Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7723E

Aviva PLC

10 May 2017

 

10 May 2017

Aviva plc

VOTING RESULTS OF 2017 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Aviva plc announces the results of its Annual General Meeting held today. All resolutions were voted on by way of a poll and were passed.

The total number of votes received on each resolution is as follows:

	Resolution	For	% of votes cast	Against	% of votes cast	Votes cast as % of Issued Share Capital	Withheld
1.	To receive and consider the Company's 2016 Annual report and accounts	2,836,706,486	99.92	2,282,169	0.08	69.78%	672,489
2.	To approve the Directors' remuneration report in the Company's 2016 Annual report and accounts	2,783,050,269	97.70	65,392,949	2.30	70.01%	2,480,449
3.	To declare a final dividend of 15.88 pence per ordinary share	2,848,919,030	99.94	1,704,250	0.06	70.06%	324,960
4.	To elect Keith Williams	2,845,124,887	99.83	4,978,032	0.17	70.05%	839,538
5.	To re-elect Claudia Arney	2,839,627,193	99.63	10,555,270	0.37	70.05%	762,335
6.	To re-elect Glyn Barker	2,717,002,195	95.33	133,141,800	4.67	70.05%	802,357
7.	To re-elect Andy Briggs	2,834,078,621	99.43	16,103,863	0.57	70.05%	762,977
8.	To re-elect Patricia Cross	2,801,924,263	99.28	20,284,240	0.72	69.37%	28,737,134
9.	To re-elect Belén Romana García	2,838,124,902	99.58	11,975,395	0.42	70.05%	840,154
10.	To re-elect Michael Hawker AM	2,838,416,612	99.59	11,741,281	0.41	70.05%	784,063
11.	To re-elect Michael Mire	2,839,523,589	99.63	10,634,848	0.37	70.05%	786,468
12.	To re-elect Sir Adrian Montague CBE	2,830,876,659	99.32	19,285,053	0.68	70.05%	784,796
13.	To re-elect Tom Stoddard	2,824,664,014	99.10	25,519,891	0.90	70.05%	761,482
14.	To re-elect Mark Wilson	2,838,122,929	99.58	12,060,170	0.42	70.05%	760,060
15.	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor of the Company	2,772,494,781	97.96	57,743,304	2.04	69.56%	20,699,833
16.	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor's remuneration	2,801,869,896	99.00	28,238,366	1.00	69.56%	20,821,688
17.	To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure	2,760,839,444	97.37	74,704,626	2.63	69.69%	15,227,071
18.	To approve the Rules of the Aviva plc Savings Related Share Option Scheme 2017	2,825,196,349	99.13	24,694,135	0.87	70.05%	930,471
19.	To authorise the directors of the Company  to allot ordinary shares	2,717,778,797	95.53	127,197,042	4.47	69.93%	5,776,101
20.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights on allotment of ordinary shares*	2,821,802,147	99.58	11,926,699	0.42	69.65%	17,186,390
21.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights - specified capital projects*	2,679,674,553	94.57	153,965,401	5.43	69.65%	17,176,417
22.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares*	2,810,860,952	98.78	34,594,124	1.22	69.94%	5,463,306
23.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own 8 3/4% preference shares*	2,841,915,789	99.89	3,047,545	0.11	69.93%	5,787,032
24.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own 8 3/8% preference shares*	2,841,890,300	99.89	3,051,406	0.11	69.93%	5,807,252
25.	To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than an Annual General Meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice*	2,627,206,993	92.61	209,653,878	7.39	69.73%	14,049,149
26.	To authorise the directors to allot ordinary shares in respect of Solvency II Instruments	2,791,457,960	98.69	37,164,617	1.31	69.52%	22,128,957
27.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights - Solvency II Instruments*	2,784,214,191	98.44	44,190,421	1.56	69.52%	22,270,260

Notes:

*Special resolution

A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.

On 8 May 2017, there were 4,068,560,265 Aviva plc ordinary shares in issue. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per share held.

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting will also be available on the Aviva website at www.aviva.com/agm shortly.

The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Aviva website at www.aviva.com/agm.

Aviva's LEI code is YF0Y5B0IB8SM0ZFG9G81

2017 Financial Calendar

Half Year Preliminary Results Announcement                                               3 August 2017                                     

Enquiries:

Kirstine Cooper, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary     [phone]

Media

Nigel Prideaux                                                                                       [phone]

Andrew Reid                                                                                          [phone] 

Analysts

Chris Esson                                                                                          [phone]

 

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