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AIB Group PLC held its Annual General Meeting on April 30, 2026, where all 17 proposed resolutions were passed on a poll. Resolutions 1-9 and 14 passed as ordinary resolutions, while resolutions 10-13 and 15-17 passed as special resolutions. Shareholders also approved a final dividend of 46.257 euro cents per share, payable on May 8, 2026.
| Date | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Time | 15:39:25 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 6552C |
30 April 2026
AIB GROUP PLC (the "Company")
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2026
The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM"), held today at 10 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2, all of the resolutions proposed were duly passed on a poll.
Resolutions 1 to 9 (inclusive), and resolution 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 10 to 13 (inclusive) and resolutions 15 to 17 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions.
The full text of each resolution, together with explanatory notes, are set out in the Notice of AGM which was circulated to Shareholders on 30 March 2026 and made available on the Company's website at www.aib.ie/investorrelations.
The results of the voting on the resolutions are as follows:
|
Resolution |
Votes For |
% |
Votes Against |
% |
Total Votes Cast |
Votes Withheld |
|
|
1 |
To receive and consider the financial statements for the year together with the reports of the Directors and the Auditor thereon |
1,517,896,068 |
99.96% |
602,358 |
0.04% |
1,518,498,426 |
2,146,170 |
|
2 |
To declare a final dividend of 46.257 euro cents per share payable on 8 May 2026 |
1,520,490,278 |
99.99% |
150,224 |
0.01% |
1,520,640,502 |
4,094 |
|
3 |
To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor |
1,486,034,091 |
97.73% |
34,577,314 |
2.27% |
1,520,611,405 |
33,191 |
|
4 |
To consider the continuation in office of PricewaterhouseCoopers as Auditor |
1,490,789,209 |
98.04% |
29,821,123 |
1.96% |
1,520,610,332 |
34,264 |
|
5(a) |
To re-appoint Anik Chaumartin |
1,510,824,604 |
99.55% |
6,897,604 |
0.45% |
1,517,722,208 |
2,922,388 |
|
5(b) |
To re-appoint Donal Galvin |
1,518,300,254 |
99.85% |
2,336,629 |
0.15% |
1,520,636,883 |
7,713 |
|
5(c) |
To re-appoint Basil Geoghegan |
1,506,212,273 |
99.05% |
14,428,361 |
0.95% |
1,520,640,634 |
3,962 |
|
5(d) |
To re-appoint Tanya Horgan |
1,520,468,180 |
99.99% |
171,289 |
0.01% |
1,520,639,469 |
5,127 |
|
5(e) |
To re-appoint Colin Hunt |
1,514,915,341 |
99.62% |
5,722,820 |
0.38% |
1,520,638,161 |
6,435 |
|
5(f) |
To re-appoint Sandy Kinney Pritchard |
1,517,900,185 |
99.82% |
2,739,276 |
0.18% |
1,520,639,461 |
5,135 |
|
5(g) |
To re-appoint Elaine MacLean |
1,470,550,209 |
96.71% |
50,088,770 |
3.29% |
1,520,638,979 |
5,617 |
|
5(h) |
To re-appoint Andrew Maguire |
1,520,583,088 |
100.00% |
56,092 |
0.00% |
1,520,639,180 |
5,416 |
|
5(i) |
To re-appoint Fergal O'Dwyer |
1,518,439,638 |
99.86% |
2,199,333 |
0.14% |
1,520,638,971 |
5,625 |
|
5(j) |
To re-appoint James Pettigrew |
1,503,684,609 |
98.89% |
16,954,458 |
1.11% |
1,520,639,067 |
5,529 |
|
5(k) |
To appoint Anne Sheehan |
1,520,463,944 |
99.99% |
174,913 |
0.01% |
1,520,638,857 |
5,739 |
|
5(l) |
To re-appoint Jan Sijbrand |
1,515,114,525 |
99.64% |
5,524,422 |
0.36% |
1,520,638,947 |
5,649 |
|
6 |
To consider the Directors' Remuneration Report |
1,494,702,910 |
98.30% |
25,906,808 |
1.70% |
1,520,609,718 |
34,878 |
|
7 |
To consider the Remuneration Policy |
1,501,298,226 |
98.73% |
19,308,002 |
1.27% |
1,520,606,228 |
38,368 |
|
8 |
To approve the aggregate cap to the basic fees for Non-Executive Directors |
1,514,616,609 |
99.61% |
5,994,848 |
0.39% |
1,520,611,457 |
33,139 |
|
9 |
To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities |
1,482,562,817 |
97.50% |
38,048,168 |
2.50% |
1,520,610,985 |
33,611 |
|
10(a) |
Limited authorisation for the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights |
1,516,575,391 |
99.73% |
4,034,240 |
0.27% |
1,520,609,631 |
34,965 |
|
10(b) |
Limited authorisation for the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or specified capital event |
1,515,131,431 |
99.64% |
5,478,957 |
0.36% |
1,520,610,388 |
34,208 |
|
11 |
To authorise the purchase by the Company of its own shares |
1,519,054,200 |
99.95% |
772,542 |
0.05% |
1,519,826,742 |
817,854 |
|
12 |
To determine the re-issue price range at which any treasury shares held may be re-issued off-market |
1,519,443,323 |
99.92% |
1,167,824 |
0.08% |
1,520,611,147 |
33,449 |
|
13 |
To authorise the Directors to convene general meetings on 14 days' notice |
1,438,165,135 |
94.58% |
82,471,710 |
5.42% |
1,520,636,845 |
7,751 |
|
14 |
To authorise the making of an Odd-lot Offer |
1,517,094,363 |
99.99% |
174,971 |
0.01% |
1,517,269,334 |
3,375,262 |
|
15 |
To authorise the making of an off-market purchase of shares |
1,517,089,954 |
99.99% |
175,833 |
0.01% |
1,517,265,787 |
3,378,809 |
|
16 |
To amend the Articles of Association for proposed Odd-lot Offer |
1,520,461,012 |
99.99% |
149,680 |
0.01% |
1,520,610,692 |
33,904 |
|
17 |
To amend the Articles of Association to delete Article 137 (Warrants) |
1,520,457,199 |
99.99% |
149,430 |
0.01% |
1,520,606,629 |
37,967 |
Notes:
1. A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.
2. The total number of ordinary shares in issue as at Sunday, 26 April 2026 was 2,118,454,177.
In accordance with Listing Rule 6.1.60 of Euronext Dublin and Listing Rule 9.6.2 of the Financial Conduct Authority, copies of all resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the AGM today have been submitted to Euronext Dublin and the UK National Storage Mechanism and will be shortly available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
-ENDS-
Contact details:
|
Conor Gouldson |
Niamh Hore |
Paddy McDonnell |
|
Group Company Secretary |
Head of Investor Relations |
Head of Media Relations |
|
AIB Molesworth Street |
AIB Molesworth Street |
AIB Molesworth Street |
|
Dublin 2 |
Dublin 2 |
Dublin 2 |
|
Tel: +353-1-7720030 |
Tel: +353-1-6411817 |
Tel: +353-87-7390743 |
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