226

99.85

1,828,274

0.15

1,205,398,500

77.79

5,547,341

2

To confirm dividends

1,193,597,088

98.93

12,920,907

1.07

1,206,517,995

77.87

4,366,330

3

To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor

1,198,088,929

99.29

8,509,251

0.71

1,206,598,180

77.87

4,347,248

4

To authorise the Directors to agree the remuneration of the Auditor

1,204,954,300

99.87

1,563,462

0.13

1,206,517,762

77.87

4,311,513

5a

To re-elect Leif Johansson as a Director

1,166,282,927

96.68

40,088,832

3.32

1,206,371,759

77.86

4,573,789

5b

To re-elect Pascal Soriot as a Director

1,205,673,389

99.93

863,219

0.07

1,206,536,608

77.87

4,408,995

5c

To elect Aradhana Sarin as a Director

1,204,771,723

99.86

1,661,294

0.14

1,206,433,017

77.86

4,512,437

5d

To re-elect Philip Broadley as a Director

1,191,418,997

98.75

15,054,946

1.25

1,206,473,943

77.86

4,471,514

5e

To re-elect Euan Ashley as a Director

1,205,615,431

99.93

843,877

0.07

1,206,459,308

77.86

4,486,117

5f

To re-elect Michel Demaré as a Director

1,159,460,793

96.34

44,030,272

3.66

1,203,491,065

77.67

7,453,982

5g

To re-elect Deborah DiSanzo as a Director

1,199,445,587

99.98

245,001

0.02

1,199,690,588

77.43

11,254,771

5h

To re-elect Diana Layfield as a Director

1,206,239,742

99.98

251,612

0.02

1,206,491,354

77.87

4,454,103

5i

To re-elect Sheri McCoy as a Director

1,199,985,750

99.46

6,515,562

0.54

1,206,501,312

77.87

4,444,145

5j

To re-elect Tony Mok as a Director

1,205,526,446

99.92

961,584

0.08

1,206,488,030

77.86

4,457,427

5k

To re-elect Nazneen Rahman as a Director

1,192,803,495

98.87

13,681,523

1.13

1,206,485,018

77.86

4,460,509

5l

To elect Andreas Rummelt as a Director

1,205,642,938

99.93

816,947

0.07

1,206,459,885

77.86

4,485,572

5m

To re-elect Marcus Wallenberg as a Director

979,070,782

81.15

227,477,101

18.85

1,206,547,883

77.87

4,397,534

6

To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration for the year ended 31 December 2021

1,109,853,237

92.23

93,486,120

7.77

1,203,339,357

77.66

7,606,290

7

To authorise limited political donations

1,176,840,533

97.53

29,853,717

2.47

1,206,694,250

77.88

4,261,968

8

To authorise the Directors to allot shares

1,112,092,040

92.70

87,623,060

7.30

1,199,715,100

77.43

11,230,323

9

To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights

1,193,005,130

99.11

10,731,935

0.89

1,203,737,065

77.69

7,206,669

10

To authorise the Directors to further disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions and specified capital investments

1,175,775,085

97.67

27,999,631

2.33

1,203,774,716

77.69

7,088,425

11

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

1,195,870,775

99.15

10,230,544

0.85

1,206,101,319

77.84

4,843,802

12

To reduce the notice period for general meetings

1,062,882,097

88.11

143,446,819

11.89

1,206,328,916

77.85

4,616,168

13

To extend the AstraZeneca PLC 2012 Savings Related Share Option Scheme

1,200,174,255

99.53

5,676,533

0.47

1,205,850,788

77.82

5,094,639

 

A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM (other than resolutions concerning ordinary business) has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism for publication, and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

Issued capital

As at 27 April 2022, the number of issued shares of the Company was 1,549,464,013 ordinary shares, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against all of 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.

 

AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca (LSE/STO/Nasdaq: AZN) is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialisation of prescription medicines in Oncology, Rare Diseases, and BioPharmaceuticals, including Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism, and Respiratory & Immunology. Based in Cambridge, UK, AstraZeneca operates in over 100 countries and its innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide. Please visit astrazeneca.com and follow the Company on Twitter @AstraZeneca.

 

Contacts

For details on how to contact the Investor Relations Team, please click here. For Media contacts, click here.

 

 

Adrian KempCompany Secretary

AstraZeneca PLC

 

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