Bank of Ireland Group PLC Results of the Annual General Meeting (3879N)

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Bank of Ireland Group PLC

19 May 2020

Bank of Ireland Group PLC (the "Company")

Results of the 2020 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

19 May 2020

The Company announces that at its AGM, held on 19 May 2020, all of the resolutions proposed were duly passed on a poll.

Resolutions 1 to 5 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 6 to 13 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions. 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 15 April 2020 and is available on the Company website at https://investorrelations.bankofireland.com .

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 2019, together with the Report of the Directors and the Auditor's Report.

 
 Resolution      Votes       %    Votes Against    %     Total Votes     Votes 
                  For                                        Cast       Withheld 
     1        761,679,245   100      22,049       0.00   761,701,294    359,965 
             ------------  ----  --------------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 

Resolution 2

To elect the following Directors, by separate resolutions:

(a) Eileen Fitzpatrick;

(b) Michele Greene; and

(c) Myles O'Grady.

 
 Resolution      Votes        %       Votes      %     Total Votes     Votes 
                  For                Against               Cast       Withheld 
   2 (a)      761,955,708   99.99    55,140     0.01   762,010,848    50,300 
             ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
   2 (b)      761,944,743   99.99    65,254     0.01   762,009,997    51,262 
             ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
   2 (c)      757,382,642   99.39   4,626,606   0.61   762,009,248    52,011 
             ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 

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

(d) Evelyn Bourke;

(e) Ian Buchanan;

   (f)   Richard Goulding; 

(g) Patrick Haren;

(h) Patrick Kennedy;

   (i)   Francesca McDonagh; 
   (j)   Fiona Muldoon; 

(k) Patrick Mulvihill; and

   (l)   Steve Pateman. 
 
 Resolution      Votes        %       Votes      %     Total Votes     Votes 
                  For                Against               Cast       Withheld 
   2 (d)      758,589,554   99.55   3,418,256   0.45   762,007,810    53,422 
             ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
   2 (e)      761,934,804   99.99    66,672     0.01   762,001,476    59,783 
             ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
   2 (f)      761,931,277   99.99    78,249     0.01   762,009,526    51,733 
             ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
   2 (g)      758,452,655   99.53   3,533,177   0.47   762,005,832    54,468 
             ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
   2 (h)      754,515,174   99.02   7,490,599   0.98   762,005,773    55,486 
             ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
   2 (i)      761,932,021   99.99    72,510     0.01   762,004,531    54,817 
             ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
   2 (j)      758,455,438   99.53   3,554,590   0.47   762,010,028    51,227 
             ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
   2 (k)      761,800,171   99.97    207,817    0.03   762,007,988    53,271 
             ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
   2 (l)      761,927,321   99.99    79,750     0.01   762,007,071    54,188 
             ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 

Resolution 3

To consider the continuation in office of KPMG as Auditor of the Company.

 
 Resolution      Votes        %     Votes Against    %     Total Votes     Votes 
                  For                                          Cast       Withheld 
     3        760,037,927   99.93      499,735      0.07   760,537,662   1,523,308 
             ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 

Resolution 4

To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditor for the 2020 financial year.

 
 Resolution      Votes        %     Votes Against    %     Total Votes     Votes 
                  For                                          Cast       Withheld 
     4        761,416,070   99.92      596,448      0.08   762,012,518    48,700 
             ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 

Resolution 5

To approve the convening of an Extraordinary General Meeting on 14 days' notice for the passing of an ordinary resolution.

 
 Resolution      Votes        %     Votes Against    %     Total Votes     Votes 
                  For                                          Cast       Withheld 
     5        719,152,842   94.38    42,857,727     5.62   762,101,569    50,690 
             ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 

Resolution 6

To receive and consider the Group Remuneration Committee Report for the year ended 31 December 2019.

 
 Resolution      Votes        %     Votes Against    %     Total Votes     Votes 
                  For                                          Cast       Withheld 
     6        760,480,635   99.80     1,521,025     0.20   762,001,660    59,599 
             ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 

Resolution 7

To receive and consider the 2019 Directors' Remuneration Policy.

 
 Resolution      Votes        %     Votes Against    %     Total Votes     Votes 
                  For                                          Cast       Withheld 
     7        745,181,436   97.79    16,803,213     2.21   761,984,649    76,610 
             ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 

Resolution 8

To authorise the amendment of the Articles of Association of the Company.

 
 Resolution      Votes        %     Votes Against    %     Total Votes     Votes 
                  For                                          Cast       Withheld 
     8        761,895,566   99.99      86,882       0.01   761,982,448    77,144 
             ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 

Resolution 9

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

 
 Resolution      Votes        %     Votes Against    %     Total Votes     Votes 
                  For                                          Cast       Withheld 
     9        758,187,722   99.51     3,740,171     0.49   761,927,893    133,366 
             ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 

Resolution 10

To authorise the Directors to issue Ordinary Shares.

 
 Resolution      Votes        %     Votes Against    %     Total Votes     Votes 
                  For                                          Cast       Withheld 
     10       730,825,761   95.90    31,217,567     4.10   762,043,328    18,842 
             ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 

Resolution 11

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

 
 Resolution      Votes        %     Votes Against    %     Total Votes     Votes 
                  For                                          Cast       Withheld 
     11       760,403,567   99.79     1,635,867     0.21   762,039,434    21,825 
             ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 

Resolution 12

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

 
 Resolution      Votes        %     Votes Against    %     Total Votes     Votes 
                  For                                          Cast       Withheld 
     12       761,327,163   99.91      708,602      0.09   762,035,765    25,494 
             ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 

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.

 
 Resolution      Votes        %       Votes      %     Total Votes     Votes 
                  For                Against               Cast       Withheld 
     13       756,301,377   99.25   5,722,381   0.75   762,023,758    37,501 
             ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 

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 www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism .

19 May 2020

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