8 Sep 2020 15:00
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 8 September 2020
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:
| RESOLUTION | FOR | % | AGAINST | % | TOTAL | % OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL | WITHHELD |
| ORDINARY RESOLUTION |
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1. | To receive the Company's Accounts and the Reports of the Directors and Auditor | 694,865,848 | 99.94 | 392,770 | 0.06 | 695,258,618 | 69.53 | 836,953 |
2. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 641,361,501 | 99.09 | 5,918,385 | 0.91 | 647,279,886 | 64.73 | 48,806,675 |
3. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 642,589,878 | 99.28 | 4,659,090 | 0.72 | 647,248,968 | 64.72 | 48,823,734 |
4. | To re-appoint Keith Williams | 627,044,429 | 90.11 | 68,802,226 | 9.89 | 695,846,655 | 69.58 | 253,048 |
5. | To re-appoint Stuart Simpson | 694,454,890 | 99.80 | 1,364,478 | 0.20 | 695,819,368 | 69.58 | 262,358 |
6. | To re-appoint Maria da Cunha | 693,016,024 | 99.60 | 2,777,296 | 0.40 | 695,793,320 | 69.58 | 278,428 |
7. | To re-appoint Michael Findlay | 692,987,432 | 99.60 | 2,769,972 | 0.40 | 695,757,404 | 69.58 | 306,808 |
8. | To re-appoint Rita Griffin | 692,456,628 | 99.52 | 3,327,657 | 0.48 | 695,784,285 | 69.58 | 284,172 |
9. | To re-appoint Simon Thompson | 692,471,386 | 99.52 | 3,319,939 | 0.48 | 695,791,325 | 69.58 | 279,342 |
10. | To re-appoint Baroness Sarah Hogg | 694,868,520 | 99.86 | 948,860 | 0.14 | 695,817,380 | 69.58 | 252,938 |
11. | To re-appoint Lynne Peacock | 694,946,315 | 99.88 | 841,841 | 0.12 | 695,788,156 | 69.58 | 266,898 |
12. | To re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditor of the Company | 646,671,644 | 99.90 | 636,950 | 0.10 | 647,308,594 | 64.73 | 48,762,704 |
13. | To authorise the Company's Audit and Risk Committee to determine the Remuneration of the Auditor | 695,338,729 | 99.92 | 552,487 | 0.08 | 695,891,216 | 69.59 | 178,050 |
14. | To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure | 693,020,112 | 99.59 | 2,864,084 | 0.41 | 695,884,196 | 69.59 | 197,442 |
15. | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 665,970,236 | 95.71 | 29,868,132 | 4.29 | 695,838,368 | 69.58 | 229,282 |
| SPECIAL RESOLUTION |
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16. | To authorise the Directors to disapply the statutory pre-emption rights | 694,287,086 | 99.80 | 1,399,016 | 0.20 | 695,686,102 | 69.57 | 375,381 |
17. | To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for the purposes of acquisitions or capital investments | 646,063,828 | 92.87 | 49,618,609 | 7.13 | 695,682,437 | 69.57 | 369,015 |
18. | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 645,656,567 | 92.90 | 49,311,596 | 7.10 | 694,968,163 | 69.50 | 1,110,965 |
19. | To approve calling a general meeting with no less than 14 clear days' notice (other than annual general meetings) | 671,595,257 | 96.51 | 24,321,785 | 3.49 | 695,917,042 | 69.59 | 152,442 |
As at 6.30pm on Friday 4 September 2020, 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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
The AGM results and pre-recorded virtual shareholder event are also available to view on the Company's website at https://www.royalmailgroup.com/en/investors/annual-general-meetings/
Contacts
Company Secretary
Mark Amsden
Phone: 020 7449 8289
Email: cosec@royalmail.com
MediaBeth Longcroft
Phone: 07435 768 549
Email: beth.longcroft@royalmail.com
Royal Mail press office out of hours: 020 3338 1007
Investor RelationsJohn CrossePhone: 020 7449 8183Email: investorrelations@royalmail.com