Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4001R

Aviva PLC

29 April 2009

 



Aviva plc

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Aviva plc announces the results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting held today 

	For	Against	Votes Withheld
Resolution 1: To receive the Annual Report and Accounts	1,610,533,893	1,349,552	4,892,888
Resolution 2: To declare a final dividend	1,608,006,771	3,191,219	5,578,343
Resolution 3: To elect Mark Hodges	1,605,545,540	4,170,837	7,059,956
Resolution 4: To elect Euleen Goh	1,588,336,752	23,321,662	5,117,919
Resolution 5: To re-elect Mary Francis	1,587,662,971	23,988,146	5,125,216
Resolution 6: To re-elect Carole Piwnica	1,587,555,514	24,087,149	5,133,670
Resolution 7: To re-elect Russell Walls	1,588,769,149	22,848,864	5,158,438
Resolution 8: To re-elect Richard Karl Goeltz	1,563,739,894	47,875,849	5,160,447
Resolution 9: To reappoint Ernst & Young LLP	1,554,589,627	37,138,989	25,047,716
Resolution 10: To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration	1,558,008,304	28,153,980	30,614,049
Resolution 11: To increase the authorised share capital of the Company	1,568,851,586	42,050,541	5,951,548
Resolution 12: To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities subject to the restrictions set out in the resolution	1,553,156,283	58,026,604	5,593,420
Resolution 13: To approve the renewal of the authority to make non pre-emptive share allotments (Specia1 Resolution)	1,608,674,472	4,540,379	3,561,457
Resolution 14: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	1,447,350,617	71,215,577	98,210,256
Resolution 15: To authorise general meetings other than annual general meetings to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution)	1,564,645,397	50,345,926	1,785,010
Resolution 16: To authorise the Company and any subsidiary company in the Group to make political donations	1,587,948,963	14,281,105	14,623,464
Resolution 17: To authorise the Company to introduce a scrip dividend scheme	1,609,272,469	1,163,685	6,340,036
Resolution 18: To authorise the purchase of the Company's ordinary shares up to a specified amount (Special Resolution)	1,609,515,408	2,309,455	4,951,327
Resolution 19: To authorise the purchase of the Company's 8¾ % preference shares up to a specified amount (Special Resolution)	1,580,003,990	31,688,298	5,084,020
Resolution 20: To authorise the purchase of the Company's 8⅜ % preference shares up to a specified amount (Special Resolution)	1,579,963,202	31,698,719	5,114,387
Resolutions 1-20 were carried

Wim Dik retired at the 2009 Aviva plc Annual General Meeting and did not seek re-election. Wim Dik therefore resigned from the Board at the conclusion of the meeting.

On 29th April 2009 there were 2,658,026,932 ordinary shares in issue and 251 shareholders or persons representing shareholders attended the meeting. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.

Graham Jones

Group Company Secretary

29 April 2009

 

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