BT Group PLC

AGM Information • Jul 15, 2021

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BT Group PLC

15 July 2021

BT Group plc

Annual General Meeting 15 July 2021

Summary of votes cast

Annual General Meeting Resolutions	For	%	Against	%	Votes withheld
Resolution 1 That the accounts and reports of the directors and the auditors for the year ended 31 March 2021 be received.	6,914,109,757	99.98	1,043,946	0.02	4,016,590
Resolution 2 That the Report on directors' remuneration for the year ended 31 March 2021 be received and approved.	6,634,876,487	95.92	282,321,890	4.08	1,975,431
Resolution 3 That Jan du Plessis be re-elected as a director.	6,730,815,056	97.30	186,438,683	2.70	1,970,324
Resolution 4 That Philip Jansen be re-elected as a director.	6,912,914,684	99.93	4,627,825	0.07	1,709,860
Resolution 5 That Simon Lowth be re-elected as a director.	6,906,504,818	99.84	10,796,577	0.16	1,922,345
Resolution 6 That Adel Al-Saleh be re-elected as a director.	6,770,949,771	99.14	58,506,601	0.86	89,735,391
Resolution 7 That Sir Ian Cheshire be re-elected as a director.	6,860,349,907	99.18	56,923,545	0.82	1,917,910
Resolution 8 That Iain Conn be re-elected as a director.	6,912,698,054	99.94	4,482,740	0.06	1,989,039
Resolution 9 That Isabel Hudson be re-elected as a director.	6,913,166,371	99.94	4,096,169	0.06	1,895,147
Resolution 10 That Matthew Key be re-elected as a director.	6,913,405,962	99.95	3,799,014	0.05	1,964,914
Resolution 11 That Allison Kirkby be re-elected as a director.	6,901,772,817	99.78	15,471,797	0.22	1,930,999
Resolution 12 That Leena Nair be re-elected as a director.	6,902,815,010	99.79	14,406,556	0.21	1,959,623
Resolution 13 That Sara Weller be re-elected as a director.	6,903,293,479	99.80	13,952,146	0.20	1,928,431
Resolution 14 That KPMG LLP be re-appointed as auditor of the company, to hold office until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the company.	6,826,841,756	98.69	90,662,899	1.31	1,657,914
Resolution 15 That the Audit & Risk Committee of the Board be authorised to decide the auditors' remuneration.	6,912,725,943	99.93	4,721,816	0.07	1,721,686
Special Business
Resolution 16 That the directors are authorised generally and without conditions under Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 ('2006 Act') to allot relevant securities.	5,451,569,963	95.35	266,143,639	4.65	1,201,486,074

Resolution 17 That subject to the passing of Resolution 16, the directors have power to allot equity securities (within the meaning of Section 561 of the 2006 Act) entirely paid for in cash.	6,843,836,738	99.12	60,932,273	0.88	14,376,991
Resolution 18 That subject to the passing of Resolution 16, the directors have power to allot further equity securities (within the meaning of Section 561 of the 2006 Act) entirely paid for in cash.	6,647,965,311	96.28	256,643,860	3.72	14,519,178
Resolution 19 That the company has general and unconditional authority to make market purchases as defined in section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006 of shares of 5p each in the company.	6,790,993,421	98.46	106,225,328	1.54	21,964,487
Resolution 20 That the company may call a general meeting (but not an AGM) on at least 14 clear days' notice.	6,647,656,733	96.09	270,229,351	3.91	1,279,645
Resolution 21 That British Telecommunications plc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, be authorised to make political donations to political organisations.	6,841,814,467	98.91	75,486,946	1.09	1,891,539
Resolution 22 That the new Articles of Association be adopted.	6,914,056,999	99.96	2,693,828	0.04	2,404,514

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority ("UKLA") and will be available to view on the National Storage Mechanism website at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism 

The total number of shares in issue as at 6.30pm on 13 July 2021, excluding shares held in treasury was 9,918,324,018. 69.76% of the voting capital was instructed.

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