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Our 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.

Watch a recording of the webcast

Useful documents

AGM Guide 2022
2021 Strategic report and financial highlights


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  1,055,834,393  1,573,713

Resolution 12: To authorise the Directors to allot shares in relation to the issuance of Convertible Bonds

  867,715,396  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.


Useful documents

2021 Strategic report and financial highlights