UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
May 05, 2021
Barclays PLC
(Name of Registrant)
1 Churchill Place
London E14 5HP
England
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F x Form 40-F
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes No x
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in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
This Report on Form 6-K is filed by Barclays PLC.
This Report comprises:
Information given to The London Stock Exchange and furnished pursuant to
General Instruction B to the General Instructions to Form 6-K.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
BARCLAYS PLC | |
(Registrant) |
Date: May 05, 2021
By: /s/ Garth Wright -------------------------------- | |
Garth Wright | |
Assistant Secretary |
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 votes cast "For" the Resolution | % of votes cast "For" the Resolution | Number of votes cast "Against" the Resolution | % of votes cast "Against" the Resolution | Number of votes Withheld* | Total votes cast as % of Issued Share Register | |
1 | To receive the Reports of the Directors and Auditors and the audited accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2020. | 12,044,813,451 | 98.20 | 220,495,328 | 1.80 | 29,254,918 | 72.18 |
2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2020. | 11,981,557,904 | 99.25 | 90,709,782 | 0.75 | 222,296,011 | 71.04 |
3 | To appoint Julia Wilson as a Director of the Company. | 12,278,823,298 | 99.90 | 12,027,688 | 0.10 | 3,705,254 | 72.33 |
4 | To reappoint Mike Ashley as a Director of the Company. | 12,280,349,720 | 99.91 | 10,461,774 | 0.09 | 3,744,746 | 72.33 |
5 | To reappoint Tim Breedon as a Director of the Company. | 12,278,309,306 | 99.90 | 12,521,708 | 0.10 | 3,717,126 | 72.33 |
6 | To reappoint Mohamed A. El-Erian as a Director of the Company. | 12,163,579,676 | 99.26 | 90,771,407 | 0.74 | 40,235,855 | 72.11 |
7 | To reappoint Dawn Fitzpatrick as a Director of the Company. | 12,283,220,367 | 99.94 | 7,682,415 | 0.06 | 3,645,362 | 72.33 |
8 | To reappoint Mary Francis as a Director of the Company. | 12,282,336,842 | 99.93 | 8,616,383 | 0.07 | 3,590,915 | 72.33 |
9 | To reappoint Crawford Gillies as a Director of the Company. | 12,278,478,326 | 99.90 | 12,209,596 | 0.10 | 3,826,222 | 72.33 |
10 | To reappoint Brian Gilvary as a Director of the Company. | 12,275,111,427 | 99.87 | 15,625,790 | 0.13 | 3,776,923 | 72.33 |
11 | To reappoint Nigel Higgins as a Director of the Company. | 12,258,956,819 | 99.74 | 31,564,502 | 0.26 | 3,992,823 | 72.33 |
12 | To reappoint Tushar Morzaria as a Director of the Company. | 12,259,785,816 | 99.75 | 30,607,844 | 0.25 | 4,120,480 | 72.32 |
13 | To reappoint Diane Schueneman as a Director of the Company. | 12,281,949,101 | 99.93 | 8,604,567 | 0.07 | 3,960,472 | 72.33 |
14 | To reappoint James Staley as a Director of the Company. | 12,041,437,325 | 97.97 | 249,181,153 | 2.03 | 3,903,120 | 72.33 |
15 | To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company. | 12,075,900,084 | 98.25 | 215,253,373 | 1.75 | 3,368,140 | 72.33 |
16 | To authorise the Board Audit Committee to set the remuneration of the Auditors. | 12,266,413,531 | 99.80 | 24,402,308 | 0.20 | 3,705,758 | 72.33 |
17 | To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure. | 11,950,734,359 | 98.90 | 132,872,624 | 1.10 | 210,914,616 | 71.11 |
18 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares and equity securities. | 11,250,431,405 | 91.54 | 1,039,883,372 | 8.46 | 4,206,824 | 72.32 |
19 | 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 share capital. | 12,260,635,267 | 99.77 | 27,959,789 | 0.23 | 5,926,541 | 72.31 |
20 | 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 investment. | 11,926,019,983 | 97.05 | 362,581,716 | 2.95 | 5,757,070 | 72.31 |
21 | To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities in relation to the issuance of contingent Equity Conversion Notes. | 12,036,376,885 | 97.95 | 251,948,900 | 2.05 | 6,092,984 | 72.31 |
22 | 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 Notes. | 11,975,689,417 | 97.46 | 312,598,643 | 2.54 | 6,130,709 | 72.31 |
23 | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares. | 12,012,994,629 | 98.05 | 238,302,180 | 1.95 | 43,121,962 | 72.09 |
24 | To authorise the Directors to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice. | 11,834,674,766 | 96.29 | 455,899,670 | 3.71 | 3,844,333 | 72.33 |
25 | To authorise the renewal of the Barclays Long Term Incentive Plan. | 11,979,232,043 | 97.50 | 307,275,571 | 2.50 | 7,911,155 | 72.30 |
26 | To authorise the renewal of the Barclays Group Share Value Plan. | 12,035,526,267 | 97.96 | 250,905,380 | 2.04 | 7,987,122 | 72.30 |
27 | To authorise the Directors to reintroduce a scrip dividend programme. | 12,285,811,593 | 99.97 | 4,284,616 | 0.03 | 4,322,560 | 72.32 |
28 | To adopt new Articles of Association of the Company. | 12,283,472,211 | 99.96 | 4,753,376 | 0.04 | 6,193,178 | 72.31 |
29 | Market Forces climate change 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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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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