Directorate change & withdrawal of AGM resolution

Aviva PLC

17 April 2024

 

                                                        

17 April 2024

Directorate change and withdrawal of AGM resolution

Aviva plc (the Company) announces that Mike Craston, a Non-Executive Director of the Company and Chair of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited, has stepped down from the Boards of the Company and its subsidiaries effective 16 April 2024, having spent over eight years with the Group in both non-executive and executive roles.

George Culmer, Chair said "I would like to thank Mike for his commitment and outstanding contribution to the Company during his tenure as a Non-Executive Director of the Company and Chair of Aviva Investors. We wish him well for the future".

As a result, Mike will not be standing for re-election at the Company's Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024. As the Company's Notice of 2024 AGM (the Notice) has already been issued, the Company confirms that the resolution to re-elect Mike Craston as a Non-Executive Director of the Company (Resolution 11) is now withdrawn.

The withdrawal of Resolution 11 does not otherwise affect the validity of the Notice, the proxy form or any proxy votes already submitted on other proposed resolutions. The numbering of all other proposed resolutions at the AGM will remain unchanged.

This announcement is made in compliance with the Company's obligations under Listing Rule 9.6.11.

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Enquiries:

Governance:
Susan Adams	[phone]
Media:
Andrew Reid	[phone]
Sarah Swailes	[phone]
Marion Fischer	[phone]
Analysts:
Rupert Taylor Rea	[phone]
Joel von Sternberg	[phone]
Michael O'Hara	[phone]

Notes to editors:

·    We are the UK's leading diversified insurer and we operate in the UK, Ireland and Canada. We also have international investments in India and China.

·    We help our 19.2 million customers make the most out of life, plan for the future, and have the confidence that if things go wrong we'll be there to put it right.

·    We have been taking care of people for more than 325 years, in line with our purpose of being 'with you today, for a better tomorrow'. In 2023, we paid £25.6 billion in claims and benefits to our customers.

·    In 2021, we announced our ambition to become Net Zero by 2040, the first major insurance company in the world to do so. We are aiming to have Net Zero carbon emissions from Aviva's operations and supply chain by 2030. While we are working towards our sustainability ambitions, we recognise that while we have control over Aviva's operations and influence on our supply chain, when it comes to decarbonising the economy in which we operate and invest, Aviva is one part of a far larger global ecosystem. There are also limits to our ability to influence other organisations and governments. Nevertheless, we remain focused on the task and are committed to playing our part in the collective effort to enable the global transition. Find out more about our climate goals at www.aviva.com/climate-goals  and our sustainability ambition and action at www.aviva.com/sustainability

·    Aviva is a Living Wage, Living Pension and Living Hours employer and provides market-leading benefits for our people, including flexible working, paid carers leave and equal parental leave. Find out more at www.aviva.com/about-us/our-people

·    As at 31 December 2023, total Group assets under management at Aviva Group were £376 billion and our estimated Solvency II shareholder capital surplus was £8.8 billion. Our shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange and we are a member of the FTSE 100 index.

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