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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR
15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
April, 2025
Commission File Number 001-10306
NatWest Group plc
250 Bishopsgate,
London, EC2M 4AA
United Kingdom
(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.
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Form 20-F ☒
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Form 40-F ☐
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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:
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NatWest Group plc - Result of Annual
General Meeting
23 April 2025
Following the Annual General Meeting held today at Gogarburn,
Edinburgh EH12 1HQ, NatWest Group plc (the "Company")
announces the results of the poll vote for
each resolution as follows. Resolutions 19,
20, 22, 23 and 25 to 27 were
passed as special resolutions.
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VOTES
FOR
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%
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VOTES
AGAINST
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%
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% of
ISC VOTED
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VOTES
WITHHELD
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Resolution
1
To
receive the 2024 Report and Accounts
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25,169,732,416
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99.98
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4,693,348
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0.02
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77.90%
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42,812,916
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Resolution
2
To
approve the Directors' remuneration policy in the Directors'
remuneration report
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24,668,869,124
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97.86
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538,673,576
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2.14
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78.00%
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9,701,904
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Resolution
3
To
approve the Annual remuneration report in the Directors'
remuneration report
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24,455,534,356
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97.02
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752,180,000
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2.98
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78.00%
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9,523,476
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Resolution
4
To
declare a final dividend of 15.5 pence per ordinary
share
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25,210,007,020
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100.00
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964,620
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0.00
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78.01%
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6,270,124
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Resolution
5
To
re-elect Rick Haythornthwaite as a Director
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24,610,336,308
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97.63
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597,931,384
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2.37
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78.01%
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9,028,072
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Resolution
6
To
re-elect Paul Thwaite as a Director
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25,197,786,500
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99.95
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11,700,440
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0.05
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78.01%
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7,808,608
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Resolution
7
To
re-elect Katie Murray as a Director
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25,129,062,580
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99.68
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79,840,192
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0.32
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78.01%
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8,392,992
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Resolution 8
To
re-elect Frank Dangeard as a Director
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Withdrawn
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Resolution
9
To
re-elect Roisin Donnelly as a Director
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25,190,575,548
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99.93
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17,340,056
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0.07
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78.00%
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9,378,216
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Resolution
10
To
re-elect Patrick Flynn as a Director
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24,919,988,968
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98.86
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287,224,580
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1.14
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78.00%
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10,078,424
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Resolution
11
To
elect Geeta Gopalan as a Director
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25,040,822,712
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99.34
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167,113,408
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0.66
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78.00%
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9,357,692
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Resolution
12
To
re-elect Yasmin Jetha as a Director
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25,193,233,452
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99.94
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14,641,848
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0.06
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78.00%
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9,418,220
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Resolution
13
To
re-elect Stuart Lewis as a Director
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24,921,004,316
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98.89
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280,134,612
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1.11
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77.98%
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16,154,892
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Resolution
14
To
elect Gill Whitehead as a Director
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25,194,867,584
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99.95
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12,178,636
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0.05
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78.00%
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10,246,912
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Resolution
15
To
re-elect Lena Wilson as a Director
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24,909,732,340
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98.82
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297,888,676
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1.18
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78.00%
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9,672,796
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Resolution
16
To
re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of the
Company
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25,077,618,132
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99.93
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17,961,848
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0.07
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77.66%
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121,713,848
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Resolution
17
To
authorise the Group Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the
auditors
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25,192,460,104
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99.96
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9,918,028
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0.04
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77.99%
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14,908,260
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Resolution
18
To
renew the directors' authority to allot shares in the
Company
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23,849,010,992
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94.61
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1,358,216,120
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5.39
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78.00%
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10,060,712
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Resolution
19
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
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24,416,035,904
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97.24
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693,176,032
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2.76
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77.70%
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108,097,636
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Resolution
20
To renew the directors' authority to allot equity securities on a
non pre-emptive basis in
connection with the financing of a transaction
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24,390,836,816
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97.13
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719,616,816
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2.87
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77.70%
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106,855,932
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Resolution
21
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
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24,865,593,608
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98.65
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341,345,176
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1.35
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78.00%
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10,370,788
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Resolution
22
To
renew the directors' authority to allot equity securities on a non
pre-emptive basis in connection with Equity Convertible
Notes
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24,777,405,008
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98.30
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429,588,416
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1.70
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78.00%
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10,308,236
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Resolution
23
To
renew the authority to permit the holding of General Meetings on 14
clear days' notice
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23,989,768,936
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95.16
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1,219,870,804
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4.84
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78.01%
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7,669,504
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Resolution
24
To
renew the authority in respect of political donations and
expenditure by the Company in terms of sections 366 and 367 of the
Companies Act 2006
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24,830,739,644
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98.51
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374,782,580
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1.49
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78.00%
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11,778,460
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Resolution
25
To
renew the authority for the Company to purchase its own shares on a
recognised investment exchange
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25,182,432,744
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99.94
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14,970,200
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0.06
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77.97%
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19,906,468
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Resolution
26
To
renew the authority to make off-market purchases of ordinary shares
from HM Treasury
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24,108,578,720
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99.25
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181,659,984
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0.75
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75.16%
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8,317,104
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Resolution
27
To
authorise the Company to make off-market purchases of preference
shares
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24,944,922,400
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98.95
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263,670,916
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1.05
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78.01%
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8,714,332
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* 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, a copy of 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
A full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of
Meeting which is available on the Company's website at
www.natwestgroup.com.
As at 17 April 2025 (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
32,316,060,404
Contact:
Investor
Relations
+
44 (0)207 672 1758
Media
Relations
+44
(0)131 523 4205
Legal Entity Identifier: 2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90
SIGNATURE
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.
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NatWest Group plc
(Registrant)
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Date:
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23
April 2025
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By:
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/s/
Mark Stevens
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Name:
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Mark
Stevens
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Title:
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Assistant
Secretary
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