Company Announcements

Result of AGM

Source: RNS
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BT Group PLC
15 July 2021
 

BT Group plc

Annual General Meeting 15 July 2021

Summary of votes cast

 

 

 

Annual General Meeting Resolutions

 

 

For

 

 

%

 

 

Against

 

 

%

 

 

Votes withheld

Resolution 1

That the accounts and reports of the directors and the auditors for the year ended 31 March 2021 be received.

6,914,109,757

99.98

1,043,946

0.02

4,016,590

Resolution 2

That the Report on directors' remuneration for the year ended 31 March 2021 be received and approved.

6,634,876,487

95.92

282,321,890

4.08

1,975,431

Resolution 3

That Jan du Plessis be re-elected as a director.

6,730,815,056

97.30

186,438,683

2.70

1,970,324

Resolution 4

That Philip Jansen be re-elected as a director.

6,912,914,684

99.93

4,627,825

0.07

1,709,860

Resolution 5

That Simon Lowth be re-elected as a director.

6,906,504,818

99.84

10,796,577

0.16

1,922,345

Resolution 6

That Adel Al-Saleh be re-elected as a director.

6,770,949,771

99.14

58,506,601

0.86

89,735,391

Resolution 7

That Sir Ian Cheshire be re-elected as a director.

6,860,349,907

99.18

56,923,545

0.82

1,917,910

Resolution 8

That Iain Conn be re-elected as a director.

6,912,698,054

99.94

4,482,740

0.06

1,989,039

Resolution 9

That Isabel Hudson be re-elected as a director.

6,913,166,371

99.94

4,096,169

0.06

1,895,147

Resolution 10

That Matthew Key be re-elected as a director.

6,913,405,962

99.95

3,799,014

0.05

1,964,914

Resolution 11

That Allison Kirkby be re-elected as a director.

6,901,772,817

99.78

15,471,797

0.22

1,930,999

Resolution 12

That Leena Nair be re-elected as a director.

6,902,815,010

99.79

14,406,556

0.21

1,959,623

Resolution 13

That Sara Weller be re-elected as a director.

6,903,293,479

99.80

13,952,146

0.20

1,928,431

Resolution 14

That KPMG LLP be re-appointed as auditor of the company, to hold office until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the company.

6,826,841,756

98.69

90,662,899

1.31

1,657,914

Resolution 15

That the Audit & Risk Committee of the Board be authorised to decide the auditors' remuneration.

6,912,725,943

99.93

4,721,816

0.07

1,721,686

Special Business

 

 

 

 

 

Resolution 16

That the directors are authorised generally and without conditions under Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 ('2006 Act') to allot relevant securities.

5,451,569,963

95.35

266,143,639

4.65

1,201,486,074

 

Resolution 17

That subject to the passing of Resolution 16, the directors have power to allot equity securities (within the meaning of Section 561 of the 2006 Act) entirely paid for in cash.

6,843,836,738

99.12

60,932,273

0.88

14,376,991

Resolution 18

That subject to the passing of Resolution 16, the directors have power to allot further equity securities (within the meaning of Section 561 of the 2006 Act) entirely paid for in cash.

6,647,965,311

96.28

256,643,860

3.72

14,519,178

Resolution 19

That the company has general and unconditional authority to make market purchases as defined in section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006 of shares of 5p each in the company.

6,790,993,421

98.46

106,225,328

1.54

21,964,487

Resolution 20

That the company may call a general meeting (but not an AGM) on at least 14 clear days' notice.

6,647,656,733

96.09

270,229,351

3.91

1,279,645

Resolution 21

That British Telecommunications plc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, be authorised to make political donations to political organisations.

6,841,814,467

98.91

75,486,946

1.09

1,891,539

Resolution 22

That the new Articles of Association be adopted.

6,914,056,999

99.96

2,693,828

0.04

2,404,514

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority ("UKLA") and will be available to view on the National Storage Mechanism website at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism 

 

The total number of shares in issue as at 6.30pm on 13 July 2021, excluding shares held in treasury was 9,918,324,018. 69.76% of the voting capital was instructed.

 

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