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NatWest Group plc
23 April 2024
 

NatWest Group plc - Result of Annual General Meeting

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
FOR

%

VOTES
AGAINST

%

% of ISC VOTED

VOTES
WITHHELD

Resolution 1

To receive the 2023 Report and Accounts

29,210,437,504

 

99.98

 

4,975,512

 

0.02

 

83.70%

 

51,658,784

 

Resolution 2

To approve the Annual remuneration report in the Directors' remuneration report

28,625,951,928

 

97.83

 

635,893,952

 

2.17

 

83.83%

 

5,220,112

 

Resolution 3

To declare a final dividend of 11.5 pence per ordinary share

29,264,437,176

 

100.00

 

1,045,544

 

0.00

 

83.84%

 

1,620,504

 

Resolution 4

To elect Rick Haythornthwaite as a Director

27,997,054,948

 

97.63

 

679,292,996

 

2.37

 

82.16%

 

590,726,920

 

Resolution 5

To elect Paul Thwaite as a Director

29,257,599,956

 

99.98

 

6,060,760

 

0.02

 

83.84%

 

3,414,148

 

Resolution 6

To re-elect Katie Murray as a Director

 

29,172,476,904

 

99.69

 

90,441,148

 

0.31

 

83.84%

 

4,193,804

 

Resolution 7

To re-elect Frank Dangeard as a Director

29,247,102,944

 

99.95

 

14,196,092

 

0.05

 

83.83%

 

5,770,792

 

Resolution 8

To re-elect Roisin Donnelly as a Director

29,251,352,476

 

99.97

 

9,791,272

 

0.03

 

83.83%

 

5,930,384

 

Resolution 9

To re-elect Patrick Flynn as a Director

29,042,286,092

 

99.25

 

219,010,844

 

0.75

 

83.83%

 

5,821,612

 

Resolution 10

To re-elect Yasmin Jetha as a Director

29,251,355,280

 

99.97

 

10,189,028

 

0.03

 

83.83%

 

5,536,892

 

Resolution 11

To re-elect Stuart Lewis as a Director

29,042,582,232

 

99.25

 

218,479,592

 

0.75

 

83.83%

 

5,657,820

 

Resolution 12

To re-elect Mark Seligman as a Director

28,517,669,920

 

99.17

 

238,643,360

 

0.83

 

82.39%

 

510,393,532

 

Resolution 13

To re-elect Lena Wilson as a Director

29,030,519,980

 

99.21

 

230,502,248

 

0.79

 

83.83%

 

5,691,160

 

Resolution 14

To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of the Company

29,015,048,532

 

99.15

 

248,175,084

 

0.85

 

83.84%

 

3,849,180

 

Resolution 15

To authorise the Group Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditors

29,251,567,580

 

99.96

 

12,586,148

 

0.04

 

83.84%

 

2,963,100

 

Resolution 16

To renew the directors' authority to allot shares in the Company

28,402,969,412

 

97.06

 

860,078,580

 

2.94

 

83.84%

 

4,071,244

 

Resolution 17

To renew the directors' authority to allot equity securities on a non pre-emptive basis in connection with an offer or issue of equity securities

28,775,192,108

 

98.53

 

430,158,676

 

1.47

 

83.67%

 

61,765,288

 

Resolution 18

To renew the directors' authority to allot equity securities on a non pre-emptive basis in connection with the

financing of a transaction

28,505,554,628

 

97.60

 

700,935,576

 

2.40

 

83.67%

 

60,632,964

 

Resolution 19

To renew the directors' 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

28,939,748,388

 

98.90

 

322,787,040

 

1.10

 

83.84%

 

4,587,864

 

Resolution 20

To renew the directors' authority to allot equity securities on a non pre-emptive basis in connection with Equity Convertible Notes 

28,938,287,772

 

98.89

 

323,957,484

 

1.11

 

83.83%

 

4,878,716

 

Resolution 21

To renew the authority to permit the holding of General Meetings on 14 clear days' notice

28,257,966,576

 

96.56

 

1,006,522,400

 

3.44

 

83.84%

 

2,633,708

 

Resolution 22

To renew the authority in respect of political donations and expenditure by the Company in terms of sections 366 and 367 of the Companies Act 2006

28,957,610,712

 

98.96

 

304,847,536

 

1.04

 

83.84%

 

4,631,144

 

Resolution 23

To renew the authority for the Company to purchase its own shares on a recognised investment exchange

28,924,669,776

 

98.90

 

321,949,976

 

1.10

 

83.79%

 

20,488,516

 

Resolution 24

To amend the Directed Buyback Contract

19,023,150,332

 

98.43

 

302,834,256

 

1.57

 

55.37%

 

4,564,528

 

Resolution 25

To renew the authority to make off-market purchases of ordinary shares from HM Treasury

19,259,293,176

 

99.65

 

68,570,844

 

0.35

 

55.37%

 

2,678,788

 

Resolution 26

To authorise the Company to make off-market purchases of preference shares

29,169,923,568

 

99.68

 

93,807,084

 

0.32

 

83.84%

 

3,366,220

 

Resolution 27
To approve the NatWest Group plc 2024 Employee Share Plan rules

28,966,778,080

 

98.99

 

296,392,288

 

1.01

 

83.84%

 

3,877,800

 

Resolution 28
To renew the authority to offer shares in lieu of a cash dividend on ordinary shares

29,193,181,568

 

99.76

 

71,457,624

 

0.24

83.84%

 

2,480,608

 

 

* 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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