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FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
 
 
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
 
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
For April 28, 2021
Commission File Number: 001-10306
 
NatWest Group plc
 
RBS, Gogarburn, PO Box 1000
Edinburgh EH12 1HQ
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
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 ___
 
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Yes ___ No X
 
 
If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ________
 
 
 
 
The following information was issued as Company announcements in London, England and is furnished pursuant to General Instruction B to the General Instructions to Form 6-K: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 NatWest Group plc - Result of Annual General Meeting
28 April 2021
 
Following the Annual General Meeting held today, NatWest Group plc announces the results of the poll vote for each resolution as follows. Resolutions 18, 19, 21, 22 and 24 to 27 were passed as special resolutions.
 
 
For
% of votes cast
 
Against
% of votes cast
 
Total votes cast as % of Voting   Share Capital
 
Withheld *
Resolution 1
To receive the 2020 Report and Accounts
 
41,461,080,224
99.99
       3,769,088
0.01
89.54%
         18,782,700
Resolution 2
To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration in the Directors' Remuneration Report
 
40,070,096,464
99.89
     42,368,132
0.11
86.62%
   1,371,168,504
Resolution 3
To declare a final dividend of 3 pence per ordinary share
 
41,471,286,776
99.98
       7,872,704
0.02
89.57%
           4,473,776
Resolution 4
To re-elect Howard Davies as a Director
 
41,127,534,568
99.16
   349,577,912
0.84
89.57%
           6,525,268
Resolution 5
To re-elect Alison Rose-Slade as a Director
 
41,460,156,984
99.96
     17,504,996
0.04
89.57%
           5,778,384
Resolution 6
To re-elect Katie Murray as a Director
 
41,460,227,924
99.96
     16,531,144
0.04
89.57%
           7,044,368
Resolution 7
To re-elect Frank Dangeard as a Director
 
41,457,021,000
99.96
     15,262,928
0.04
89.56%
         11,157,668
Approval of Frank Dangeard'sre-election by independent shareholders only
 
13,782,008,224
99.89
     15,262,928
0.11
74.05%
11,157,668
Resolution 8
To re-elect Patrick Flynn as a Director
 
41,457,695,928
 
99.97
 
14,344,816
 
0.03
 
   89.56%
 
       11,400,980
Approval of Patrick Flynn's  re-election by independent shareholders only
 
13,782,683,152
 
99.90
 
14,344,816
 
0.10
 
   74.05%
 
       11,400,980
Resolution 9
To re-elect Morten Friis as a Director
 
41,461,536,516
99.98
10,188,156
0.02
89.56%
       11,717,052
Approval of Morten Friis' re-election by independent shareholders only
 
13,786,523,740
99.93
10,188,156
0.07
74.05%
       11,717,052
Resolution 10
To re-elect Robert Gillespie as a Director
 
41,284,345,920
99.97
10,795,472
0.03
89.18%
188,495,972
Approval of Robert Gillespie's  re-election by independent shareholders only
 
13,609,333,144
99.92
10,795,472
0.08
73.10%
188,495,972
Resolution 11
To re-elect Yasmin Jetha as a Director
 
41,466,248,832
99.99
5,821,248
0.01
89.56%
11,368,688
Approval of Yasmin Jetha's re-election by independent shareholders
 
13,791,236,056
99.96
5,821,248
0.04
74.05%
11,368,688
Resolution 12
To re-elect Mike Rogers as a Director
 
41,461,353,340
99.97
10,529,868
0.03
89.56%
11,558,516
Approval of Mike Rogers' re-election by independent shareholders only
 
13,786,340,564
99.92
10,529,868
0.08
74.05%
11,558,516
Resolution 13
To re-elect Mark Seligman as a Director
 
41,461,583,672
99.98
10,217,444
0.02
89.56%
11,640,608
Approval of Mark Seligman'sre-election by independent shareholders only
 
13,786,570,896
99.93
10,217,444
0.07
74.05%
11,640,608
Resolution 14
To re-elect Lena Wilson  as a Director
 
41,462,717,264
99.98
9,356,988
0.02
89.56%
11,364,508
Approval of  Lena Wilson's re-election by independent shareholders only
 
13,787,704,488
99.93
9,356,988
0.07
74.05%
11,364,508
Resolution 15
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors
 
41,120,277,316
99.15
352,579,716
0.85
89.56%
10,561,360
Resolution 16
To authorise the Group Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditors
 
41,471,420,908
99.99
3,716,340
0.01
89.56%
8,301,536
Resolution 17
To renew the directors' authority to allot shares in the Company
 
40,824,572,560
98.43
653,034,116
1.57
89.57%
6,035,044
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
 
41,450,362,716
99.94
26,343,032
0.06
89.57%
6,937,100
Resolution 19
To renew the directors' authority to allot equity securities on a non pre-emptive basis in connection with the purposes
of financing a transaction
 
 
 
40,740,621,796
98.22
736,346,340
1.78
89.57%
6,671,960
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
 
41,120,925,552
99.14
355,669,972
0.86
89.57%
7,033,072
Resolution 21
To renew the  directors' authority to allot equity securities on a non pre-emptive basis  in connection with Equity Convertible Notes 
 
41,080,958,768
99.05
395,583,768
0.95
89.57%
7,089,700
Resolution 22
To renew the authority to permit the holding of General Meetings at 14 clear days' notice
 
40,933,771,756
98.69
544,187,480
1.31
89.57%
5,608,624
Resolution 23
To renew the authority in respect of  political donations and expenditure by the Company in terms of Section 366 of the Companies Act 2006
 
40,997,976,072
98.85
475,665,396
1.15
89.56%
9,925,500
Resolution 24
To renew the authority for the Company to purchase its own shares on a recognised investment exchange
 
40,626,070,928
98.00
829,465,328
2.00
89.52%
28,105,244
Resolution 25
To renew the authority to make off-market purchases of ordinary shares from HM Treasury
 
 
13,765,108,452
99.89
15,104,492
0.11
29.76%
28,340,604
Resolution 26
To authorise the Company to make off-market purchases of  preference securities
 
41,442,314,980
99.97
11,389,488
0.03
89.52%
29,836,156
Resolution 27
To amend the Company's Articles of Association
 
 
41,469,669,564
99.99
4,542,360
0.01
89.56%
9,325,472
Resolution 28
To renew the authority to offer shares in lieu of a cash dividend on ordinary shares
 
41,466,150,684
99.97
11,031,104
0.03
89.57%
6,367,076
* 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, copies of the amended Articles of Association and 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
 
As at 26 April 2021 (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 46,307,677,708.                   
 
Contact
 
RBS Media Centre
+44 (0)131 523 4205
 
 
Legal Entity Identifier: 2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: 28 April 2021
 
 
 
NATWEST GROUP plc (Registrant)
 
 
 
By: /s/ Jan Cargill
 
 
 
Name: Jan Cargill
 
Title: Chief Governance Officer and Company Secretary