AGM Information • Apr 25, 2023
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25 April 2023
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 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25 and 26 were passed as special resolutions.
| VOTES | % | VOTES | % | % of | VOTES | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOR | AGAINST | ISC VOTED |
WITHHELD | |||
| Resolution 1 | ||||||
| To receive the 2022 | ||||||
| Report and Accounts | 33,704,005,852 | 99.99 | 2,055,844 | 0.01 | 88.20% | 11,235,788 |
| Resolution 2 | ||||||
| To approve the Annual | ||||||
| remuneration report in |
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| the Directors' | ||||||
| Remuneration Report | 32,683,776,892 | 97.35 | 891,030,920 | 2.65 | 87.85% | 142,525,464 |
| Resolution 3 | ||||||
| To declare a final | ||||||
| dividend of 10 pence |
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| per ordinary share | 33,711,741,396 | 99.99 | 3,512,332 | 0.01 | 88.22% | 2,089,480 |
| Resolution 4 | ||||||
| To re-elect Howard | ||||||
| Davies as a Director |
33,437,055,064 | 99.18 | 275,870,092 | 0.82 | 88.21% | 4,420,752 |
| Resolution 5 | ||||||
| To re-elect Alison Rose | ||||||
| Slade as a Director | 33,703,913,460 | 99.97 | 8,756,116 | 0.03 | 88.21% | 4,685,648 |
| Resolution 6 | ||||||
| To re-elect Katie |
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| Murray as a Director | 33,655,342,524 | 99.83 | 56,088,472 | 0.17 | 88.21% | 5,878,852 |
| Resolution 7 |
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| To re -elect Frank |
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| Dangeard as a Director |
33,410,654,036 | 99.11 | 298,329,536 | 0.89 | 88.20% | 8,325,140 |
| Approval of Frank | ||||||
| Dangeard's | ||||||
| re -election by |
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| independent | ||||||
| shareholders only | 17,530,093,248 | 98.33 | 298,329,536 | 1.67 | 79.82% | 8,325,140 |
| Resolution 8 |
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| To elect Roisin Donnelly |
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| as a Director |
33,704,511,996 | 99.99 | 4,359,624 | 0.01 | 88.20% | 8,437,608 |
| Approval of Roisin |
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| Donnelly's | ||||||
| election by independent | ||||||
| shareholders only | 17,823,951,208 | 99.98 | 4,359,624 | 0.02 | 79.82% | 8,437,608 |
| Resolution 9 |
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| -elect Patrick To r e |
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| Flynn as a Director |
33,336,735,540 | 98.90 | 372,058,672 | 1.10 | 88.20% | 8,562,636 |
| Approval of Patrick | ||||||
| Flynn's re - election by |
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| independent | ||||||
| shareholders only | 17,456,174,752 | 97.91 | 372,058,672 | 2.09 | 79.81% | 8,562,636 |
| Resolution 10 | ||||||
| To re -elect Morten Frii s |
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| as a D irector |
33,336,438,532 | 98.89 | 372,745,948 | 1.11 | 88.20% | 8,172,220 |
| Approval of Morten | ||||||
| Friis' re - election by |
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| independent | ||||||
| shareholders only | 17,455,877,744 | 97.91 | 372,745,948 | 2.09 | 79.82% | 8,172,220 |
| Resolution 1 1 |
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| To re -elect Yasmin |
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| Jetha as a Director |
33,704,567,904 | 99.99 | 4,214,640 | 0.01 | 88.20% | 8,574,272 |
| Approval of Yasmin | 17,824,007,116 | 99.98 | 4,214,640 | 0.02 | 79.81% | 8,574,272 |
| Jetha's re -election by |
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| independent | ||||||
| shareholders | ||||||
| Resolution 1 2 |
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| To elec t Stuart Lewis |
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| as a Director |
33,705,284,020 | 99.99 | 3,611,056 | 0.01 | 88.20% | 8,453,912 |
| Approval of Stuart |
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| Lewis' election by | ||||||
| independent | ||||||
| shareholders only | 17,824,723,232 | 99.98 | 3,611,056 | 0.02 | 79.82% | 8,453,912 |
| Resolution 1 3 |
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| To re -elect Mark |
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| Seligman as a D irector |
33,335,943,588 | 98.89 | 372,909,340 | 1.11 | 88.20% | 8,500,928 |
| Approval of Mark |
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| Seligman's re -election |
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| by independent |
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| shareholders onl y |
17,455,382,800 | 97.91 | 372,909,340 | 2.09 | 79.81% | 8,500,928 |
| Resolution 1 4 |
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| To re -elect Lena Wilson |
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| as a Director |
33,040,589,696 | 98.02 | 668,093,244 | 1.98 | 88.20% | 8,669,212 |
| Approval of Lena |
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| Wilson's re -election by |
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| independent | ||||||
| shareholders only | 17,160,028,908 | 96.25 | 668,093,244 | 3.75 | 79.81% | 8,669,212 |
| Resolution 1 5 |
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| To re -appoint Ernst & |
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| Young LLP as auditors | 33,505,780,372 | 99.38 | 207,849,704 | 0.62 | 88.21% | 3,721,216 |
| Resolution 1 6 |
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| To authorise the Group | ||||||
| Audit Co mmittee to fix |
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| the remuneration of the | ||||||
| auditors | 33,708,645,028 | 99.99 | 4,601,376 | 0.01 | 88.21% | 4,104,164 |
| Resolution 1 7 |
33,215,634,468 | 98.53 | 496,967,952 | 1.47 | 88.21% | 4,753,736 |
| To renew the directors' | ||||||
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| authority to allot shares in the Company |
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| Resolution 1 8 |
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| To renew the directors' | ||||||
| authority to allot equity | ||||||
| securities on a non pre - |
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| emptive basis in |
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| connection with an |
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| offer or issu e of equity |
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| securities | 33,666,507,152 | 99.91 | 30,079,260 | 0.09 | 88.17% | 20,760,508 |
| Resolution 19 | ||||||
| To renew the directors' | ||||||
| authority to allot equity | ||||||
| securities on a non pre - |
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| emptive basis in | ||||||
| connection with the |
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| financing of a |
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| transaction | 33,415,630,312 | 99.16 | 282,007,476 | 0.84 | 88.17% | 19,713,980 |
| Resolution 2 0 |
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| To renew the dir ecto r s' |
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| authority to allot | ||||||
| ordinary shares or | ||||||
| grant rights to | ||||||
| subscribe for or to | ||||||
| convert any security | ||||||
| into ordinary shares in | ||||||
| relation to Equity | ||||||
| Convertible Notes | 33,484,642,760 | 99.37 | 212,925,996 | 0.63 | 88.17% | 19,785,788 |
| Resolution 2 1 |
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| To renew the directors' |
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| authority to allot equity |
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| securities on a non pre - |
33,387,002,424 | 99.08 | 308,926,848 | 0.92 | 88.17% | 21,426,452 |
| emptive basis in |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| connect ion with Equity |
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| Convertible Notes | ||||||
| Resolution 2 2 |
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| To renew the authority | ||||||
| to permit the holding of | ||||||
| General Meetings on 14 |
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| clear days' notice |
32,914,294,972 | 97.63 | 800,145,148 | 2.37 | 88.22% | 2,898,664 |
| Resolution 2 3 |
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| To renew the authority |
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| in respect of political |
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| donations and | ||||||
| expenditure by the | ||||||
| Company i n terms of |
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| Section 366 of the | ||||||
| Companies Act 2006 | 33,574,582,868 | 99.59 | 138,727,148 | 0.41 | 88.21% | 4,004,260 |
| Resolution 2 4 |
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| To renew the authority | ||||||
| for the Company to | ||||||
| purchase its own | ||||||
| shares on a recognised | ||||||
| investment exchange | 33,480,514,284 | 99.32 | 229,013,848 | 0.68 | 88.20% | 7,822,572 |
| Resolution 2 5 |
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| To renew the authority | ||||||
| to make off -market |
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| purchases of ordinary | ||||||
| shares from HM | ||||||
| Treasury | 17,807,143,592 | 99.88 | 22,105,640 | 0.12 | 46.65% | 7,546,208 |
| Resolution 2 6 |
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| To authorise the | ||||||
| Company to make off - |
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| market purchases of |
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| preference securities | 33,662,086,996 | 99.85 | 50,971,876 | 0.15 | 88.21% | 4,278,628 |
* 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 21 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 38,217,583,144.
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