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Barclays PLC

05 May 2021

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.

 
 RESOLUTIONS           Number of        % of             Number of         % of votes      Number of        Total 
                        votes cast      votes            votes cast        cast            votes             votes 
                        "For" the       cast             "Against"         "Against"       Withheld*         cast 
                        Resolution      "For"            the Resolution    the                               as % 
                                        the Resolution                     Resolution                        of Issued 
                                                                                                             Share 
                                                                                                             Register 
     To receive the 
     Reports of the 
     Directors and 
     Auditors and 
     the audited 
     accounts of 
     the Company 
     for the year 
     ended 31 
     December 
 1   2020.             12,044,813,451            98.20      220,495,328             1.80       29,254,918        72.18 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To approve the 
     Directors' 
     Remuneration 
     Report for the 
     year ended 31 
 2   December 2020.    11,981,557,904            99.25       90,709,782             0.75      222,296,011        71.04 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To appoint 
     Julia 
     Wilson as a 
     Director of 
 3   the Company.      12,278,823,298            99.90       12,027,688             0.10        3,705,254        72.33 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To reappoint 
     Mike Ashley 
     as a Director 
 4   of the Company.   12,280,349,720            99.91       10,461,774             0.09        3,744,746        72.33 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To reappoint 
     Tim Breedon 
     as a Director 
 5   of the Company.   12,278,309,306            99.90       12,521,708             0.10        3,717,126        72.33 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To reappoint 
     Mohamed A. 
     El-Erian 
     as a Director 
 6   of the Company.   12,163,579,676            99.26       90,771,407             0.74       40,235,855        72.11 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To reappoint 
     Dawn 
     Fitzpatrick 
     as a Director 
 7   of the Company.   12,283,220,367            99.94        7,682,415             0.06        3,645,362        72.33 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To reappoint 
     Mary Francis 
     as a Director 
 8   of the Company.   12,282,336,842            99.93        8,616,383             0.07        3,590,915        72.33 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To reappoint 
     Crawford 
     Gillies 
     as a Director 
 9   of the Company.   12,278,478,326            99.90       12,209,596             0.10        3,826,222        72.33 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To reappoint 
     Brian Gilvary 
     as a Director 
 10  of the Company.   12,275,111,427            99.87       15,625,790             0.13        3,776,923        72.33 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To reappoint 
     Nigel Higgins 
     as a Director 
 11  of the Company.   12,258,956,819            99.74       31,564,502             0.26        3,992,823        72.33 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To reappoint 
     Tushar Morzaria 
     as a Director 
 12  of the Company.   12,259,785,816            99.75       30,607,844             0.25        4,120,480        72.32 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To reappoint 
     Diane 
     Schueneman 
     as a Director 
 13  of the Company.   12,281,949,101            99.93        8,604,567             0.07        3,960,472        72.33 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To reappoint 
     James Staley 
     as a Director 
 14  of the Company.   12,041,437,325            97.97      249,181,153             2.03        3,903,120        72.33 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To reappoint 
      KPMG LLP as 
      auditors of 
 15   the Company.     12,075,900,084            98.25      215,253,373             1.75        3,368,140        72.33 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To authorise 
     the Board Audit 
     Committee to 
     set the 
     remuneration 
     of the 
 16  Auditors.         12,266,413,531            99.80       24,402,308             0.20        3,705,758        72.33 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To authorise 
     the Company 
     and its 
     subsidiaries 
     to make 
     political 
     donations and 
     incur political 
 17  expenditure.      11,950,734,359            98.90      132,872,624             1.10      210,914,616        71.11 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To authorise 
     the Directors 
     to allot shares 
     and equity 
 18  securities.       11,250,431,405            91.54    1,039,883,372             8.46        4,206,824        72.32 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To authorise 
     the Directors 
     to allot equity 
     securities for 
     cash and/or 
     to sell 
     treasury 
     shares other 
     than on a pro 
     rata basis to 
     shareholders 
     of no more than 
     5% of issued 
 19  share capital.    12,260,635,267            99.77       27,959,789             0.23        5,926,541        72.31 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To authorise 
     the Directors 
     to allot equity 
     securities for 
     cash and/or 
     to sell 
     treasury 
     shares other 
     than on a pro 
     rata basis to 
     shareholders 
     of no more than 
     an additional 
     5% of issued 
     share capital 
     in connection 
     with an 
     acquisition 
     or specified 
     capital 
 20  investment.       11,926,019,983            97.05      362,581,716             2.95        5,757,070        72.31 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To authorise 
     the Directors 
     to allot equity 
     securities in 
     relation to 
     the issuance 
     of contingent 
     Equity 
     Conversion 
 21  Notes.            12,036,376,885            97.95      251,948,900             2.05        6,092,984        72.31 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To authorise 
     the Directors 
     to allot equity 
     securities for 
     cash other than 
     on a pro rata 
     basis to 
     shareholders 
     in relation 
     to the issuance 
     of contingent 
     Equity 
     Conversion 
 22  Notes.            11,975,689,417            97.46      312,598,643             2.54        6,130,709        72.31 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To authorise 
     the Company 
     to purchase 
 23  its own shares.   12,012,994,629            98.05      238,302,180             1.95       43,121,962        72.09 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To authorise 
     the Directors 
     to call general 
     meetings (other 
     than an AGM) 
     on not less 
     than 14 clear 
 24  days' notice.     11,834,674,766            96.29      455,899,670             3.71        3,844,333        72.33 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To authorise 
     the renewal 
     of the Barclays 
     Long Term 
     Incentive 
 25  Plan.             11,979,232,043            97.50      307,275,571             2.50        7,911,155        72.30 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To authorise 
     the renewal 
     of the Barclays 
     Group Share 
 26  Value Plan.       12,035,526,267            97.96      250,905,380             2.04        7,987,122        72.30 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To authorise 
     the Directors 
     to reintroduce 
     a scrip 
     dividend 
 27  programme.        12,285,811,593            99.97        4,284,616             0.03        4,322,560        72.32 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     To adopt new 
     Articles of 
     Association 
 28  of the Company.   12,283,472,211            99.96        4,753,376             0.04        6,193,178        72.31 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
     Market Forces 
      climate change 
 29   resolution.       1,515,124,724            14.04    9,275,196,331            85.96    1,504,179,101        63.50 
     ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
 

* 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.

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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For further information, please contact:

 
 Investor Relations      Media Relations 
  Chris Manners           Tom Hoskin 
  +44 (0) 20 7773 2136    +44 (0) 20 7116 4755 
 

About Barclays

Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customer and client, and geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

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