Royal Dutch Shell plc announces the poll results on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday May 19, 2020 at Carel van Bylandtlaan 16, 2596 HR, The Hague, The Netherlands. Resolutions 1-20 were carried and resolution 21 (Shareholder resolution) was not carried.
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: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
RESOLUTION
VOTES FOR
%
VOTES AGAINST
%
VOTES TOTAL
% of ISC VOTED
VOTES WITHHELD
1
Receipt of Annual Report & Accounts
3,941,142,878
98.74
50,108,473
1.26
3,991,251,351
51.12%
22,403,419
2
Approval of Directors’ Remuneration Policy
3,705,707,055
92.91
282,966,810
7.09
3,988,673,865
51.09%
24,979,832
3
Approval of Directors’ Remuneration Report
3,806,079,000
95.44
181,791,609
4.56
3,987,870,609
51.08%
25,782,042
4
Appointment of Dick Boer
3,958,051,034
99.10
35,928,504
0.90
3,993,979,538
51.16%
19,629,755
5
Appointment of Andrew Mackenzie
3,962,161,644
99.20
31,997,161
0.80
3,994,158,805
51.16%
19,450,280
6
Appointment of Martina Hund-Mejean
3,961,359,664
99.18
32,838,243
0.82
3,994,197,907
51.16%
19,400,663
7
Reappointment of Ben van Beurden
3,907,961,211
99.14
33,742,027
0.86
3,941,703,238
50.49%
71,942,603
8
Reappointment of Neil Carson
3,860,964,660
97.97
80,041,947
2.03
3,941,006,607
50.48%
72,601,078
9
Reappointment of Ann Godbehere
3,908,316,509
99.16
32,973,724
0.84
3,941,290,233
50.48%
72,313,225
10
Reappointment of Euleen Goh
3,902,675,522
99.02
38,469,177
0.98
3,941,144,699
50.48%
72,453,840
11
Reappointment of Charles O. Holliday
3,681,041,757
94.95
195,669,347
5.05
3,876,711,104
49.65%
136,930,907
12
Reappointment of Catherine Hughes
3,902,586,716
99.02
38,699,244
0.98
3,941,285,960
50.48%
72,310,826
13
Reappointment of Sir Nigel Sheinwald
3,856,380,423
98.98
39,907,086
1.02
3,896,287,509
49.90%
117,310,513
14
Reappointment of Jessica Uhl
3,900,387,861
98.97
40,787,627
1.03
3,941,175,488
50.48%
72,421,753
15
Reappointment of Gerrit Zalm
3,901,526,346
99.01
39,145,981
0.99
3,940,672,327
50.47%
72,921,660
16
Reappointment of Auditors
3,975,082,314
99.49
20,279,559
0.51
3,995,361,873
51.17%
18,279,580
17
Remuneration of Auditors
3,981,594,057
99.68
12,599,102
0.32
3,994,193,159
51.16%
19,448,505
18
Authority to allot shares
3,896,571,218
97.58
96,702,176
2.42
3,993,273,394
51.15%
20,319,503
19
Disapplication of pre-emption rights*
3,970,810,698
99.50
20,085,546
0.50
3,990,896,244
51.12%
22,779,667
20
Authority to purchase own shares*
3,902,860,342
97.71
91,290,379
2.29
3,994,150,721
51.16%
19,490,063
21
Shareholder resolution*
552,037,606
14.39
3,283,689,380
85.61
3,835,726,986
49.13%
177,890,663
* 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 19, 2020
Linda Coulter Company Secretary Royal Dutch Shell plc
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- refining of crude oil (37.9%): owns, at the end of 2022, 8 refineries worldwide. The group is also involved in manufacturing of chemical and petrochemical products (olefins, aromatic products, solvents, ethylenes, propylenes, phenols, additives, etc.);
- marketing of petroleum products (31.6%): operation of a network of more than 46,000 service stations worldwide;
- production of liquefied natural gas (14.4%) ;
- production of electricity from renewable sources (13.9%);
- crude oil and natural gas exploration and production (2.2%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Europe (35.7%), Asia/Oceania/Africa (33.2%), the United States (22.8%) and America (8.3%).