GSK plc
Results of 24th
Annual General Meeting
GSK plc ('GSK') held a hybrid Annual
General Meeting ('AGM') at 2.30pm on Wednesday 8 May 2024 at the
Royal Lancaster London, Lancaster Terrace, London, W2 2TY.
Shareholders were able to join the meeting in person or virtually
via the Lumi AGM website.
All valid proxy votes (whether
submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the
poll taken at the meeting.
The table below shows the results of
the poll on all 23 resolutions. The full text of the resolutions is
contained in the Notice of AGM published on 25 March 2024, which is
available on GSK's website at www.gsk.com.
|
Resolution
|
Total votes for(1)(2)
|
%
|
Total votes against(2)
|
%
|
Total votes cast
|
Votes withheld(3)
|
|
1
|
Receive and adopt the 2023 Annual
Report
|
3,026,657,634
|
99.93
|
1,985,899
|
0.07
|
3,028,643,533
|
11,560,313
|
|
2
|
Approve the Annual report on
remuneration
|
2,782,337,600
|
92.70
|
219,140,461
|
7.30
|
3,001,478,061
|
38,693,019
|
|
3
|
Election of Wendy Becker
|
2,908,153,080
|
95.87
|
125,392,399
|
4.13
|
3,033,545,479
|
6,609,293
|
|
4
|
Election od Dr Jeannie Lee
|
3,029,569,885
|
99.87
|
4,058,143
|
0.13
|
3,033,628,028
|
6,567,803
|
|
5
|
Re-election of Sir Jonathan
Symonds
|
3,018,694,064
|
99.51
|
14,982,162
|
0.49
|
3,033,676,226
|
6,516,614
|
|
6
|
Re-election of Dame Emma
Walmsley
|
3,028,232,685
|
99.81
|
5,822,706
|
0.19
|
3,034,055,391
|
6,142,099
|
|
7
|
Re-election of Julie Brown
|
3,024,167,039
|
99.68
|
9,628,961
|
0.32
|
3,033,796,000
|
6,386,918
|
|
8
|
Re-election of Elizabeth McKee
Anderson
|
2,960,185,482
|
97.57
|
73,605,787
|
2.43
|
3,033,791,269
|
6,404,117
|
|
9
|
Re-election of Charles
Bancroft
|
3,019,529,985
|
99.54
|
13,986,857
|
0.46
|
3,033,516,842
|
6,668,927
|
|
10
|
Re-election of Dr Hal
Barron
|
3,022,032,114
|
99.61
|
11,790,927
|
0.39
|
3,033,823,041
|
6,360,307
|
|
11
|
Re-election of Dr Anne
Beal
|
3,021,808,961
|
99.60
|
12,038,342
|
0.40
|
3,033,847,303
|
6,336,638
|
|
12
|
Re-election of Dr Harry C
Dietz
|
3,029,031,724
|
99.85
|
4,650,326
|
0.15
|
3,033,682,050
|
6,508,974
|
|
13
|
Re-election of Dr Jesse
Goodman
|
3,028,663,561
|
99.84
|
4,930,361
|
0.16
|
3,033,593,922
|
6,598,956
|
|
14
|
Re-election of Dr Vishal
Sikka
|
2,868,354,507
|
94.57
|
164,801,089
|
5.43
|
3,033,155,596
|
7,017,053
|
|
15
|
Re-appointment of the
auditor
|
3,014,623,759
|
99.95
|
1,608,077
|
0.05
|
3,016,231,836
|
23,950,717
|
|
16
|
Remuneration of the
auditor
|
3,031,902,105
|
99.92
|
2,552,472
|
0.08
|
3,034,454,577
|
5,710,703
|
|
17
|
Authority for the company to make
donations to political organisations and incur political
expenditure
|
2,932,886,023
|
98.76
|
36,920,830
|
1.24
|
2,969,806,853
|
70,418,813
|
|
18
|
Authority to allot shares
|
2,902,088,897
|
95.68
|
130,945,918
|
4.32
|
3,033,034,815
|
7,163,455
|
|
19
|
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
- general power(4)
|
2,961,493,840
|
97.71
|
69,555,193
|
2.29
|
3,031,049,033
|
9,105,429
|
|
20
|
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
- in connection with an acquisition or specified capital
investment(4)
|
2,937,510,909
|
96.91
|
93,802,022
|
3.09
|
3,031,312,931
|
8,843,231
|
|
21
|
Authority for the company to purchase
its own shares(4)
|
3,007,905,874
|
99.25
|
22,735,155
|
0.75
|
3,030,641,029
|
9,526,430
|
|
22
|
Exemption from statement of senior
statutory auditor's name
|
2,960,435,195
|
99.72
|
8,381,561
|
0.28
|
2,968,816,756
|
71,372,939
|
|
23
|
Authority for reduced notice of a
general meeting other than an AGM(4)
|
2,795,236,350
|
93.79
|
185,233,215
|
6.21
|
2,980,469,565
|
59,729,307
|
Notes:
(1)
The "for" votes include those giving the Chair
discretion.
(2)
Votes "for" and "against" are expressed as a percentage of the
total votes cast.
(3) A
"vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a
resolution.
(4)
Indicates Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority of votes
cast.
The Company's issued share capital as
at 3 May 2024 consisted of 4,144,937,355 shares of 31 ¼ pence each
('Ordinary Shares') excluding Ordinary Shares held in Treasury.
Every shareholder has one vote for every Ordinary
Share held.
The above poll results will shortly
be available on the company's website at www.gsk.com.
In accordance with Listing Rule
9.6.2 of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Listing Rules, a
copy of the resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary
business, will be submitted to the FCA and will in due course be
available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
V A
Whyte
Company Secretary
8 May 2024