Royal Mail PLC Result of AGM (3625Y)

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RNS Number : 3625Y

Royal Mail PLC

08 September 2020

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 8 September 2020

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 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 16 to 19 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      WITHHELD 
                                                                                           SHARE CAPITAL 
       ORDINARY RESOLUTION 
      -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To receive the 
        Company's Accounts 
        and the Reports 
        of the Directors 
 1.     and Auditor               694,865,848   99.94   392,770      0.06   695,258,618   69.53            836,953 
      -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----                ---------------  ----------- 
       To approve the 
        Directors' Remuneration 
 2.     Report                    641,361,501   99.09   5,918,385    0.91   647,279,886   64.73            48,806,675 
      -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----                ---------------  ----------- 
       To approve the 
        Directors' Remuneration 
 3.     Policy                    642,589,878   99.28   4,659,090    0.72   647,248,968   64.72            48,823,734 
      -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----                ---------------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
 4.     Keith Williams            627,044,429   90.11   68,802,226   9.89   695,846,655   69.58            253,048 
      -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----                ---------------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
 5.     Stuart Simpson            694,454,890   99.80   1,364,478    0.20   695,819,368   69.58            262,358 
      -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----                ---------------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
 6.     Maria da Cunha            693,016,024   99.60   2,777,296    0.40   695,793,320   69.58            278,428 
      -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----                ---------------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
 7.     Michael Findlay           692,987,432   99.60   2,769,972    0.40   695,757,404   69.58            306,808 
      -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----                ---------------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
 8.     Rita Griffin              692,456,628   99.52   3,327,657    0.48   695,784,285   69.58            284,172 
      -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----                ---------------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
 9.     Simon Thompson            692,471,386   99.52   3,319,939    0.48   695,791,325   69.58            279,342 
      -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----                ---------------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
        Baroness Sarah 
 10.    Hogg                      694,868,520   99.86   948,860      0.14   695,817,380   69.58            252,938 
      -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----                ---------------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
 11.    Lynne Peacock             694,946,315   99.88   841,841      0.12   695,788,156   69.58            266,898 
      -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----                ---------------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
        KPMG LLP as 
        Auditor of the 
 12.    Company                   646,671,644   99.90   636,950      0.10   647,308,594   64.73            48,762,704 
      -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----                ---------------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the Company's 
        Audit and Risk 
        Committee to 
        determine the 
        Remuneration 
 13.    of the Auditor            695,338,729   99.92   552,487      0.08   695,891,216   69.59            178,050 
      -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----                ---------------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the Company 
        and its subsidiaries 
        to make political 
        donations and 
        incur political 
 14.    expenditure               693,020,112   99.59   2,864,084    0.41   695,884,196   69.59            197,442 
      -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the Directors 
 15.    to allot shares           665,970,236   95.71   29,868,132   4.29   695,838,368   69.58            229,282 
      -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       SPECIAL RESOLUTION 
      -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the Directors 
        to disapply 
        the statutory 
        pre-emption 
 16.    rights                    694,287,086   99.80   1,399,016    0.20   695,686,102   69.57            375,381 
      -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the Directors 
        to disapply 
        pre-emption 
        rights for the 
        purposes of 
        acquisitions 
 17.    or capital investments    646,063,828   92.87   49,618,609   7.13   695,682,437   69.57            369,015 
      -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----                ---------------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the Company 
        to purchase 
 18.    its own shares            645,656,567   92.90   49,311,596   7.10   694,968,163   69.50            1,110,965 
      -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----                ---------------  ----------- 
       To approve calling 
        a general meeting 
        with no less 
        than 14 clear 
        days' notice 
        (other than 
        annual general 
 19.    meetings)                 671,595,257   96.51   24,321,785   3.49   695,917,042   69.59            152,442 
      -------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----                ---------------  ----------- 
 

As at 6.30pm on Friday 4 September 2020, the number of issued shares in the Company was 1,000,000,000 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 and pre-recorded virtual shareholder event are also available to view on the Company's website at https://www.royalmailgroup.com/en/investors/annual-general-meetings/

Contacts

Company Secretary

Mark Amsden

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   Email:   [e-mail] 

Media

Beth Longcroft

Phone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Royal Mail press office out of hours: 020 3338 1007

Investor Relations

John Crosse

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Email: [e-mail]

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