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Metro Bank PLC
24 May 2016
METRO BANK PLC
Result of AGM
24 May 2016: Metro Bank PLC announces that, at the Annual General Meeting of shareholders held earlier today, all resolutions were passed. 
RESOLUTION
VOTES
FOR
%
VOTES AGAINST
%
VOTES
TOTAL
% of ISC** VOTED
VOTES WITHHELD***
1
To receive the 2015 Annual Report
43,158,582
94.61
2,458,833
5.39
45,617,415
56.82%
0
2
Re-election of Vernon W. Hill, II
44,627,221
97.83
990,194
2.17
45,617,415
56.82%
0
3
Re-election of Craig Donaldson
44,627,897
97.83
989,518
2.17
45,617,415
56.82%
0
4
Re-election of Mike Brierley
44,627,897
97.83
989,518
2.17
45,617,415
56.82%
0
5
Re-election of Alastair Gunn
44,627,897
97.83
989,518
2.17
45,617,415
56.82%
0
6
Re-election of Stuart Bernau
44,627,897
97.83
989,518
2.17
45,617,415
56.82%
0
7
Re-election of Keith Carnby
44,627,897
97.83
989,518
2.17
45,617,415
56.82%
0
8
Re-election of Lord Flight
44,627,847
97.83
989,568
2.17
45,617,415
56.82%
0
9
Re-election of Eugene Lockhart
44,627,897
97.83
989,518
2.17
45,617,415
56.82%
0
10
Re-election of Roger Farah 
44,627,897
97.83
989,518
2.17
45,617,415
56.82%
0
11
Re-election of Sir Michael Snyder
44,627,847
97.83
989,568
2.17
45,617,415
56.82%
0
12
Re-appointment of auditors 
44,510,746
97.57
1,106,669
2.43
45,617,415
56.82%
0
13
Remuneration of auditors
45,594,321
99.95
23,094
0.05
45,617,415
56.82%
0
14
Authority to allot shares
45,584,915
99.93
32,500
0.07
45,617,415
56.82%
0
15*
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
44,978,606
100.00
0
0.00
44,978,606
56.02%
638,809
16*
Authorise reduced notice of general meeting other than an AGM
35,865,429
79.67
9,151,051
20.33
45,016,480
56.07%
600,935
* Passed as a special resolution. 
** = Issued Share Capital
*** = Votes 'withheld' have not been included in the calculation of whether a resolution is carried.Percentages have been rounded to two decimal places. 
A copy of the above results will shortly be available in the investor section of Metro Bank PLC 's website. 
Enquiries
Metro Bank PLC 
Michael Brierley
Company Secretary 020 3402 8900
About Metro Bank
Metro Bank operates retail hours, not banking hours. It is open seven days a week (8am- 8pm Monday to Friday, 8am - 6pm Saturday, 11am - 5pm Sunday and bank holidays), every day of the year apart from Easter Sunday, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
Metro Bank PLC. Registered in England and Wales. Company number: 6419578. Registered office: One Southampton Row, London, WC1B 5HA. 'Metrobank' is the registered trade mark of Metro Bank PLC. Metro Bank is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority (the "PRA") and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA") and PRA. Most relevant deposits are protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme ("FSCS"). For further information about the Scheme refer to the FSCS website www.fscs.org.uk.
All Metro Bank products are subject to status and approval.
Metro Bank PLC is an independent UK bank - it is not affiliated with any other bank or organisation (including the METRO newspaper or its publishers) anywhere in the world. Please refer to Metro Bank using the full name.

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