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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