Annual General Meeting 2022
Lesen Sie diese Informationen auf DeutschOur Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on Wednesday 18 May 2022 at 2pm. The meeting was also broadcast live by webcast.
Shareholders were invited to submit their questions in advance of the meeting.
Useful documents
You can see how our shareholders voted below.
The resolutions
| The Resolutions | For | % For | Against | Total Votes Validly Cast | Votes Withheld |
| Resolution 1: To receive and consider the Annual report and accounts 2021 | 1,036,764,601 | 99.03 | 10,199,242 | 1,046,963,843 | 10,446,606 |
| Resolution 2: To declare a final dividend for 2021 | 1,040,230,069 | 98.41 | 16,832,845 | 1,057,062,914 | 347,535 |
| Resolution 3: To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors | 1,036,692,688 | 98.16 | 19,435,555 | 1,056,128,243 | 1,282,206 |
| Resolution 4: To authorise the audit committee to set the auditors’ fees | 1,044,968,402 | 98.93 | 11,253,638 | 1,056,222,040 | 1,188,409 |
| Resolution 5: To approve the Directors’ remuneration report | 1,009,839,204 | 96.23 | 39,512,722 | 1,049,351,926 | 8,058,523 |
| Resolution 6A: To re-elect Sir Douglas Flint CBE | 1,016,087,065 | 96.91 | 32,372,391 | 1,048,459,456 | 8,950,993 |
| Resolution 6B: To re-elect Jonathan Asquith | 1,012,399,530 | 96.86 | 32,816,563 | 1,045,216,093 | 12,193,761 |
| Resolution 6C: To re-elect Stephen Bird | 1,039,954,796 | 98.53 | 15,531,199 | 1,055,485,995 | 1,924,454 |
| Resolution 6D: To re-elect Stephanie Bruce | 1,039,597,827 | 98.49 | 15,911,756 | 1,055,509,583 | 1,896,434 |
| Resolution 6E: To re-elect John Devine | 1,025,920,748 | 97.21 | 29,468,630 | 1,055,389,378 | 2,004,804 |
| Resolution 6F: To re-elect Brian McBride | 881,815,001 | 83.55 | 173,590,503 | 1,055,405,504 | 1,995,158 |
| Resolution 6G: To re-elect Cathleen Raffaeli | 1,038,716,710 | 98.41 | 16,793,483 | 1,055,510,193 | 1,897,913 |
| Resolution 6H: To re-elect Cecilia Reyes | 1,038,627,939 | 98.40 | 16,895,229 | 1,055,523,168 | 1,887,263 |
| Resolution 7A: To elect Catherine Bradley CBE | 889,145,502 | 84.25 | 166,215,240 | 1,055,360,742 | 2,024,740 |
| Resolution 7B: To elect Hannah Grove | 1,049,255,061 | 99.43 | 6,014,095 | 1,055,269,156 | 2,138,932 |
| Resolution 7C: To elect Pam Kaur | 1,035,603,009 | 98.14 | 19,624,226 | 1,055,227,235 | 2,180,871 |
| Resolution 7D: To elect Michael O'Brien | 1,040,218,373 | 98.58 | 15,000,414 | 1,055,218,787 | 2,190,070 |
| Resolution 8: To provide limited authority to make political donations and to incur political expenditure | 1,029,566,404 | 97.59 | 25,432,251 | 1,054,998,655 | 2,411,199 |
| Resolution 9: To authorise the Directors to issue further shares | 854,012,310 | 80.88 | 201,920,042 | 1,055,932,352 | 1,478,097 |
| Resolution 10: To disapply share pre-emption rights | 870,176,413 | 83.00 | 178,267,190 | 1,048,443,603 | 8,966,672 |
| Resolution 11: To give authority for the Company to buy back shares | 1,035,051,451 | 98.03 | 20,782,942 | 20,782,942 | 1,573,713 |
| Resolution 12: To authorise the Directors to allot shares in relation to the issuance of Convertible Bonds | 867,715,39 | 82.73 | 181,170,324 | 1,048,885,720 | 8,524,134 |
| Resolution 13: To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of allotments of equity securities in relation to the issuance of Convertible Bonds | 859,330,096 | 81.99 | 188,796,669 | 1,048,126,765 | 9,283,089 |
| Resolution 14: To allow the Company to call general meetings on 14 days’ notice | 995,983,935 | 94.29 | 60,328,733 | 1,056,312,668 | 1,097,353 |
| Resolution 15: To authorise the cancellation of the capital redemption reserve, subject to confirmation by the Court of Session | 1,041,964,619 | 98.83 | 12,299,127 | 1,054,263,746 | 3,145,111 |
Issued Share Capital – Total voting rights
On 28 February 2022 – the latest practical business day before the printing of the Notice of Annual General Meeting – the Company’s issued share capital consisted of 2,180,725,131 ordinary shares, carrying one vote each. No shares were held in treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at 28 February 2022 were 2,180,725,131.