Annual General Meeting 2021
Lessen Sie diese Informationen auf DeutschOur Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on Tuesday 18 May 2021 at 2pm. The meeting was also broadcast live by webcast.
Shareholders were invited to submit their questions in advance of the meeting and we have prepared an FAQ document that covers common themes from shareholder questions received.
Watch a recording of the webcast
You can see how our shareholders voted below.
Useful documents
The following resolutions were put to our shareholders at our AGM on 18 May.
The resolutions
| Resolutions | For | Against | Votes Withheld |
| Resolution 1: To receive and consider the Annual report and accounts 2020 | 997,817,470 (99.93%) |
698,944 (0.07%) |
2,241,099 |
| Resolution 2: To declare a final dividend for 2020 | 994,427,853 (99.40%) |
6,044,650 (0.60%) |
285,010 |
| Resolution 3: To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors | 989,760,771 (98.86%) |
11,408,649 (1.14%) |
1,071,797 |
| Resolution 4: To authorise the audit committee to set the auditors’ fees | 998,930,655 (99.78%) |
2,185,967 (0.22%) |
1,124,595 |
| Resolution 5: To approve the Directors’ remuneration report, excluding the remuneration policy | 969,169,906 (96.90%) |
30,957,556 (3.10%) |
2,113,755 |
| Resolutions 6A: To re-elect Sir Douglas Flint | 983,666,088 (98.27%) |
17,332,867 (1.73%) |
1,242,262 |
| 6B: To re-elect Jonathan Asquith | 990,435,569 (98.96%) |
10,363,499 (1.04%) |
1,442,149 |
| 6C: To re-elect Stephanie Bruce | 995,935,046 (99.52%) |
4,846,511 (0.48%) |
1,459,660 |
| 6D: To re-elect John Devine | 994,526,352 (99.37%) |
6,287,142 (0.63%) |
1,427,723 |
| 6E: To re-elect Melanie Gee | 993,252,576 (99.39%) |
6,112,054 (0.61%) |
1,392,883 |
| 6F: To re-elect Brian McBride | 993,970,169 (99.48%) |
5,197,247 (0.52%) |
1,590,097 |
| 6G: To re-elect Martin Pike | 992,963,288 (99.36%) |
6,364,974 (0.64%) |
1,429,251 |
| 6H: To re-elect Cathleen Raffaeli | 994,475,203 (99.51%) |
4,856,475 (0.49%) |
1,425,835 |
| 6I: To re-elect Cecilia Reyes | 994,613,594 (99.53%) |
4,733,073 (0.47%) |
1,410,846 |
| 6J: To re-elect Jutta af Rosenborg | 944,409,033 (94.51%) |
54,831,426 (5.49%) |
1,517,054 |
| Resolution 7: To elect Stephen Bird | 995,589,976 (99.63%) |
3,728,883 (0.37%) |
1,438,654 |
| Resolution 8: To provide limited authority to make political donations and to incur political expenditure | 975,434,897 (97.70%) |
22,964,163 (2.30%) |
2,358,453 |
| Resolution 9: To authorise the Directors to issue further shares | 980,292,463 (98.08%) |
19,229,107 (1.92%) |
1,235,943 |
| Resolution 10: To disapply share pre-emption rights | 988,540,207 (99.04%) |
9,611,199 (0.96%) |
2,606,107 |
| Resolution 11: To give authority for the Company to buy back shares | 983,273,529 (98.65%) |
13,467,929 (1.35%) |
4,015,605 |
| Resolution 12: To authorise the Directors to allot shares in relation to the issuance of Convertible Bonds | 978,162,413 (97.96%) |
20,368,615 (2.04%) |
2,228,606 |
| Resolution 13: To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of allotments of equity securities in relation to the issuance of Convertible Bonds | 971,998,450 (97.40%) |
25,954,320 (2.60%) |
2,806,864 |
| Resolution 14: To allow the Company to call general meetings on 14 days’ notice | 943,558,265 (94.36%) |
56,401,479 (5.64%) |
799,890 |
| Resolution 15: To adopt new articles of association | 994,782,590 (99.67%) |
3,272,125 (0.33%) |
2,704,469 |
Issued Share Capital – Total voting rights
On 8 March 2021 – the latest practical business day before the printing and publication of the Notice of Annual General Meeting – the Company’s issued share capital consisted of 2,180,723,058 ordinary shares, carrying one vote each. No shares were held in treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at 8 March 2021 were 2,180,723,058.