Bank Of Ireland Regulatory News (BIRG)

Bank of Ireland Group PLC (the "Company")

Results of the 2023 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

The Company announces that at its AGM, held on 23 May 2023, all of the resolutions proposed were duly passed on a poll.

Resolutions 1 to 8 (inclusive) and Resolutions 10 and 13 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 9, 11, 12 and 14 were passed as special resolutions. The full text of each resolution was set out in the Chairman's Letter to holders of Ordinary Shares and Notice of the AGM which was posted to shareholders on 19 April 2023 and is available on the Company website at https://investorrelations.bankofireland.com.

The results of the voting on each resolution are as follows:

Resolution 1

To receive and consider the Company's Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022, together with the Report of the Directors and the Auditor's Report.

Resolution 2

To declare a Dividend.

Resolution3

To elect the following Director to the Board, by separate resolution:

(a) Myles O'Grady

To re-elect the following Directors, by separate resolutions:

(b) Giles Andrews;

(c) Evelyn Bourke;

(d) Ian Buchanan;

(e) Eileen Fitzpatrick;

(f) Richard Goulding;

(g) Michele Greene;

(h) Patrick Kennedy;

(i) Fiona Muldoon;

(j) Steve Pateman; and

(k) Mark Spain.

Resolution 4

To consider the continuation in office of KPMG as Auditor of the Company. 

Resolution 5

To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditor for the 2023 financial year.

Resolution 6

To approve the convening of an Extraordinary General Meeting on 14 days' notice for the passing of an ordinary resolution.

Resolution 7

To receive and consider the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2022.

Resolution 8

To receive and consider the 2022 Directors' Remuneration Policy.

Resolution 9

To authorise purchases of Ordinary Shares by the Company or subsidiaries.

Resolution 10

To authorise the Directors to issue Ordinary Shares.

Resolution 11

To renew the Directors' authority to issue Ordinary Shares on a non-pre-emptive basis for cash.

Resolution 12

To approve the Directors' additional authority to issue Ordinary Shares on a non-pre-emptive basis for cash in the case of an acquisition or specified capital investment.

Resolution 13

To authorise the Directors to issue contingent equity conversion notes, and Ordinary Shares on the conversion of such notes.

Resolution 14

To authorise the Directors to issue for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis, contingent equity conversion notes, and Ordinary Shares on the conversion of such notes.

The "Vote Withheld" option is provided to enable abstention on any particular resolution. However, it should be noted that a "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.

In accordance with Listing Rule 6.1.60 of Euronext Dublin and Listing Rule 9.6.2 of the Financial Conduct Authority, copies of all resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the Euronext Dublin and the UK's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

23 May 2023

For further information contact:

Gabrielle Ryan, Interim Group Secretary

Tel: +353 (0) 86 8304792