Barclays : 2021 AGM Results (PDF 452KB)

5 May 2021

Barclays PLC

Results of Annual General Meeting

The Barclays PLC Annual General Meeting was held earlier today. A poll was held on each of the resolutions proposed and the results of the poll are set out below. All resolutions, with the exception of Resolution 29 (a requisitioned resolution which was not supported by the Board), were passed.

									% of votes		Total
							% of votes			votes
						Number of votes	Number of votes	cast
						cast "For"	Number of votes	cast as %
RESOLUTIONS				cast "For" the	cast "Against" the	"Against"
			the	Withheld*	of Issued
						Resolution	Resolution	the
						Resolution		Share
								Resolution
										Register
	To receive the Reports of the
1	Directors and Auditors and the
audited accounts	of	the
	Company for the year ended 31	12,044,813,451	98.20	220,495,328	1.80	29,254,918	72.18
	December 2020.
2	To	approve	the	Directors'
Remuneration Report for the	11,981,557,904	99.25	90,709,782	0.75	222,296,011	71.04
	year ended 31 December 2020.
3	To	appoint Julia Wilson as a	12,278,823,298	99.90	12,027,688	0.10	3,705,254	72.33
Director of the Company.
4	To reappoint Mike Ashley as a	12,280,349,720	99.91	10,461,774	0.09	3,744,746	72.33
Director of the Company.
5	To reappoint Tim Breedon as a	12,278,309,306	99.90	12,521,708	0.10	3,717,126	72.33
Director of the Company.
	To reappoint Mohamed A. El-
6	Erian as a Director of the	12,163,579,676	99.26	90,771,407	0.74	40,235,855	72.11
	Company.
7	To reappoint Dawn Fitzpatrick	12,283,220,367	99.94	7,682,415	0.06	3,645,362	72.33
as a Director of the Company.
8	To reappoint Mary Francis as a	12,282,336,842	99.93	8,616,383	0.07	3,590,915	72.33
Director of the Company.
9	To	reappoint Crawford Gillies	12,278,478,326	99.90	12,209,596	0.10	3,826,222	72.33
as a Director of the Company.
10	To reappoint Brian Gilvary as a	12,275,111,427	99.87	15,625,790	0.13	3,776,923	72.33
Director of the Company.
11	To reappoint Nigel Higgins as a	12,258,956,819	99.74	31,564,502	0.26	3,992,823	72.33
Director of the Company.
12	To reappoint Tushar Morzaria	12,259,785,816	99.75	30,607,844	0.25	4,120,480	72.32
as a Director of the Company.
13	To	reappoint	Diane
Schueneman as a Director of	12,281,949,101	99.93	8,604,567	0.07	3,960,472	72.33
	the Company.
14	To reappoint James Staley as a	12,041,437,325	97.97	249,181,153	2.03	3,903,120	72.33
Director of the Company.
15	To reappoint KPMG LLP as	12,075,900,084	98.25	215,253,373	1.75	3,368,140	72.33
auditors of the Company.
16	To authorise the Board Audit
Committee	to	set	the	12,266,413,531	99.80	24,402,308	0.20	3,705,758	72.33
	remuneration of the Auditors.

										% of votes		Total
								% of votes			votes
							Number of votes	Number of votes	cast
							cast "For"	Number of votes	cast as %
RESOLUTIONS					cast "For" the	cast "Against" the	"Against"
				the	Withheld*	of Issued
							Resolution	Resolution	the
							Resolution		Share
									Resolution
											Register
	To authorise the Company and
17	its subsidiaries to make political
donations and	incur political	11,950,734,359	98.90	132,872,624	1.10	210,914,616	71.11
	expenditure.
	To authorise the Directors to
18	allot	shares	and	equity	11,250,431,405	91.54	1,039,883,372	8.46	4,206,824	72.32
	securities.
	To authorise the Directors to
	allot equity securities for cash
19	and/or to sell treasury shares
other than on apro rata basis to
	shareholders of no more than	12,260,635,267	99.77	27,959,789	0.23	5,926,541	72.31
	5% of issued share capital.
	To authorise the Directors to
	allot equity securities for cash
	and/or to sell treasury shares
20	other than on apro rata basis to
shareholders of no more than
	an additional 5% of issued
	share capital in connection with
	an	acquisition	or specified	11,926,019,983	97.05	362,581,716	2.95	5,757,070	72.31
	capital investment.
	To authorise the Directors to
21	allot	equity	securities	in
relation to the	issuance of
	contingent Equity	Conversion	12,036,376,885	97.95	251,948,900	2.05	6,092,984	72.31
	Notes.
	To authorise the Directors to
	allot equity securities for cash
22	other than on apro rata basis to
shareholders in relation to the
	issuance of contingent Equity	11,975,689,417	97.46	312,598,643	2.54	6,130,709	72.31
	Conversion Notes.
23	To authorise the Company to	12,012,994,629	98.05	238,302,180	1.95	43,121,962	72.09
purchase its own shares.
	To authorise the Directors to
24	call	general meetings	(other
than an AGM) on not less than	11,834,674,766	96.29	455,899,670	3.71	3,844,333	72.33
	14 clear days' notice.
	To authorise the renewal of the
25	Barclays Long Term Incentive	11,979,232,043	97.50	307,275,571	2.50	7,911,155	72.30
	Plan.
26	To authorise the renewal of the
Barclays Group	Share	Value	12,035,526,267	97.96	250,905,380	2.04	7,987,122	72.30
	Plan.
	To authorise the Directors to
27	reintroduce a	scrip dividend	12,285,811,593	99.97	4,284,616	0.03	4,322,560	72.32
	programme.
28	To	adopt new	Articles	of	12,283,472,211	99.96	4,753,376	0.04	6,193,178	72.31
Association of the Company.
29	Market Forces climate change	1,515,124,724	14.04	9,275,196,331	85.96	1,504,179,101	63.50
resolution.

• A vote Withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "Fo r" and "Against" a resolution.

As at 6.30pm on Friday 30 April 2021, the time by which shareholders who wanted to vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, there were 16,993,429,021 ordinary shares in issue. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share on a poll.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

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