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RNS Number : 4796D  Standard Chartered PLC  07 May 2026

RESULT OF AGM

RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Thursday 7 May 2026

 

Standard Chartered PLC (the 'Company') announces the result of voting on the
resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Thursday 7 May 2026,
as set out in the Notice of AGM.

 

A poll was held on each of the resolutions and was passed by the required
majority. Resolutions 1 to 19 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions.
Resolutions 20 to 25 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions. The
results of the poll were as follows:

 

 Resolution                                                                      Votes For      %        Votes Against  %      Votes Withheld  Total Votes    % of ISC voted
 1. To receive the Company's annual report and accounts for the financial year   1,782,226,057  100.00%  26,666         0.00%  4,541,760       1,782,252,723  80.44%
 ended 31 December 2025 together with the reports of the directors and
 auditors.
 2. To declare a final dividend of 49 US cents per ordinary share for the year   1,786,639,795  100.00%  33,654         0.00%  121,034         1,786,673,449  80.64%
 ended 31 December 2025.
 3. To approve the annual report on directors' remuneration contained in the     1,765,430,199  98.83%   20,869,152     1.17%  495,132         1,786,299,351  80.63%
 Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2025 as set out
 on pages 180 to 206 of the 2025 annual report and accounts.
 4. To re-elect Shirish Apte as an independent non-executive director.           1,772,445,387  99.23%   13,784,610     0.77%  564,486         1,786,229,997  80.62%
 5. To re-elect Jackie Hunt as an independent non-executive director.            1,781,643,353  99.74%   4,597,577      0.26%  553,553         1,786,240,930  80.62%
 6. To re-elect Diane Jurgens as an independent non-executive director.          1,783,255,594  99.84%   2,841,914      0.16%  596,975         1,786,097,508  80.62%
 7. To re-elect Robin Lawther, CBE as an independent non-executive director.     1,783,364,902  99.84%   2,873,219      0.16%  456,362         1,786,238,121  80.62%
 8. To re-elect Lincoln Leong as an independent non-executive director.          1,783,416,628  99.84%   2,843,071      0.16%  534,784         1,786,259,699  80.62%
 9. To re-elect Maria Ramos as Group Chair.                                      1,780,603,305  99.66%   5,995,088      0.34%  196,090         1,786,598,393  80.64%
 10.  To re-elect Phil Rivett as an independent non-executive director.          1,783,372,545  99.84%   2,879,948      0.16%  541,990         1,786,252,493  80.62%
 11.  To re-elect David Tang as an independent non-executive director.           1,783,393,818  99.84%   2,858,132      0.16%  542,533         1,786,251,950  80.62%
 12.  To re-elect Bill Winters, CBE as an executive director.                    1,783,310,734  99.84%   2,907,490      0.16%  576,259         1,786,218,224  80.62%
 13.  To re-elect Dr Linda Yueh, CBE as an independent non-executive director.   1,781,909,709  99.76%   4,353,806      0.24%  530,968         1,786,263,515  80.62%
 14.  To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP (EY) as auditor to the Company from        1,784,095,746  99.88%   2,226,805      0.12%  471,932         1,786,322,551  80.63%
 the end of the AGM until the end of next year's AGM.
 15.  To authorise the Audit Committee, acting for and on behalf of the Board,   1,785,000,065  99.93%   1,307,129      0.07%  487,289         1,786,307,194  80.63%
 to set the remuneration of the auditor.
 16.  To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political            1,759,365,883  98.49%   26,994,777     1.51%  433,823         1,786,360,660  80.63%
 donations and incur political expenditure within the limits prescribed in the
 resolution.
 17.  To authorise the Board to allot ordinary shares.                           1,707,772,641  95.76%   75,611,896     4.24%  3,409,946       1,783,384,537  80.49%
 18.  To extend the authority to allot ordinary shares granted pursuant to       1,736,123,130  97.30%   48,122,859     2.70%  2,548,494       1,784,245,989  80.53%
 resolution 17 by such number of shares repurchased by the Company under the
 authority granted pursuant to resolution 23.
 19.  To authorise the Board to allot shares in relation to any issues by the    1,781,369,714  99.73%   4,838,285      0.27%  586,484         1,786,207,999  80.62%
 Company of Equity Convertible Additional Tier 1 Securities.
 20.  To authorise the Board to disapply pre-emption rights in relation to the   1,761,391,214  98.61%   24,774,331     1.39%  628,635         1,786,165,545  80.62%
 authority granted pursuant to resolution 17.
 21.  In addition to the authority granted pursuant to resolution 20, to         1,763,357,830  98.72%   22,794,294     1.28%  642,359         1,786,152,124  80.62%
 authorise the Board to disapply pre-emption rights in relation to the
 authority granted pursuant to resolution 17 for the purposes of acquisitions
 and other capital investments.
 22.  In addition to the authorities granted pursuant to resolutions 20 and      1,777,969,399  99.54%   8,176,180      0.46%  648,904         1,786,145,579  80.62%
 21, to authorise the Board to disapply pre-emption rights in relation to the
 authority granted, in respect of Equity Convertible Additional Tier 1
 Securities, pursuant to resolution 19.
 23.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary      1,784,376,189  99.93%   1,337,526      0.07%  1,080,768       1,785,713,715  80.60%
 shares.
 24.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own preference    1,772,405,615  99.27%   12,952,178     0.73%  1,436,690       1,785,357,793  80.58%
 shares.
 25.  To enable the Company to call a general meeting other than an Annual       1,717,775,529  96.17%   68,472,355     3.83%  546,599         1,786,247,884  80.62%
 General Meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

 

The full text of the resolutions, along with the explanatory notes, is
contained in the Notice of AGM, which is available on the Company's website at
www.sc.com/agm (http://www.sc.com/agm) .

 

As at 10pm UK time on 5 May 2026 or, in respect of the Company's branch
register of members in Hong Kong, 5am Hong Kong time on 6 May 2026, the number
of issued ordinary shares of the Company (excluding any shares that had been
bought back by the Company and were pending cancellation) was 2,215,543,879
(none of which was in treasury) which was the total number of shares entitling
the holders to attend and vote for or against all resolutions.   In
accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, on a poll every member
had one vote for every share held. Votes withheld are not votes in law and
have not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'for' or
'against' a resolution. Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Group
Chair have been included in the 'for' total for resolutions 1 to 25. There was
no share entitling the holder to attend and abstain from voting in favour of
any of the resolutions as set out in Rule 13.40 of the Hong Kong Listing
Rules.

 

There were no restrictions on any shareholders casting votes on any of the
resolutions proposed at the AGM, save for AGM resolution 17. As stated in the
Notice of AGM, the executive director, the Group Chair and their respective
associates were required to abstain, and have abstained, from resolution 17
which affected a total of 3,310,164 voting rights. The scrutineer of the poll
on all resolutions was Computershare Investor Services PLC, the Company's
Share Registrar. All Directors attended the AGM.

 

Copies of resolutions put to shareholders at the AGM today will be submitted
to the Financial Conduct Authority ('FCA'), and will shortly be available for
inspection at the FCA's National Storage Mechanism, which can be accessed at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Shaun Gamble

Executive Director, Group Media Relations

1 Basinghall Avenue

London

EC2V 5DD
+44 (0) 7766 443 662

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