RMG Royal Mail Plc

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RNS Number : 1802T

Royal Mail PLC

20 July 2022

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 20 July 2022

Royal Mail plc (the 'Company') 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 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 19 to 23 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the polls, on which Equiniti, the Company's registrar, acted as scrutineer, are as follows:

 
       RESOLUTION               FOR           %      AGAINST       %       TOTAL        % OF ISSUED      WITHHELD 
                                                                                         SHARE CAPITAL 
       ORDINARY RESOLUTION 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To receive 
        the Company's 
        audited accounts, 
        together with 
        the Strategic 
        Report, Directors' 
        Report and 
        Auditors Reports 
 1.     on those accounts      696,690,783   99.95   348,295      0.05    697,039,078   72.90%           1,407,017 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To approve 
        the Directors' 
        Remuneration 
 2.     Report                 674,645,605   99.44   3,827,683    0.56    678,473,288   70.96%           19,970,089 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To approve 
        a final dividend 
        of 13.3 pence 
 3.     per share              697,825,800   99.92   542,376      0.08    698,368,176   73.04%           95,247 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
 4.     Keith Williams         628,994,560   92.70   49,510,845   7.30    678,505,405   70.96%           19,946,163 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
 5.     Simon Thompson         696,114,772   99.69   2,185,510    0.31    698,300,282   73.03%           160,753 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
 6.     Martin Seidenberg      694,873,288   99.52   3,382,318    0.48    698,255,606   73.02%           194,062 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
 7.     Mick Jeavons           694,810,555   99.51   3,444,902    0.49    698,255,457   73.02%           193,934 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
 8.     Baroness Hogg          620,025,275   88.80   78,235,463   11.20   698,260,738   73.03%           195,201 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
 9.     Maria da Cunha         669,110,518   98.62   9,383,616    1.38    678,494,134   70.96%           19,959,799 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
 10.    Michael Findlay        687,495,251   98.46   10,753,460   1.54    698,248,711   73.02%           204,436 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
 11.    Lynne Peacock          688,911,674   98.66   9,339,083    1.34    698,250,757   73.02%           201,181 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
 12.    Shashi Verma           694,859,773   99.51   3,389,564    0.49    698,249,337   73.02%           203,494 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
 13.    Jourik Hooghe          694,860,487   99.52   3,383,170    0.48    698,243,657   73.02%           204,112 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
        KPMG LLP as 
        auditor of 
 14.    the Company            695,634,192   99.62   2,620,838    0.38    698,255,030   73.02%           189,940 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the Company's 
        Audit and Risk 
        Committee to 
        determine the 
        remuneration 
 15.    of the auditor         697,648,445   99.92   582,119      0.08    698,230,564   73.02%           213,097 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the Company 
        and its subsidiaries 
        to make political 
        donations and 
        incur political 
 16.    expenditure            687,353,248   98.43   10,937,612   1.57    698,290,860   73.03%           171,075 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the Company's 
        Share Incentive 
        Plan to continue 
        to operate 
        for a further 
 17.    10-year period         697,618,328   99.90   719,043      0.10    698,337,371   73.03%           117,118 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the Directors 
 18.    to allot shares        683,705,898   97.91   14,591,851   2.09    698,297,749   73.03%           150,112 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       SPECIAL RESOLUTION 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To empower 
        the Directors 
        to disapply 
        pre-emption 
 19.    rights                 697,175,082   99.86   1,002,615    0.14    698,177,697   73.02%           258,860 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To empower 
        the Directors 
        to disapply 
        pre-emption 
        rights for 
        the purposes 
        of acquisitions 
        or specified 
 20.    capital investments    689,034,284   98.69   9,148,437    1.31    698,182,721   73.02%           253,106 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the Company 
        to purchase 
 21.    its own shares         695,130,466   99.62   2,673,081    0.38    697,803,547   72.98%           651,481 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the Company 
        to call general 
        meetings on 
        not less than 
        14 clear days' 
        notice (other 
        than annual 
 22.    general meetings)      679,239,105   97.27   19,083,957   2.73    698,323,062   73.03%           123,586 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the Company 
        to adopt new 
        articles of 
 23.    association            697,694,109   99.93   466,718      0.07    698,160,827   73.01%           264,923 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
 

As at 6.30pm on Monday 18 July 2022, the number of issued shares in the Company was 956,193,475 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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

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

Enquiries:

Investor Relations

John Crosse

Email: investorrelations@royalmail.com

Royal Mail investor relations line: 020 7449 8183

Media Relations

Greg Sage

Phone: 07483 421374

Royal Mail press office: press.office@royalmail.com

Jenny Hall

Phone: 07776 993 036

Email: jenny.hall@royalmail.com

Company Secretary

Mark Amsden

Email: cosec@royalmail.com

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