Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0140H

Standard Life plc

13 May 2014

 



Standard Life plc

Results of Annual General Meeting 

The Board of Standard Life plc is pleased to announce that all the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting held earlier today, 13 May 2014, were duly passed.  The results of the polls were as follows:

	For	% For	Against	Total Votes Validly Cast	% of Issued Share Capital Voted	Votes Withheld
Resolution 1: To receive and consider the Annual Report and Accounts for 2013	965,491,593	99.90	962,751	966,454,344	28.98	2,087,285
Resolution 2: To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	940,033,023	99.06	8,922,984	948,956,007	28.45	19,596,861
Resolution 3: To authorise the Directors to set the auditors' fees	955,580,048	99.74	2,505,574	958,085,622	28.73	10,459,799
Resolution 4: To declare a final dividend for 2013	966,689,638	99.97	314,525	967,004,163	28.99	1,548,604
Resolution 5: To approve the Directors' remuneration report	890,059,942	97.66	21,307,143	911,367,085	27.32	57,170,259
Resolution 6: To approve the Directors' remuneration policy	894,269,807	95.81	39,117,295	933,387,102	27.98	35,158,952
Resolution 7: To approve the Standard Life plc Executive LTIP	922,037,950	95.65	41,964,189	964,002,139	28.90	4,539,675
Resolution 8A: To re-elect Gerald Grimstone as a Director	957,086,582	99.14	8,343,850	965,430,432	28.95	3,126,087
Resolution 8B: To re-elect Pierre Danon as a Director	954,842,492	98.92	10,391,223	965,233,715	28.94	3,318,810
Resolution 8C: To re-elect Crawford Gillies as a Director	960,828,679	99.54	4,465,422	965,294,101	28.94	3,254,248
Resolution 8D: To re-elect David Grigson as a Director	946,812,695	98.09	18,454,495	965,267,190	28.94	3,281,784
Resolution 8E: To re-elect Noel Harwerth as a Director	945,812,081	98.92	10,360,444	956,172,525	28.67	12,376,349
Resolution 8F: To re-elect David Nish as a Director	962,947,821	99.75	2,420,230	965,368,051	28.94	3,176,097
Resolution 8G: To re-elect John Paynter as a Director	961,143,849	99.57	4,130,187	965,274,036	28.94	3,268,793
Resolution 8H: To re-elect Lynne Peacock as a Director	961,088,647	99.55	4,315,909	965,404,556	28.94	3,144,318
Resolution 8I: To re-elect Keith Skeoch as a Director	962,851,642	99.74	2,468,303	965,319,945	28.94	3,228,820
Resolution 9: To elect Martin Pike as a Director	962,197,159	99.70	2,884,111	965,081,270	28.94	3,467,495
Resolution 10: To authorise the Directors to issue further shares	952,828,861	98.68	12,747,187	965,576,048	28.95	2,976,711
Resolution 11 (Special): To disapply share pre-emption rights	957,002,388	99.31	6,647,266	963,649,654	28.89	4,892,534
Resolution 12 (Special): To give authority for the Company to buy back up to 10% of its issued ordinary shares	959,733,841	99.38	5,962,785	965,696,626	28.95	2,856,133
Resolution 13: To provide limited authority to the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and to incur political expenditure	906,825,543	94.14	56,460,093	963,285,636	28.88	5,266,421
Resolution 14 (Special): To allow the Company to call general meetings on 14 days' notice	878,750,246	90.97	87,196,914	965,947,160	28.96	2,605,599

As previously announced, we confirm that Colin Buchan did not seek re-election, and resigned from the Board at the conclusion of the meeting.

The total number of shares in issue at 6pm on Monday 12 May 2014 was 2,390,611,725 ordinary shares of 10 pence each.

Votes withheld are not a vote in law and have not been counted in the calculation of the votes for and against each resolution, the total votes validly cast or the calculation of the proportion of issued share capital voted.

Copies of all resolutions are available for inspection in the AGM Guide previously submitted to the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, via the National Storage Mechanism at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will then be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm

The AGM Guide and the voting results are also available on the Standard Life plc website at www.standardlife.com 

13 May 2014

Enquiries:

Kenneth Gilmour, Group Secretariat  0131 245 0751 / 07734 974 073

Lorraine Rees, Investor Relations  0207 872 4124 / 07738 300 878

Barry Cameron, Media Relations  0131 245 6165 / 07712 486 463

Steven Hartley, Media Relations  0131 245 1365 / 07702 934 651

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