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Royal Mail PLC

21 July 2021

Royal Mail plc

(Incorporated in England and Wales)

Company Number: 8680755

LSE Share Code: RMG

ISIN: GB00BDVZYZ77

LEI: 213800TCZZU84G8Z2M70

Results of Annual General Meeting held on 21 July 2021

Royal Mail plc (the 'Company') announces that at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held earlier today, all the resolutions put to shareholders were passed by the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 17 to 20 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the polls, on which Equiniti, the Company's registrar, acted as scrutineer, are as follows:

 
       RESOLUTION               FOR           %      AGAINST       %      TOTAL        % OF ISSUED      WITHHELD 
                                                                                        SHARE CAPITAL 
       ORDINARY RESOLUTION 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
       To receive 
        the Company's 
        audited accounts, 
        together with 
        the Strategic 
        Report, Directors' 
        Report and 
        Auditors Reports 
 1.     on those accounts      682,170,719   99.99   75,996       0.01   682,246,715   68.22%           2,166,823 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
       To approve 
        the Directors' 
        Remuneration 
 2.     Report                 682,563,983   99.78   1,488,211    0.22   684,052,194   68.41%           352,913 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
       To approve 
        a final dividend 
        of 10 pence 
 3.     per share              684,119,266   99.98   106,266      0.02   684,225,532   68.42%           212,786 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
       To re-appoint 
 4.     Keith Williams         672,269,096   98.27   11,844,847   1.73   684,113,943   68.41%           304,964 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
       To re-appoint 
 5.     Simon Thompson         683,859,312   99.96   254,760      0.04   684,114,072   68.41%           298,811 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
       To re-appoint 
 6.     Martin Seidenberg      683,516,888   99.92   559,169      0.08   684,076,057   68.41%           325,453 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
       To re-appoint 
 7.     Mick Jeavons           681,254,150   99.59   2,828,908    0.41   684,083,058   68.41%           315,785 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
       To re-appoint 
 8.     Baroness Hogg          677,311,096   99.01   6,785,533    0.99   684,096,629   68.41%           311,489 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
       To re-appoint 
 9.     Rita Griffin           678,136,446   99.13   5,948,926    0.87   684,085,372   68.41%           322,515 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
       To re-appoint 
 10.    Maria da Cunha         678,076,499   99.12   6,004,842    0.88   684,081,341   68.41%           325,913 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
       To re-appoint 
 11.    Michael Findlay        660,713,038   96.58   23,363,302   3.42   684,076,340   68.41%           327,402 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
       To re-appoint 
 12.    Lynne Peacock          677,731,152   99.07   6,349,364    0.93   684,080,516   68.41%           317,941 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
       To re-appoint 
        KPMG LLP as 
        auditor of 
 13.    the Company            679,136,960   99.28   4,944,942    0.72   684,081,902   68.41%           327,947 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
       To authorise 
        the Company's 
        Audit and Risk 
        Committee to 
        determine the 
        remuneration 
 14.    of the auditor         683,228,335   99.87   872,772      0.13   684,101,107   68.41%           296,950 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
       To authorise 
        the Company 
        and its subsidiaries 
        to make political 
        donations and 
        incur political 
 15.    expenditure            681,559,041   99.63   2,541,990    0.37   684,101,031   68.41%           319,636 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
       To authorise 
        the Directors 
 16.    to allot shares        662,578,046   96.83   21,692,148   3.17   684,270,194   68.43%           148,959 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
       SPECIAL RESOLUTION 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
       To empower 
        the Directors 
        to disapply 
        pre-emption 
 17.    rights                 683,568,202   99.91   585,431      0.09   684,153,633   68.42%           243,823 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
       To empower 
        the Directors 
        to disapply 
        pre-emption 
        rights for 
        the purposes 
        of acquisitions 
        or specified 
 18.    capital investments    668,525,579   97.71   15,655,295   2.29   684,180,874   68.42%           228,060 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
       To authorise 
        the Company 
        to purchase 
 19.    its own shares         678,548,777   99.36   4,356,985    0.64   682,905,762   68.29%           1,519,204 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
       To authorise 
        the Company 
        to call general 
        meetings on 
        not less than 
        14 clear days' 
        notice (other 
        than annual 
 20.    general meetings)      662,658,481   96.86   21,506,991   3.14   684,165,472   68.42%           247,508 
      ----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
 

As at 6.30pm on Monday 19 July 2021, the number of issued shares in the Company was 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares. This was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against all the resolutions at the AGM. In accordance with the Company's articles of association, on a poll every member present in person or by proxy has one vote for every share held.

There were no restrictions on shareholders casting votes on any of the resolutions proposed at the AGM. Votes withheld are not votes in law. Therefore, they have not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for or against a resolution.

Pursuant to UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of all resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the AGM today have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to view at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

The AGM results are also available to view on the Company's website at www.royalmailgroup.com/en/investors/annual-general-meetings/

Enquires:

Investor Relations

John Crosse

Email: investorrelations@royalmail.com

Royal Mail investor relations line: 020 7449 8183

Media Relations

Helen Reynoldson

Phone: 07483 302 245

Royal Mail press office: press.office@royalmail.com

Jenny Hall

Phone: 07776 993 036

Email: jenny.hall@royalmail.com

Company Secretary

Mark Amsden

Email: cosec@royalmail.com

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