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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 June 25, 2014
 
Commission File Number: 001-10306

 
The Royal Bank of Scotland 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 ___
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):_________

 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):_________


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
 
 
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 a Company announcement in London, England and is furnished pursuant to General Instruction B to the General Instructions to Form 6-K:

 

 
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc - Result of Annual General Meeting
25 June 2014

Following the Annual General Meeting held today, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc announces the results of the poll vote for each resolution as follows. Resolutions 16 and 17 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 and approve the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2013 and the reports of the directors and auditors thereon
21,103,132,200
100.00
833,184
0.00
83.74
29,427,360
Resolution 2
To elect Morten Friis as a director
21,090,839,012
99.94
12,875,344
0.06
83.74
29,656,976
Resolution 3
To elect Robert Gillespie as a director
21,091,278,860
99.94
12,960,872
0.06
83.74
29,548,660
Resolution 4
To elect Ross McEwan as a director
21,092,075,224
99.94
12,296,936
0.06
83.74
29,465,580
Resolution 5
To elect Ewen Stevenson as a director
21,091,766,972
99.94
12,314,588
0.06
83.74
29,751,220
Resolution 6
To re-elect Sandy Crombie as a director
21,077,884,224
99.87
26,446,772
0.13
83.74
29,544,580
Resolution 7
To re-elect Alison Davis as a director
21,016,023,336
99.82
37,663,772
0.18
83.54
80,178,152
Resolution 8
To re-elect Philip Hampton as a director
21,066,741,544
99.82
37,743,252
0.18
83.74
29,473,040
Resolution 9
To re-elect Penny Hughes as a director
21,079,279,472
99.88
25,077,896
0.12
83.74
29,542,364
Resolution 10
To re-elect Brendan Nelson as a director
21,078,570,716
99.88
25,436,432
0.12
83.74
29,531,580
Resolution 11
To re-elect Baroness Noakes as a director
21,077,939,264
99.87
26,525,880
0.13
83.74
29,442,972
Resolution 12
To re-elect Philip Scott as a director
21,079,012,696
99.88
25,394,312
0.12
83.74
29,527,224
Resolution 13
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors
21,071,876,548
99.97
5,459,244
0.03
83.63
56,657,928
Resolution 14
To authorise the Group Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditors
21,071,797,284
99.97
5,534,332
0.03
83.63
56,614,212
Resolution 15
To renew the directors' authority to allot securities
20,948,654,628
99.26
155,838,332
0.74
83.74
29,468,376
Resolution 16
To renew the directors' authority to allot equity securities on a non pre-emptive basis
20,939,417,228
99.22
164,504,264
0.78
83.74
30,079,732
Resolution 17
To permit the holding of General Meetings at 14 days' notice
20,772,484,044
98.43
 
 
332,329,060
 
 
1.57
 
 
83.74
 
 
29,126,672
Resolution 18
To authorise political donations and expenditure by the Group in terms of Section 366 of the Companies Act 2006
 
 
 
 
20,986,543,564
 
 
 
 
99.45
 
 
 
 
116,912,732
 
 
 
 
0.55
 
 
 
 
83.74
 
 
 
 
30,371,072
Resolution 19
To approve the Director's Remuneration Policy in the Directors' Remuneration Report
 
 
 
20,893,215,888
 
 
 
99.66
 
 
 
70,382,756
 
 
 
0.34
 
 
 
83.18
 
 
 
170,307,216
Resolution 20
To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration in the Directors' Remuneration Report
 
 
 
21,034,273,904
 
 
 
99.81
 
 
 
40,636,912
 
 
 
0.19
 
 
 
83.62
 
 
 
58,993,972
Resolution 21
To approve the RBS 2014 Employee Share Plan
 
 
20,876,270,352
 
 
99.02
 
 
206,830,068
 
 
0.98
 
 
83.66
 
 
50,790,508
* 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.

The approval votes on the election or re-election of Independent Directors, included in the Notice of Meeting, were not put to the meeting as the relevant sections of the UK Listing Authority's listing rules were not in force at the date of the meeting.

In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's listing rules, copies of 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: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

As at 23 June 2014 (being the latest date by which shareholders who wanted to attend, speak and vote at the General Meeting must have been entered on the company's Register of Members) the issued share capital of the company conferring the right to vote at the General Meeting consisted of 6,299,628,388 ordinary shares carrying four votes each on a poll, 400,000 5.5 per cent. cumulative preference shares carrying four votes each on a poll and 500,000 11 per cent. cumulative preference shares carrying four votes each on a poll. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the company as at 23 June 2014 was 25,202,113,552.

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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.







 
 
Date: 25 June 2014
 
 
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP plc (Registrant)
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Jan Cargill
 
 
Name:
Title:
Jan Cargill
Deputy Secretary