Royal Dutch Shell plc: Result of Annual General Meeting

LONDON, May 21, 2019 - Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) announces the poll results on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday May 21, 2019 at the Circustheater, Circusstraat 4, 2586 CW The Hague, The Netherlands. Resolutions 1-21 were carried and resolution 22 (Shareholder resolution) was withdrawn.
In accordance with the Listing Rules, a copy of all resolutions other than resolutions concerning ordinary business at the Annual General Meeting, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm
RESOLUTION | VOTES | % | VOTES | % | VOTES | % of | VOTES | |
1 | Receipt of Annual Report & Accounts | 4,888,788,718 | 98.91 | 54,067,363 | 1.09 | 4,942,856,081 | 60.91% | 33,130,377 |
2 | Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report | 4,357,260,297 | 89.93 | 488,139,305 | 10.07 | 4,845,399,602 | 59.71% | 130,596,261 |
3 | Appointment of Neil Carson | 4,879,143,638 | 98.56 | 71,436,470 | 1.44 | 4,950,580,108 | 61.00% | 25,363,428 |
4 | Reappointment of Ben van Beurden | 4,897,629,173 | 99.86 | 6,881,678 | 0.14 | 4,904,510,851 | 60.43% | 71,465,739 |
5 | Reappointment of Ann Godbehere | 4,897,814,423 | 99.87 | 6,444,309 | 0.13 | 4,904,258,732 | 60.43% | 71,716,441 |
6 | Reappointment of Euleen Goh | 4,849,735,526 | 98.89 | 54,482,821 | 1.11 | 4,904,218,347 | 60.43% | 71,758,225 |
7 | Reappointment of Charles O. Holliday | 4,751,345,450 | 97.02 | 145,944,143 | 2.98 | 4,897,289,593 | 60.34% | 78,687,788 |
8 | Reappointment of Catherine Hughes | 4,893,051,881 | 99.77 | 11,201,051 | 0.23 | 4,904,252,932 | 60.43% | 71,723,808 |
9 | Reappointment of Gerard Kleisterlee | 4,688,091,360 | 96.69 | 160,664,973 | 3.31 | 4,848,756,333 | 59.75% | 127,216,800 |
10 | Reappointment of Roberto Setubal | 4,892,879,339 | 99.88 | 6,080,891 | 0.12 | 4,898,960,230 | 60.37% | 77,016,200 |
11 | Reappointment of Sir Nigel Sheinwald | 4,891,416,377 | 99.75 | 12,499,456 | 0.25 | 4,903,915,833 | 60.43% | 72,018,691 |
12 | Reappointment of Linda G. Stuntz | 4,896,206,714 | 99.84 | 7,951,175 | 0.16 | 4,904,157,889 | 60.43% | 71,807,931 |
13 | Reappointment of Jessica Uhl | 4,881,237,953 | 99.53 | 22,888,407 | 0.47 | 4,904,126,360 | 60.43% | 71,841,123 |
14 | Reappointment of Gerrit Zalm | 4,891,550,569 | 99.76 | 11,851,499 | 0.24 | 4,903,402,068 | 60.42% | 72,551,391 |
15 | Reappointment of Auditors | 4,922,753,927 | 99.41 | 29,308,046 | 0.59 | 4,952,061,973 | 61.02% | 23,840,636 |
16 | Remuneration of Auditors | 4,939,317,235 | 99.77 | 11,623,526 | 0.23 | 4,950,940,761 | 61.01% | 24,963,931 |
17 | Authority to allot shares | 4,879,436,071 | 98.60 | 69,044,043 | 1.40 | 4,948,480,114 | 60.98% | 27,478,481 |
18 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights* | 4,902,893,603 | 99.09 | 45,096,760 | 0.91 | 4,947,990,363 | 60.97% | 27,918,886 |
19 | Adoption of new Articles of Association* | 4,934,052,009 | 99.76 | 11,928,722 | 0.24 | 4,945,980,731 | 60.94% | 29,972,303 |
20 | Authority to purchase own shares* | 4,875,558,964 | 98.54 | 72,478,843 | 1.46 | 4,948,037,807 | 60.97% | 27,928,427 |
21 | Authority to make certain donations and | 4,656,329,555 | 96.70 | 158,754,057 | 3.30 | 4,815,083,612 | 59.33% | 160,870,758 |
22 | Shareholder resolution* | RESOLUTION WITHDRAWN |
* Special resolution
Please note that a 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English Law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.
May 21, 2019
Anthony Clarke
Deputy Company Secretary
Royal Dutch Shell plc
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