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Result of AGM

28th Apr 2026 14:34

RNS Number : 2611C
NatWest Group plc
28 April 2026
 

NatWest Group plc - Result of Annual General Meeting

28 April 2026

 

Following the Annual General Meeting held today at Gogarburn, Edinburgh EH12 1HQ, NatWest Group plc (the "Company") announces

the results of the poll vote for each resolution as follows. Resolutions 18, 19, 21-22 and 24-25 were passed as special resolutions.

 

 

VOTESFOR

%

VOTESAGAINST

%

% of ISC VOTED

VOTESWITHHELD

Resolution 1

 

To receive the 2025 Report and Accounts

23,324,710,676

99.99

1,594,760

0.01

73.10%

54,972,472

Resolution 2

 

To approve the Annual remuneration report in the Directors' remuneration report

22,931,537,780

98.11

441,594,512

1.89

73.25%

8,145,616

Resolution 3

 

To declare a final dividend of 23 pence per ordinary share

23,374,970,952

99.99

2,977,068

0.01

73.27%

3,282,880

Resolution 4

 

To re-elect Rick Haythornthwaite as a Director

21,526,249,876

92.09

1,849,269,268

7.91

73.26%

5,758,764

Resolution 5

 

To re-elect Paul Thwaite as a Director

23,360,516,288

99.93

16,957,620

0.07

73.26%

3,804,000

Resolution 6

 

To re-elect Katie Murray as a Director

23,292,259,556

99.67

77,569,652

0.33

73.24%

11,448,700

Resolution 7

 

To elect Josh Critchley as a Director

23,359,007,856

99.94

14,639,524

0.06

73.25%

7,630,528

Resolution 8

 

 To re-elect Roisin Donnelly as a Director

23,354,883,180

99.92

18,970,208

0.08

73.25%

7,424,520

Resolution 9

 

To re-elect Patrick Flynn as a Director

23,027,255,028

98.52

346,426,732

1.48

73.25%

7,596,148

Resolution 10

 

To re-elect Geeta Gopalan as a Director

23,357,312,888

99.93

16,290,504

0.07

73.25%

7,674,516

Resolution 11

 

To elect Albert Hitchcock as a Director

23,357,451,136

99.93

15,875,304

0.07

73.25%

7,951,468

Resolution 12

 

To re-elect Stuart Lewis as a Director

23,003,635,304

98.42

370,121,272

1.58

73.25%

7,521,224

Resolution 13

 

To re-elect Gill Whitehead as a Director

23,355,000,848

99.92

18,802,536

0.08

73.25%

7,474,524

Resolution 14

 

To re-elect Lena Wilson as a Director

22,926,296,256

98.08

447,667,516

1.92

73.25%

7,314,136

Resolution 15

 

To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company

23,356,110,068

99.95

12,026,628

0.05

73.24%

13,139,020

Resolution 16

 

To authorise the Group Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditors

 

23,365,904,792

99.95

11,146,264

0.05

73.26%

4,223,136

Resolution 17

 

To renew the directors' authority to allot shares in the Company

22,498,802,688

96.25

877,202,540

3.75

73.26%

5,268,968

Resolution 18

 

To renew the directors' authority to allot equity securities on a non pre-emptive basis in connection with an offer or issue of equity securities

23,047,936,536

98.60

328,014,992

1.40

73.26%

5,326,380

Resolution 19

 

To renew the directors' authority to allot equity securities on a non pre-emptive basis in connection with the financing of a transaction

23,045,694,176

98.59

330,428,552

1.41

73.26%

5,155,180

Resolution 20

 

To renew the directors' authority to allot ordinary shares or grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into ordinary shares in relation to Equity Convertible Notes

23,240,965,860

99.42

134,936,100

0.58

73.26%

5,375,948

Resolution 21

To renew the directors' authority to allot equity securities on a non pre-emptive basis in connection with Equity Convertible Notes 

23,125,677,648

98.93

250,210,776

1.07

73.26%

5,389,484

Resolution 22

 

To renew the authority to permit the holding of General Meetings on 14 clear days' notice

21,885,436,552

93.62

1,492,135,204

6.38

73.26%

3,698,572

Resolution 23

 

To renew the authority in respect of political donations and expenditure by the Company in terms of sections 366 and 367 of the Companies Act 2006

23,260,760,492

99.51

115,071,576

0.49

73.26%

5,433,460

Resolution 24

 

To renew the authority for the Company to purchase its own shares on a recognised investment exchange

23,341,428,892

99.93

15,535,508

0.07

73.20%

24,314,584

Resolution 25

 

To authorise the Company to make off-market purchases of preference shares

23,224,293,792

99.34

153,334,480

0.66

73.27%

3,649,176

 

* A vote Withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.

 

In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's listing rules, a copy of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism which is located at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

A full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting which is available on the Company's website at www.natwestgroup.com.

 

As at 24 April 2026 (being the latest date by which shareholders who wanted to vote at the Annual General Meeting must have been

entered on the company's Register of Members) the total number of voting rights in the company was xx

 

Contact:

Investor Relations

+ 44 (0)207 672 1758

 

Media Relations

+44 (0)131 523 4205

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