24 Jul 2014 14:18
Royal Mail plc
24 July 2014
Results of Annual General Meeting held on 24 July 2014
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 19 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 20 to 22 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 |
1 | Directors and Auditors' reports and audited accounts | 616,432,832 | 99.94 | 397,602 | 0.06 | 616,830,434 | 61.68% | 543,146 |
2 | Directors' Remuneration Policy | 589,564,599 | 96.51 | 21,335,843 | 3.49 | 610,900,442 | 61.09% | 6,422,408 |
3 | Directors' Remuneration Report | 607,734,557 | 99.70 | 1,832,702 | 0.30 | 609,567,259 | 60.96% | 7,761,617 |
4 | Final dividend | 616,576,621 | 99.95 | 304,701 | 0.05 | 616,881,322 | 61.69% | 454,671 |
5 | Elect Donald Brydon | 609,889,161 | 99.22 | 4,769,561 | 0.78 | 614,658,722 | 61.47% | 2,572,453 |
6 | Elect Moya Greene | 613,615,842 | 99.57 | 2,658,529 | 0.43 | 616,274,371 | 61.63% | 1,077,676 |
7 | Elect Matthew Lester | 613,676,400 | 99.67 | 2,055,002 | 0.33 | 615,731,402 | 61.57% | 1,493,420 |
8 | Elect John Allan | 610,512,079 | 99.42 | 3,542,029 | 0.58 | 614,054,108 | 61.41% | 3,178,692 |
9 | Elect Nick Horler | 612,417,246 | 99.47 | 3,256,806 | 0.53 | 615,674,052 | 61.57% | 1,542,832 |
10 | Elect Cath Keers | 610,579,129 | 99.43 | 3,495,128 | 0.57 | 614,074,257 | 61.41% | 3,144,187 |
11 | Elect Paul Murray | 612,431,387 | 99.47 | 3,250,818 | 0.53 | 615,682,205 | 61.57% | 1,508,072 |
12 | Elect Orna Ni-Chionna | 612,131,498 | 99.42 | 3,548,163 | 0.58 | 615,679,661 | 61.57% | 1,499,264 |
13 | Elect Les Owen | 604,501,881 | 98.45 | 9,501,616 | 1.55 | 614,003,497 | 61.40% | 3,164,700 |
14 | Appoint Ernst & Young LLP | 607,495,216 | 98.58 | 8,743,293 | 1.42 | 616,238,509 | 61.62% | 1,049,090 |
15 | Auditors' remuneration | 609,196,263 | 98.83 | 7,223,293 | 1.17 | 616,419,556 | 61.64% | 833,867 |
16 | Political donations | 610,312,812 | 98.99 | 6,244,028 | 1.01 | 616,556,840 | 61.66% | 783,625 |
17 | Long Term Incentive Plan | 597,652,887 | 96.95 | 18,777,369 | 3.05 | 616,430,256 | 61.64% | 900,996 |
18 | Savings-Related Share Option Scheme | 613,894,772 | 99.56 | 2,737,349 | 0.44 | 616,632,121 | 61.66% | 706,200 |
19 | Allotment of shares | 606,701,061 | 98.41 | 9,778,576 | 1.59 | 616,479,637 | 61.65% | 857,951 |
20 | Allotment of equity shares for cash | 612,914,938 | 99.60 | 2,458,588 | 0.40 | 615,373,526 | 61.54% | 1,905,447 |
21 | Notice of general meeting | 593,091,250 | 96.19 | 23,498,962 | 3.81 | 616,590,212 | 61.66% | 732,806 |
22 | Purchase of own shares | 614,724,168 | 99.72 | 1,702,094 | 0.28 | 616,426,262 | 61.64% | 858,307 |
As at 6.00pm on Tuesday 22 July 2014, the number of issued shares in the Company was 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares, which 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 to cast votes on any of the resolutions proposed at the AGM. Votes withheld are not votes in law and therefore 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
Royal Mail plc
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