Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7177N

Aviva PLC

10 May 2018

 

10 May 2018

Aviva plc

VOTING RESULTS OF 2018 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 2017 Annual report and accounts	2,880,045,908	99.91	2,546,471	0.09	71.76	14,211,881
2.	To approve the Directors' remuneration report in the Company's 2017 Annual report and accounts	2,808,999,968	97.13	83,109,802	2.87	72.00	4,671,678
3.	To approve the Directors' remuneration policy	2,809,661,298	97.13	83,164,398	2.87	72.01	3,970,718
4.	To declare a final dividend of 19.00 pence per ordinary share	2,896,320,617	100.00	112,796	0.00	72.10	372,453
5.	To elect Maurice Tulloch	2,878,758,262	99.41	17,125,760	0.59	72.09	912,605
6.	To re-elect Claudia Arney	2,869,428,485	99.18	23,718,834	0.82	72.02	3,654,466
7.	To re-elect Glyn Barker	2,739,480,764	94.63	155,484,527	5.37	72.07	1,831,066
8.	To re-elect Andy Briggs	2,878,784,803	99.40	17,243,986	0.60	72.09	771,880
9.	To re-elect Patricia Cross	2,865,619,697	98.96	30,092,416	1.04	72.09	1,088,990
10.	To re-elect Belén Romana García	2,876,907,771	99.34	19,080,929	0.66	72.09	810,101
11.	To re-elect Michael Hawker AM	2,870,040,037	99.10	25,957,193	0.90	72.09	801,070
12.	To re-elect Michael Mire	2,872,417,061	99.19	23,583,748	0.81	72.09	799,522
13.	To re-elect Sir Adrian Montague CBE	2,862,823,645	98.85	33,210,546	1.15	72.09	766,542
14.	To re-elect Tom Stoddard	2,871,380,160	99.15	24,658,156	0.85	72.09	760,944
15.	To re-elect Keith Williams	2,872,361,182	99.19	23,364,064	0.81	72.09	1,073,926
16.	To re-elect Mark Wilson	2,790,081,419	96.34	106,001,271	3.66	72.09	712,948
17.	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor of the Company	2,841,792,127	98.19	52,370,904	1.81	72.05	2,634,189
18.	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor's remuneration	2,889,242,811	99.77	6,767,812	0.23	72.09	756,721
19.	To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure	2,793,390,908	96.92	88,641,775	3.08	71.74	14,724,178
20.	To authorise the directors of the Company  to allot ordinary shares	2,706,782,868	93.46	189,422,251	6.54	72.10	574,509
21.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights on allotment of ordinary shares*	2,873,973,277	99.64	10,248,818	0.36	71.80	12,555,394
22.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights - specified capital projects*	2,720,274,351	94.32	163,914,322	5.68	71.80	12,590,411
23.	To authorise the directors to allot ordinary shares in respect of Solvency II Instruments	2,827,428,671	98.03	56,843,114	1.97	71.80	12,509,986
24.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights - Solvency II Instruments*	2,821,694,932	97.83	62,509,337	2.17	71.80	12,577,818
25.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares*	2,836,565,638	98.10	54,907,279	1.90	71.98	5,316,107
26.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own 8 3/4% preference shares*	2,867,425,155	99.18	23,792,541	0.82	71.97	5,521,356
27.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own 8 3/8% preference shares*	2,821,547,658	99.16	23,825,732	0.84	70.83	5,538,022
28.	To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than an Annual General Meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice*	2,721,284,981	94.39	161,708,218	5.61	71.77	13,765,189
29.	To adopt new articles of association*	2,878,092,161	99.98	700,388	0.02	71.66	15,542,045

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 2018, there were 4,017,077,978 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.

2018 Financial Calendar

Half Year Preliminary Results Announcement                                                                                       2 August 2018                                     

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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