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RNS Number : 4259X  NatWest Group plc  25 April 2023

NatWest Group plc - Result of Annual General Meeting

25 April 2023

 

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 18, 19, 21,

22, 24, 25 and 26 were passed as special resolutions.

 

                                                                                  VOTES           %      VOTES        %     % of ISC VOTED  VOTES

FOR
AGAINST
WITHHELD
 Resolution 1                                                                     33,704,005,852  99.99  2,055,844    0.01  88.20%          11,235,788

 To receive the 2022 Report and Accounts
 Resolution 2                                                                     32,683,776,892  97.35  891,030,920  2.65  87.85%          142,525,464

 To approve the Annual remuneration report in the Directors' Remuneration
 Report
 Resolution 3                                                                     33,711,741,396  99.99  3,512,332    0.01  88.22%          2,089,480

 To declare a final dividend of 10 pence per ordinary share
 Resolution 4                                                                     33,437,055,064  99.18  275,870,092  0.82  88.21%          4,420,752

 To re-elect Howard Davies as a Director
 Resolution 5                                                                     33,703,913,460  99.97  8,756,116    0.03  88.21%          4,685,648

 To re-elect Alison Rose-Slade as a Director
 Resolution 6                                                                     33,655,342,524  99.83  56,088,472   0.17  88.21%          5,878,852

 To re-elect Katie Murray as a Director

 Resolution 7                                                                     33,410,654,036  99.11  298,329,536  0.89  88.20%          8,325,140

 To re-elect Frank Dangeard as a Director
 Approval of Frank Dangeard's                                                     17,530,093,248  98.33  298,329,536  1.67  79.82%          8,325,140

re-election by independent shareholders only
 Resolution 8                                                                     33,704,511,996  99.99  4,359,624    0.01  88.20%          8,437,608

 To elect Roisin Donnelly as a Director
 Approval of Roisin Donnelly's                                                    17,823,951,208  99.98  4,359,624    0.02  79.82%          8,437,608

election by independent shareholders only
 Resolution 9                                                                     33,336,735,540  98.90  372,058,672  1.10  88.20%          8,562,636

 To re-elect Patrick Flynn as a Director
 Approval of Patrick Flynn's re-election by independent shareholders only         17,456,174,752  97.91  372,058,672  2.09  79.81%          8,562,636
 Resolution 10                                                                    33,336,438,532  98.89  372,745,948  1.11  88.20%          8,172,220

 To re-elect Morten Friis as a Director
 Approval of Morten Friis' re-election by independent shareholders only           17,455,877,744  97.91  372,745,948  2.09  79.82%          8,172,220
 Resolution 11                                                                    33,704,567,904  99.99  4,214,640    0.01  88.20%          8,574,272

 To re-elect Yasmin Jetha as a Director
 Approval of Yasmin Jetha's re-election by independent shareholders               17,824,007,116  99.98  4,214,640    0.02  79.81%          8,574,272
 Resolution 12                                                                    33,705,284,020  99.99  3,611,056    0.01  88.20%          8,453,912

 To elect Stuart Lewis as a Director
 Approval of Stuart Lewis' election by independent shareholders only              17,824,723,232  99.98  3,611,056    0.02  79.82%          8,453,912
 Resolution 13                                                                    33,335,943,588  98.89  372,909,340  1.11  88.20%          8,500,928

 To re-elect Mark Seligman as a Director
 Approval of Mark Seligman's re-election by independent shareholders only         17,455,382,800  97.91  372,909,340  2.09  79.81%          8,500,928
 Resolution 14                                                                    33,040,589,696  98.02  668,093,244  1.98  88.20%          8,669,212

 To re-elect Lena Wilson as a Director
 Approval of Lena Wilson's re-election by independent shareholders only           17,160,028,908  96.25  668,093,244  3.75  79.81%          8,669,212
 Resolution 15                                                                    33,505,780,372  99.38  207,849,704  0.62  88.21%          3,721,216

 To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors
 Resolution 16                                                                    33,708,645,028  99.99  4,601,376    0.01  88.21%          4,104,164

 To authorise the Group Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditors
 Resolution 17                                                                    33,215,634,468  98.53  496,967,952  1.47  88.21%          4,753,736

 To renew the directors' authority to allot shares in the Company
 Resolution 18                                                                    33,666,507,152  99.91  30,079,260   0.09  88.17%          20,760,508

 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
 Resolution 19                                                                    33,415,630,312  99.16  282,007,476  0.84  88.17%          19,713,980

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

 financing of a transaction
 Resolution 20                                                                    33,484,642,760  99.37  212,925,996  0.63  88.17%          19,785,788

 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
 Resolution 21                                                                    33,387,002,424  99.08  308,926,848  0.92  88.17%          21,426,452

 To renew the directors' authority to allot equity securities on a non
 pre-emptive basis in connection with Equity Convertible Notes
 Resolution 22                                                                    32,914,294,972  97.63  800,145,148  2.37  88.22%          2,898,664

 To renew the authority to permit the holding of General Meetings on 14 clear
 days' notice
 Resolution 23                                                                    33,574,582,868  99.59  138,727,148  0.41  88.21%          4,004,260

 To renew the authority in respect of political donations and expenditure by
 the Company in terms of Section 366 of the Companies Act 2006
 Resolution 24                                                                    33,480,514,284  99.32  229,013,848  0.68  88.20%          7,822,572

 To renew the authority for the Company to purchase its own shares on a
 recognised investment exchange
 Resolution 25                                                                    17,807,143,592  99.88  22,105,640   0.12  46.65%          7,546,208

 To renew the authority to make off-market purchases of ordinary shares from HM
 Treasury
 Resolution 26                                                                    33,662,086,996  99.85  50,971,876   0.15  88.21%          4,278,628

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

 

* 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
(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 (http://www.natwestgroup.com) .

 

As at 21 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 38,217,583,144.

 

 

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