20 Jul 2022 13:49
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 20 July 2022
Royal Mail plc (the 'Company') 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 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 19 to 23 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 | ||||||||
1. | To receive the Company's audited accounts, together with the Strategic Report, Directors' Report and Auditors Reports on those accounts | 696,690,783 | 99.95 | 348,295 | 0.05 | 697,039,078 | 72.90% | 1,407,017 |
2. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 674,645,605 | 99.44 | 3,827,683 | 0.56 | 678,473,288 | 70.96% | 19,970,089 |
3. | To approve a final dividend of 13.3 pence per share | 697,825,800 | 99.92 | 542,376 | 0.08 | 698,368,176 | 73.04% | 95,247 |
4. | To re-appoint Keith Williams | 628,994,560 | 92.70 | 49,510,845 | 7.30 | 678,505,405 | 70.96% | 19,946,163 |
5. | To re-appoint Simon Thompson | 696,114,772 | 99.69 | 2,185,510 | 0.31 | 698,300,282 | 73.03% | 160,753 |
6. | To re-appoint Martin Seidenberg | 694,873,288 | 99.52 | 3,382,318 | 0.48 | 698,255,606 | 73.02% | 194,062 |
7. | To re-appoint Mick Jeavons | 694,810,555 | 99.51 | 3,444,902 | 0.49 | 698,255,457 | 73.02% | 193,934 |
8. | To re-appoint Baroness Hogg | 620,025,275 | 88.80 | 78,235,463 | 11.20 | 698,260,738 | 73.03% | 195,201 |
9. | To re-appoint Maria da Cunha | 669,110,518 | 98.62 | 9,383,616 | 1.38 | 678,494,134 | 70.96% | 19,959,799 |
10. | To re-appoint Michael Findlay | 687,495,251 | 98.46 | 10,753,460 | 1.54 | 698,248,711 | 73.02% | 204,436 |
11. | To re-appoint Lynne Peacock | 688,911,674 | 98.66 | 9,339,083 | 1.34 | 698,250,757 | 73.02% | 201,181 |
12. | To re-appoint Shashi Verma | 694,859,773 | 99.51 | 3,389,564 | 0.49 | 698,249,337 | 73.02% | 203,494 |
13. | To re-appoint Jourik Hooghe | 694,860,487 | 99.52 | 3,383,170 | 0.48 | 698,243,657 | 73.02% | 204,112 |
14. | To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company | 695,634,192 | 99.62 | 2,620,838 | 0.38 | 698,255,030 | 73.02% | 189,940 |
15. | To authorise the Company's Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor | 697,648,445 | 99.92 | 582,119 | 0.08 | 698,230,564 | 73.02% | 213,097 |
16. | To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure | 687,353,248 | 98.43 | 10,937,612 | 1.57 | 698,290,860 | 73.03% | 171,075 |
17. | To authorise the Company's Share Incentive Plan to continue to operate for a further 10-year period | 697,618,328 | 99.90 | 719,043 | 0.10 | 698,337,371 | 73.03% | 117,118 |
18. | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 683,705,898 | 97.91 | 14,591,851 | 2.09 | 698,297,749 | 73.03% | 150,112 |
SPECIAL RESOLUTION | ||||||||
19. | To empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights | 697,175,082 | 99.86 | 1,002,615 | 0.14 | 698,177,697 | 73.02% | 258,860 |
20. | To empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for the purposes of acquisitions or specified capital investments | 689,034,284 | 98.69 | 9,148,437 | 1.31 | 698,182,721 | 73.02% | 253,106 |
21. | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 695,130,466 | 99.62 | 2,673,081 | 0.38 | 697,803,547 | 72.98% | 651,481 |
22. | To authorise the Company to call general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice (other than annual general meetings) | 679,239,105 | 97.27 | 19,083,957 | 2.73 | 698,323,062 | 73.03% | 123,586 |
23. | To authorise the Company to adopt new articles of association | 697,694,109 | 99.93 | 466,718 | 0.07 | 698,160,827 | 73.01% | 264,923 |
As at 6.30pm on Monday 18 July 2022, the number of issued shares in the Company was 956,193,475 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 are also available to view on the Company's website at www.royalmailgroup.com/en/investors/annual-general-meetings/
Enquiries:
Investor Relations
John Crosse
Email: investorrelations@royalmail.com
Royal Mail investor relations line: 020 7449 8183
Media Relations
Greg Sage
Phone: 07483 421374
Royal Mail press office: press.office@royalmail.com
Jenny Hall
Phone: 07776 993 036
Email: jenny.hall@royalmail.com
Company Secretary
Mark Amsden
Email: cosec@royalmail.com