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RNS Number : 8494N  Barclays PLC  09 May 2024

9 May 2024

 

Barclays PLC

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

The Barclays PLC Annual General Meeting was held earlier today.  A poll was
held on each of the resolutions proposed and the results of the poll are set
out below.  All resolutions were passed.

 

 RESOLUTIONS                                                                              Number of votes cast "For" the Resolution  % of votes cast "For" the Resolution  Number of votes cast "Against" the Resolution  % of votes cast "Against" the Resolution    Number of votes Withheld*  Total votes cast as % of Issued Share Register
 1       To receive the Reports of the Directors and Auditors and the audited accounts    10,172,925,962                             99.91                                 9,537,521                                      0.09                                        75,096,781                 67.91%
         of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2023.
 2       To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December     9,994,998,399                              97.54                                 251,678,560                                    2.46                                        10,883,304                 68.34%
         2023.
 3       To appoint Sir John Kingman as a Director of the Company.                        10,127,368,866                             98.87                                 115,873,530                                    1.13                                        14,317,864                 68.32%
 4       To reappoint Robert Berry as a Director of the Company.                          10,188,963,938                             99.46                                 55,223,007                                     0.54                                        13,373,318                 68.32%
 5       To reappoint Tim Breedon as a Director of the Company.                           10,163,982,237                             99.22                                 80,161,290                                     0.78                                        13,416,732                 68.32%
 6       To reappoint Anna Cross as a Director of the Company.                            10,213,598,075                             99.70                                 30,435,099                                     0.30                                        13,527,089                 68.32%
 7       To reappoint Mohamed A. El-Erian as a Director of the Company.                   10,008,881,144                             98.04                                 200,117,316                                    1.96                                        48,561,799                 68.09%
 8       To reappoint Dawn Fitzpatrick as a Director of the Company.                      10,198,227,882                             99.55                                 46,081,828                                     0.45                                        13,250,549                 68.32%
 9       To reappoint Mary Francis as a Director of the Company.                          10,191,188,019                             99.48                                 53,004,349                                     0.52                                        13,367,895                 68.32%
 10      To reappoint Brian Gilvary as a Director of the Company.                         9,945,060,683                              97.08                                 298,892,254                                    2.92                                        13,607,322                 68.32%
 11      To reappoint Nigel Higgins as a Director of the Company.                         9,701,818,458                              94.78                                 534,543,388                                    5.22                                        21,198,417                 68.27%
 12      To reappoint Marc Moses as a Director of the Company.                            10,191,578,393                             99.49                                 52,645,365                                     0.51                                        13,336,501                 68.32%
 13      To reappoint Diane Schueneman as a Director of the Company.                      10,004,962,440                             97.67                                 239,012,878                                    2.33                                        13,584,941                 68.32%
 14      To reappoint C.S. Venkatakrishnan as a Director of the Company.                  10,226,775,851                             99.81                                 19,278,997                                     0.19                                        11,505,411                 68.33%
 15      To reappoint Julia Wilson as a Director of the Company.                          10,042,824,916                             98.04                                 201,260,194                                    1.96                                        13,475,149                 68.32%
 16      To reappoint KPMG LLP as Auditors.                                               10,134,627,621                             98.91                                 111,750,141                                    1.09                                        11,182,502                 68.34%
 17      To authorise the Board Audit Committee to set the remuneration of the            10,234,472,767                             99.88                                 11,980,462                                     0.12                                        11,107,034                 68.34%
         Auditors.
 18      To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and    10,077,938,831                             98.30                                 174,262,223                                    1.70                                        4,960,025                  68.37%
         incur political expenditure.
 19      To authorise the Company to determine and apply the maximum ratio(s) of          10,222,185,276                             99.75                                 25,212,227                                     0.25                                        10,162,756                 68.34%
         variable to fixed components of total remuneration for Material Risk Takers.
 20      To authorise the Directors to allot shares and equity securities.                9,558,266,785                              93.28                                 688,212,489                                    6.72                                        11,080,989                 68.34%
 21      To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities for cash and/or sell       9,860,247,446                              96.27                                 382,016,422                                    3.73                                        15,295,064                 68.31%
         treasury shares other than on a pro rata basis to shareholders of no more than
         5% of issued share capital.**
 22      To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities for cash and/or sell       9,791,910,406                              95.60                                 450,476,938                                    4.40                                        15,169,588                 68.31%
         treasury shares other than on a pro rata basis to shareholders of no more than
         5% of issued share capital in connection with an acquisition or specified
         capital investment.**
 23      To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities in relation to the         10,112,970,332                             98.72                                 131,223,332                                    1.28                                        13,365,268                 68.32%
         issuance of contingent Equity Conversion Notes.
 24      To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities for cash other than on a   10,125,526,368                             98.84                                 118,887,425                                    1.16                                        13,135,917                 68.32%
         pro rata basis to shareholders in relation to the issuance of contingent
         Equity Conversion Notes.**
 25      To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.**                           10,113,174,869                             98.88                                 114,515,256                                    1.12                                        29,853,683                 68.21%
 26      To authorise the Directors to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not   9,887,549,578                              96.53                                 354,928,762                                    3.47                                        15,065,464                 68.31%
         less than 14 clear days' notice.**
 27      To approve the adoption of new Articles of Association of the Company.**         10,234,103,246                             99.90                                 10,024,851                                     0.10                                        13,415,707                 68.32%

* 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.

** Special resolution.

 

As at 6.30pm on Tuesday 7 May 2024, the time by which shareholders who wanted
to vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of
members, there were 14,994,098,121 ordinary shares in issue. Shareholders are
entitled to one vote per share on a poll.

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of the resolutions that do
not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will be
submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for
inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting, along with the
Notice of Annual General Meeting which sets out the full text of each of the
resolutions, is available on the Barclays website at home.barclays/agm
(https://home.barclays/investor-relations/reports-and-events/general-meetings/)
.

 

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For further information, please contact:

 

 Investor Relations   Media Relations
 Marina Shchukina     Jonathan Tracey
 +44 (0)20 7116 2526  +44 (0)20 7116 4755

 

About Barclays

 

Our vision is to be the UK-centred leader in global finance.  We are a
diversified bank with comprehensive UK consumer, corporate and wealth and
private banking franchises, a leading investment bank and a strong, specialist
US consumer bank.  Through these five divisions, we are working together for
a better financial future for our customers, clients and communities.

 

For further information about Barclays, please visit our website home.barclays
(http://www.barclays.com) .

 

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