Royal Mail PLC Result of AGM (6618L)

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RNS Number : 6618L

Royal Mail PLC

20 July 2017

Royal Mail plc

20 July 2017

Results of Annual General Meeting held on 20 July 2017

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 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 15 to 18 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       WITHHELD 
                                                                                        ISSUED 
                                                                                        SHARE 
                                                                                        CAPITAL 
----  ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------  ----------- 
       Directors 
        and Auditors' 
        reports 
        and audited 
 1.     accounts               622,424,025   99.99       85,031   0.01   622,509,056     62.25%      176,815 
----  ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------  ----------- 
       Directors' 
        Remuneration 
 2.     Report                 548,642,126   91.47   51,145,932   8.53   599,788,058     59.98%   22,890,191 
----  ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------  ----------- 
 3.    Final dividend          622,094,531   99.92      486,342   0.08   622,580,873     62.26%      102,836 
----  ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------  ----------- 
       Elect Rita 
 4.     Griffin                618,860,520   99.43    3,518,974   0.57   622,379,494     62.24%      276,793 
----  ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------  ----------- 
       Re-elect 
 5.     Peter Long             533,615,404   92.02   46,261,339   7.98   579,876,743     57.99%   42,782,616 
----  ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------  ----------- 
       Re-elect 
 6.     Moya Greene            618,609,475   99.38    3,853,526   0.62   622,463,001     62.25%      212,754 
----  ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------  ----------- 
       Re-elect 
 7.     Cath Keers             618,970,262   99.45    3,419,575   0.55   622,389,837     62.24%      267,672 
----  ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------  ----------- 
       Re-elect 
 8.     Paul Murray            619,103,079   99.47    3,285,556   0.53   622,388,635     62.24%      271,741 
----  ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------  ----------- 
       Re-elect 
 9.     Orna Ni-Chionna        610,290,144   98.06   12,099,806   1.94   622,389,950     62.24%      269,036 
----  ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------  ----------- 
       Re-elect 
 10.    Les Owen               619,103,821   99.47    3,268,031   0.53   622,371,852     62.24%      264,833 
----  ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------  ----------- 
       Re-appoint 
 11.    KPMG LLP               621,859,334   99.90      620,512   0.10   622,479,846     62.25%      181,630 
----  ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------  ----------- 
       Auditors' 
 12.    remuneration           621,728,462   99.88      751,645   0.12   622,480,107     62.25%      180,251 
----  ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------  ----------- 
       Political 
 13.    donations              609,803,128   98.43    9,697,102   1.57   619,500,230     61.95%    3,181,308 
----  ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------  ----------- 
       Allotment 
 14.    of shares              595,139,193   95.61   27,299,458   4.39   622,438,651     62.24%      229,326 
----  ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------  ----------- 
       Disapplication 
        of pre-emption 
 15.    rights (cash)          620,938,389   99.78    1,390,417   0.22   622,328,806     62.23%      329,672 
----  ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------  ----------- 
       Disapplication 
        of pre-emption 
 16.    rights (acquisition)   607,675,845   97.65   14,643,659   2.35   622,319,504     62.23%      331,725 
----  ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------  ----------- 
       Purchase 
 17.    of own shares          615,163,955   98.87    7,010,381   1.13   622,174,336     62.22%      496,314 
----  ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------  ----------- 
       Notice of 
        general 
 18.    meeting                573,311,484   92.54   46,189,989   7.46   619,501,473     61.95%    3,156,751 
----  ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------  ----------- 
 

As at 6.30pm on Tuesday 18 July 2017, 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

Contacts

Company Secretariat

Kulbinder Dosanjh

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Media

Peter Tilley

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Royal Mail press office out of hours: 020 3338 1007

Investor Relations

Catherine Nash

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