Bank Of Ireland Regulatory News (BIRG)

Bank of Ireland Group PLC (the "Company")

Results of the 2024 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

The Company announces that at its AGM, held on 23 May 2024, all of the resolutions proposed were duly passed, as set out below.

Resolutions 1 to 7 (inclusive) and Resolutions 9 and 12 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 8, 10, 11 and 13 were passed as special resolutions, each on a poll. 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 2024 and is available on the Company website at https://investorrelations.bankofireland.com.

In addition, procedural motions were put to the meeting to correct typographical errors (a) in the record and payment dates and (b) in relation to the year of expiry in Resolutions 12 and 13. The procedural motions were each passed on a show of hands.

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 2023, together with the Report of the Directors and the Auditor's Report.

Resolution 2

To declare a Dividend.

Resolution 3

To elect the following Directors to the Board, by separate resolutions:

(a) Akshaya Bhargava

(b) Margaret Sweeney

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

(c) Giles Andrews;

(d) Evelyn Bourke;

(e) Ian Buchanan;

(f) Eileen Fitzpatrick;

(g) Richard Goulding;

(h) Michele Greene;

(i) Patrick Kennedy;

(j) Myles O'Grady;

(k) Steve Pateman; and

(l) 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 2024 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 2023.

Resolution 8

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

Resolution 9

To authorise the Directors to issue Ordinary Shares.

Resolution 10

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

Resolution 11

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 12

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

Resolution 13

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 2024

For further information contact:

Sarah McLaughlin, Group Secretary

Tel: +353 87 4315242