Metro Bank PLC Result of AGM (9698N)

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RNS Number : 9698N

Metro Bank PLC

26 May 2020

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800X5WU57YL9GPK89

METRO BANK PLC

Result of AGM

26 May 2020: Metro Bank PLC (the "Company") announces that, at the Annual General Meeting of shareholders held earlier today, all resolutions were passed as follows.

 
           RESOLUTION               VOTES        %     VOTES AGAINST    %       VOTES       % of    VOTES WITHHELD*** 
                                      FOR                                        TOTAL      ISC** 
                                                                                            VOTED 
            To receive the 
              2019 Annual 
  1       Report and Accounts     95,560,348   99.98          23,181   0.02   95,583,529    55.44           5,317,122 
      -------------------------  -----------  ------  --------------  -----               -------  ------------------ 
            To approve the 
        Directors' Remuneration 
  2             Policy            88,493,441   92.77       6,893,174   7.23   95,386,615    55.32           5,513,110 
      -------------------------  -----------  ------  --------------  -----               -------  ------------------ 
            To approve the 
           Annual Statement 
             by the Chair 
          of the Remuneration 
             Committee and 
            the Directors' 
             Remuneration 
           Report (excluding 
                  the 
        Director's Remuneration 
  3             Policy)           89,259,211   93.38       6,332,404   6.62   95,591,615    55.44           5,309,036 
      -------------------------  -----------  ------  --------------  -----               -------  ------------------ 
             Re-election 
            of Sir Michael 
  4             Snyder            89,625,749   93.76       5,963,203   6.24   95,588,952    55.44           5,311,700 
      -------------------------  -----------  ------  --------------  -----               -------  ------------------ 
             Election of 
  5         Daniel Frumkin        95,513,248   99.92          75,519   0.08   95,588,767    55.44           5,311,888 
      -------------------------  -----------  ------  --------------  -----               -------  ------------------ 
             Re-election 
  6         of David Arden        95,518,364   99.94          61,290   0.06   95,579,654    55.43           5,320,905 
      -------------------------  -----------  ------  --------------  -----               -------  ------------------ 
             Re-election 
           of Anna (Monique) 
  7              Melis            93,619,573   97.94       1,969,092   2.06   95,588,665    55.44           5,311,858 
      -------------------------  -----------  ------  --------------  -----               -------  ------------------ 
             Re-election 
             of Catherine 
  8              Brown            90,923,164   95.12       4,665,500   4.88   95,588,664    55.44           5,311,987 
      -------------------------  -----------  ------  --------------  -----               -------  ------------------ 
             Re-election 
  9         of Paul Thandi        93,906,536   98.24       1,682,129   1.76   95,588,665    55.44           5,311,987 
      -------------------------  -----------  ------  --------------  -----               -------  ------------------ 
             Election of 
 10           Sally Clark         95,560,267   99.97          28,502   0.03   95,588,769    55.44           5,311,883 
      -------------------------  -----------  ------  --------------  -----               -------  ------------------ 
             Election of 
 11         Michael Torpey        95,555,397   99.97          32,803   0.03   95,588,200    55.44           5,312,452 
      -------------------------  -----------  ------  --------------  -----               -------  ------------------ 
             Election of 
 12         Nicholas Winsor       95,569,497   99.98          18,703   0.02   95,588,200    55.44           5,312,452 
      -------------------------  -----------  ------  --------------  -----               -------  ------------------ 
             Election of 
 13            Anne Grim          95,571,932   99.98          16,744   0.02   95,588,676    55.44           5,311,976 
      -------------------------  -----------  ------  --------------  -----               -------  ------------------ 
             Election of 
 14          Ian Henderson        95,569,497   99.98          18,703   0.02   95,588,200    55.44           5,312,452 
      -------------------------  -----------  ------  --------------  -----               -------  ------------------ 
 15       Re-Appoint Auditor      95,105,349   99.49         484,843   0.51   95,590,192    55.44           5,310,459 
      -------------------------  -----------  ------  --------------  -----               -------  ------------------ 
            Authorise the 
            Audit Committee 
             to determine 
             the Auditor's 
 16          remuneration         95,142,746   99.53         447,973   0.47   95,590,719    55.44           5,309,933 
      -------------------------  -----------  ------  --------------  -----               -------  ------------------ 
             Authority to 
 17          allot shares         92,078,175   96.33       3,511,774   3.67   95,589,949    55.44           5,310,703 
      -------------------------  -----------  ------  --------------  -----               -------  ------------------ 
             Authority to 
         disapply pre-emption 
 18*            rights            91,146,597   95.35       4,442,701   4.65   95,589,298    55.44           5,311,354 
      -------------------------  -----------  ------  --------------  -----               -------  ------------------ 
         Additional authority 
              to disapply 
              pre-emption 
 19*            rights            91,130,788   95.34       4,458,911   4.66   95,589,699    55.44           5,310,952 
      -------------------------  -----------  ------  --------------  -----               -------  ------------------ 
          Authorise reduced 
           notice of general 
             meeting other 
 20*          than an AGM         93,279,665   97.58       2,312,317   2.42   95,591,982    55.44           5,308,670 
      -------------------------  -----------  ------  --------------  -----               -------  ------------------ 
 

* Passed as a special resolution.

** Issued Share Capital

*** Votes 'withheld' have not been included in the calculation of whether a resolution is carried. Percentages have been rounded to two decimal places.

A copy of the above results will shortly be available on the investor section of Metro Bank PLC 's website.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3R, a copy of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available in due course for viewing at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

Enquiries

Metro Bank PLC

David Arden

Company Secretary 020 3402 8900

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