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AIB Group Plc AGM Information 2018

Apr 25, 2018

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AGM Information

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AIB GROUP PLC (the "Company")

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2018

The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM"), held today at the R.D.S. Concert Hall, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, all of the resolutions proposed were duly passed on a poll, with the exception of resolution 7.

Resolutions 1 to 6 (inclusive) and resolution 8 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 9 to 12 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions.

The full text of each resolution, together with explanatory notes, are set out in the Notice of AGM which was circulated to shareholders on 22 March 2018 and made available on the Company's website at www.aib.ie/investorrelations

The results of the voting on the resolutions are as follows:

Resolution Votes For % Votes Against % Total Votes Votes
Cast Withheld
1 To receive and
consider the
2,540,325,701 99.99999 250 0.00001 2,540,325,951 143
financial statements
for the year,
together with the
reports of the
Directors and
Auditor thereon
2 To declare a final
dividend
2,540,325,755 99.99999 281 0.00001 2,540,326,036 53
3(a) To re-appoint Mr.
Simon Ball
2,539,625,023 99.97245 699,948 0.02755 2,540,324,971 1,119
3(b) To re-appoint Mr.
Thomas (Tom) Foley
2,539,454,330 99.96570 871,293 0.03430 2,540,325,623 467
3(c) To re-appoint Mr. 2,535,447,757 99.80801 4,877,250 0.19199 2,540,325,007 1,083
Peter Hagan
3(d) To re-appoint Ms. 2,540,283,305 99.99833 42,369 0.00167 2,540,325,674 420
Carolan Lennon
3(e) To re-appoint Mr.
Brendan McDonagh
2,540,249,754 99.99701 75,851 0.00299 2,540,325,605 485
3(f) To re-appoint Ms. 2,540,276,473 99.99806 49,192 0.00194 2,540,325,665 423
Helen Normoyle
3(g) To re-appoint Mr. 2,538,464,030 99.92672 1,861,573 0.07328 2,540,325,603 490
James (Jim) O'Hara
3(h) To re-appoint Mr. 2,538,862,918 99.94242 1,462,722 0.05758 2,540,325,640 448
Richard Pym
3(i) To re-appoint Ms. 2,535,323,398 99.80309 5,002,280 0.19691 2,540,325,678 415
Catherine Woods
3(j) To re-appoint Mr. 2,540,254,173 99.99719 71,371 0.00281 2,540,325,544 549
Bernard Byrne
3(k) To re-appoint Mr. 2,533,580,972 99.73450 6,744,607 0.26550 2,540,325,579 514
Mark Bourke
4 To authorise the 2,481,069,337 97.70784 58,204,222 2.29216 2,539,273,559 1,052,534
Directors to fix the
Resolution Votes For % Votes Against % Total Votes
Cast
Votes
Withheld
remuneration of the
Auditor
5 To consider the
continuation in
office of Deloitte as
Auditor
2,519,819,331 99.23388 19,453,916 0.76612 2,539,273,247 1,052,847
6 To consider the
Directors'
Remuneration
Report
2,536,979,142 99.86839 3,343,251 0.13161 2,540,322,393 3,701
7 To consider the
revised
Remuneration
Policy
605,154,885 23.85303 1,931,859,391 76.14697 2,537,014,276 3,311,812
8 To authorise the
Directors to allot
relevant securities
2,534,448,590 99.76884 5,872,205 0.23116 2,540,320,795 750
9(a) To empower the
Directors to disapply
pre-emption rights
2,540,306,920 99.99947 13,570 0.00053 2,540,320,490 1,055
9(b) Additional authority
to empower
Directors to disapply
pre-emption rights
for an acquisition or
other specified
capital investment
2,530,308,814 99.60590 10,011,302 0.39410 2,540,320,116 1,428
10 To authorise the
market purchase by
the Company of its
own shares
2,534,234,780 99.76204 6,044,866 0.23796 2,540,279,646 41,902
11 To determine the
price range at which
treasury shares may
be re-issued off
market
2,523,371,783 99.33280 16,948,930 0.66720 2,540,320,713 828
12 To authorise the
Directors to call
certain general
meetings on 14
clear days' notice
2,522,388,223 99.29408 17,932,757 0.70592 2,540,320,980 564

In accordance with Listing Rule 6.2.2E of Euronext Dublin and Listing Rule 9.2.2E of the Financial Conduct Authority, resolutions 3(a) to 3(i) (inclusive), relating to the re-election of the independent non-executive Directors, were passed by majority of each of:

  • the shareholders of the Company, and

  • the independent shareholders of the Company (that is, the shareholders of the Company entitled to vote on the election of Directors who are not controlling shareholders1 ).

Votes cast by shareholders excluding the controlling shareholder are shown below.

1 Controlling shareholder: shareholder(s) that exercise or control more than 30% of the voting rights of the Company.

Resolution Votes For % Votes
Against
% Total Votes
Cast
Votes
Withheld
3(a) To re-appoint Mr.
Simon Ball
609,188,480 99.88523 699,948 0.11477 609,888,428 1,119
3(b) To re-appoint Mr.
Thomas (Tom) Foley
609,017,787 99.85714 871,293 0.14286 609,889,080 467
3(c) To re-appoint Mr.
Peter Hagan
605,011,214 99.20030 4,877,250 0.79970 609,888,464 1,083
3(d) To re-appoint Ms.
Carolan Lennon
609,846,762 99.99305 42,369 0.00695 609,889,131 420
3(e) To re-appoint Mr.
Brendan McDonagh
609,813,211 99.98756 75,851 0.01244 609,889,062 485
3(f) To re-appoint Ms.
Helen Normoyle
609,839,930 99.99193 49,192 0.00807 609,889,122 423
3(g) To re-appoint Mr.
James (Jim) O'Hara
608,027,487 99.69477 1,861,573 0.30523 609,889,060 490
3(h) To re-appoint Mr.
Richard Pym
608,426,375 99.76017 1,462,722 0.23983 609,889,097 448
3(i) To re-appoint Ms.
Catherine Woods
604,886,855 99.17981 5,002,280 0.82020 609,889,135 415

Notes:

  1. 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.

  2. The total number of ordinary shares in issue as at Monday, 23 April 2018 was 2,714,381,237.

  3. The total number of ordinary shares held by shareholders excluding the controlling shareholder on Monday, 23 April 2018 was 783,944,694.

In accordance with Listing Rule 6.6.2 of Euronext Dublin and Listing Rule 9.6.2 of the Financial Conduct Authority, copies of all resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the AGM today have been submitted to Euronext Dublin and the UK National Storage Mechanism and will be shortly available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The Company notes that the advisory vote on the Remuneration Policy (resolution 7) was not carried at today's AGM. Under the UK Corporate Governance Code, where a significant portion of votes have been cast against a resolution the Company is required to explain, when announcing the results of voting, what actions it intends to take to understand the reasons behind the vote result.

In an announcement last week, the Company noted the Minister for Finance's (the "Minister") intention to vote against the Remuneration Policy. The Company also welcomed the Minister's intention to establish a review on banking remuneration practices, which is consistent with the Board's objectives to address the elevated risk associated with the current remuneration structure.

Notwithstanding the above, in the interests of good corporate governance, it was important that all shareholders had the opportunity to have their say on the Remuneration Policy.

The Minister represented 76.09% of the total votes cast. Of the remaining 23.91% of shareholders who voted, 99.77% voted for the Remuneration Policy, while 0.23% voted against it.

This reflects our previous announcement, where we noted that institutional shareholders and proxy advisers recognised the need for a fit-for-purpose remuneration policy in the interests of all those invested in the Company.

Our ability to retain and attract the skills necessary to maximise the value of the Company for all shareholders, including the taxpayer, is in part dependent on our ability to compete with the remuneration practices of other employers. Accordingly, we look forward to the conclusion of the Minister's review of banking remuneration practices. The Company will continue to engage with shareholders on this matter.

For further information, please contact:

Group Company Secretary Corporate Affairs AIB Bankcentre AIB Bankcentre Dublin Dublin email: [email protected] email: stephen.p.o'[email protected]

Sarah McLaughlin Stephen O'Shea / Paddy McDonnell Tel: +353-1-6414489 Tel: 353-1-7720456 / +353-1-6412869 [email protected]