Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Apr 23, 2024
Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements
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23 April 2024
Following the Annual General Meeting held today at Gogarburn, Edinburgh EH12 1HQ, NatWest Group plc (the "Company") announces the results of the poll vote for each resolution as follows. Resolutions 17, 18, 20, 21, 23 to 26 were passed as special resolutions.
| VOTES | % | VOTES | % | % of ISC | VOTES | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOR | AGAINST | VOTED | WITHHELD | |||
| Resolution 1 | ||||||
| To receive the 2023 | 29,210,437,504 | 99.98 | 4,975,512 | 0.02 | 83.70% | 51,658,784 |
| Report and Accounts | ||||||
| Resolution 2 | ||||||
| To approve the Annual | ||||||
| remuneration report in | ||||||
| the Directors' | 28,625,951,928 | 97.83 | 635,893,952 | 2.17 | 83.83% | 5,220,112 |
| remuneration report | ||||||
| Resolution 3 | ||||||
| To declare a final | ||||||
| dividend of 11.5 pence |
29,264,437,176 | 100.00 | 1,045,544 | 0.00 | 83.84% | 1,620,504 |
| per ordinary share | ||||||
| Resolution 4 | ||||||
| To elect Rick | 27,997,054,948 | 97.63 | 679,292,996 | 2.37 | 82.16% | 590,726,920 |
| Haythornthwaite as a Director |
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| Resolution 5 | ||||||
| To elect Paul Thwaite | 29,257,599,956 | 99.98 | 6,060,760 | 0.02 | 83.84% | 3,414,148 |
| as a Director | ||||||
| Resolution 6 | ||||||
| To re-elect Katie | 29,172,476,904 | 99.69 | 90,441,148 | 0.31 | 83.84% | 4,193,804 |
| Murray as a Director | ||||||
| Resolution 7 | 29,247,102,944 | 99.95 | 14,196,092 | 0.05 | 83.83% | 5,770,792 |
| To re -elect Frank |
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| Dangeard as a Director Resolution 8 |
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| To re -elect Roisin |
29,251,352,476 | 99.97 | 9,791,272 | 0.03 | 83.83% | 5,930,384 |
| Donnelly as a Director | ||||||
| Resolution 9 | ||||||
| To re -elect Patrick |
29,042,286,092 | 99.25 | 219,010,844 | 0.75 | 83.83% | 5,821,612 |
| Flynn as a Director | ||||||
| Resolution 10 | ||||||
| To re -elect Yasmin |
29,251,355,280 | 99.97 | 10,189,028 | 0.03 | 83.83% | 5,536,892 |
| Jetha as a Direct o r |
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| Resolution 11 | ||||||
| To re -elect Stuart |
29,042,582,232 | 99.25 | 218,479,592 | 0.75 | 83.83% | 5,657,820 |
| Lewis as a Director | ||||||
| Resolution 12 | ||||||
| To re -elect Mark |
28,517,669,920 | 99.17 | 238,643,360 | 0.83 | 82.39% | 510,393,532 |
| Seligman as a Director | ||||||
| Resolution 13 | ||||||
| To re -elect Lena Wilson |
29,030,519,980 | 99.21 | 230,502,248 | 0.79 | 83.83% | 5,691,160 |
| as a Director | ||||||
| Resolution 1 4 |
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| To re -appoint Ernst & |
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| Young LLP as auditors | 29,015,048,532 | 99.15 | 248, 175,084 |
0.85 | 83.84% | 3,849,180 |
| of the Company | ||||||
| Resolution 1 5 |
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| To authorise the Group | ||||||
| Audit Committee to fix | ||||||
| the remuneration of the | 29,251,567,580 | 99.96 | 12,586,148 | 0.04 | 83.84% | 2,963,100 |
| auditors | ||||||
| Resolution 1 6 |
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| To renew the directors' | ||||||
| authority to allot shares | 28,402,969,412 | 97.06 | 860,078,580 | 2.94 | 83.84% | 4,071,244 |
| in the Company |
| Resolution 1 7 To renew the directors' |
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| authority to allot equity | ||||||
| securities on a non pre - |
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| emptive basis in |
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| connection with an | ||||||
| offer or issue of equity | 28,775,192,108 | 98.53 | 430,158,676 | 1.47 | 83.67% | 61,765,288 |
| securities | ||||||
| Resolution 18 | ||||||
| To renew the directors' | ||||||
| authority to allot equity | ||||||
| securities on a non pre - |
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| emptive basis in | ||||||
| connection with the | ||||||
| financing of a | 28,505,554,628 | 97.60 | 700,935,576 | 2.40 | 83.67% | 60,632,964 |
| transaction | ||||||
| Resolution 19 | ||||||
| To renew the directors' | ||||||
| authority to allot | ||||||
| ordinary shares or | ||||||
| grant rights to | ||||||
| subscribe for or to convert any security |
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| into ordinary shares in | ||||||
| relation to Equity | 28,939,748,388 | 98.90 | 322,787,040 | 1.10 | 83.84% | 4,587,864 |
| Convertible Notes | ||||||
| Resolution 2 0 |
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| To renew the directors' | ||||||
| authority to allot equity | ||||||
| securities on a non pre - |
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| emptive basis in | ||||||
| connection with Equity | 28,938,287,772 | 98.89 | 323,957,484 | 1.11 | 83.83% | 4,878,716 |
| Convertible Notes |
| Resolution 2 1 To renew the authority |
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| to permit the holding of |
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| General Meetings on 14 | 28,257,966,576 | 96.56 | 1,006,522,400 | 3.44 | 83.84% | 2,633,708 |
| clear days' notice | ||||||
| Resolution 2 2 |
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| To renew the authority | ||||||
| in respect of political | ||||||
| donations and | ||||||
| expenditure by the | ||||||
| Company in terms of | ||||||
| sections 366 and 367 of |
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| the Companies Act | 28,957,610,712 | 98.96 | 304,847,536 | 1.04 | 83.84% | 4,631,144 |
| 2006 | ||||||
| Resolution 2 3 |
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| To renew the authority | ||||||
| for the Company to | ||||||
| purchase its own | ||||||
| shares on a recognised | 28,924,669,776 | 98.90 | 321,949,976 | 1.10 | 83.79% | 2 0,488,516 |
| investment exchange | ||||||
| Resolution 24 | ||||||
| To amend the Directed | 19,023,150,332 | 98.43 | 302,834,256 | 1.57 | 55.37% | 4,564,528 |
| Buyback Contract | ||||||
| Resolution 25 | ||||||
| To renew the authority | ||||||
| to make off -market |
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| purchases of ordinary | ||||||
| shares from HM | 19,259,293,176 | 99.65 | 68, 570,844 |
0.35 | 55.37% | 2,678,788 |
| Treasury | ||||||
| Resolution 26 | ||||||
| To authorise the | ||||||
| Company to make off - |
29,169,923,568 | 99.68 | 93,807,084 | 0.32 | 83.84% | 3,366,220 |
| market purchases of |
| preference shares | ||||||
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| Resolution 27 | ||||||
| To approve the | ||||||
| NatWest Group plc | ||||||
| 2024 Employee Share | 28,966,778,080 | 98.99 | 296,392,288 | 1.01 | 83.84% | 3,877,800 |
| Plan rules |
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| Resolution 28 | ||||||
| To renew the authority | ||||||
| to offer shares in lieu of | ||||||
| a cash dividend on | 29,193,181,568 | 99.76 | 71,457,624 | 83.84% | 2,480,608 | |
| ordinary shares | 0.24 |
* A vote Withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.
In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's listing rules, a copy of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism which is located at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
A full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting which is available on the Company's website at www.natwestgroup.com.
As at 19 April 2023 (being the latest date by which shareholders who wanted to vote at the Annual General Meeting must have been entered on the company's Register of Members) the total number of voting rights in the company was 34,904,718,000.
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