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AGM Information • Jul 18, 2019

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RNS Number : 0167G

Royal Mail PLC

18 July 2019

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 18 July 2019

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:

Poll results

The results of the polls, on which Equiniti, the Company's registrar, acted as scrutineer, are as follows:

	RESOLUTION	FOR	%	AGAINST	%	TOTAL	% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL	WITHHELD
	ORDINARY RESOLUTION
1.	To receive the Company's Accounts and the Report of the Directors and Auditor	616,471,563	99.92	489,184	0.08	616,960,747	61.70%	768,771
2.	To approve Directors' Remuneration Report	602,426,861	97.63	14,614,486	2.37	617,041,347	61.70%	687,765
3.	To approve Directors' Remuneration Policy	580,068,473	99.64	2,124,419	0.36	582,192,892	58.22%	35,526,464
4.	To declare final dividend	614,820,203	99.54	2,827,756	0.46	617,647,959	61.76%	112,458
5.	To re-appoint Keith Williams	606,425,840	98.22	10,991,432	1.78	617,417,272	61.74%	303,880
6.	To re-appoint Rico Back	612,487,189	99.19	4,995,265	0.81	617,482,454	61.75%	263,359
7.	To re-appoint Stuart Simpson	610,671,338	98.91	6,748,523	1.09	617,419,861	61.74%	302,561
8.	To re-appoint Maria da Cunha	614,054,947	99.46	3,363,283	0.54	617,418,230	61.74%	313,798
9.	To re-appoint Michael Findlay	611,965,736	99.12	5,434,765	0.88	617,400,501	61.74%	327,138
10.	To re-appoint Rita Griffin	610,596,462	98.90	6,811,085	1.10	617,407,547	61.74%	315,330
11.	To re-appoint Simon Thompson	608,715,246	98.59	8,694,903	1.41	617,410,149	61.74%	311,942
12.	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditor of the Company	616,615,312	99.86	889,230	0.14	617,504,542	61.75%	223,678
13.	To authorise the Company's Audit and Risk Committee to determine the Remuneration	616,759,365	99.88	758,110	0.12	617,517,475	61.75%	202,469
14.	To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations	608,359,322	98.51	9,196,884	1.49	617,556,206	61.76%	183,583
15.	To authorise allotment of shares	584,378,571	94.64	33,121,808	5.36	617,500,379	61.75%	231,404
	SPRECIAL RESOLUTION
16.	To authorise the Directors to dis-apply the statutory pre-emption rights	616,174,595	99.81	1,186,869	0.19	617,361,464	61.74%	355,400
17.	To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments	577,184,217	93.49	40,172,852	6.51	617,357,069	61.74%	357,016
18.	To purchase of own shares	580,414,574	94.05	36,725,947	5.95	617,140,521	61.71%	589,434
19.	To approve calling general meetings on 14 days' notice (other than annual general meetings)	577,437,310	93.50	40,114,642	6.50	617,551,952	61.76%	166,181

As at 6.30pm on Tuesday 16 July 2019, 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 http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM 

The AGM results are also available to view on the Company's website at http://www.royalmailgroup.com/investors/shareholder-communications/annual-general-meetings

Contacts

Company Secretary

Mark Amsden

Phone: 020 7449 8289

Email: cosec@royalmail.com  

Media

Beth Longcroft

Phone: 07435 768 549

Email: beth.longcroft@royalmail.com

Mark Street

Phone: 07515 924 344

Email: mark.street@royalmail.com 

Royal Mail press office out of hours: 020 3338 1007

Investor Relations

Catherine Nash

Phone: 020 7449 8183

Email: investorrelations@royalmail.com 

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