Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9829N

Aviva PLC

26 May 2020

 

26 May 2020

Aviva plc

VOTING RESULTS OF 2020 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 2019 Annual report and accounts	2,522,665,591	99.99	365,256	0.01	64.24%	10,417,037
2.	To approve the Directors' remuneration report in the Company's 2019 Annual report and accounts	2,426,163,368	95.84	105,081,885	4.16	64.45%	2,308,589
3.
4.	To elect Amanda Blanc	2,528,794,266	99.85	3,689,386	0.15	64.48%	1,082,243
5.	To elect George Culmer	2,523,673,163	99.65	8,822,259	0.35	64.48%	1,080,243
6.	To elect Patrick Flynn	2,525,403,956	99.72	7,049,868	0.28	64.48%	1,115,758
7.	To elect Jason Windsor	2,516,821,427	99.38	15,628,741	0.62	64.48%	1,123,662
8.	To re-elect Patricia Cross	2,504,449,879	98.89	28,095,545	1.11	64.48%	1,020,691
9.	To re-elect Belén Romana García	2,507,686,918	99.02	24,816,004	0.98	64.48%	1,062,741
10.	To re-elect Michael Mire	2,504,390,132	98.89	28,100,826	1.11	64.48%	1,077,876
11.	To re-elect Sir Adrian Montague	2,503,914,388	98.91	27,677,057	1.09	64.46%	1,969,120
12.	To re-elect Maurice Tulloch	2,526,807,364	99.77	5,790,086	0.23	64.48%	978,284
13.	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor of the Company	2,488,235,569	99.78	5,527,965	0.22	63.49%	39,813,816
14.	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor's remuneration	2,524,769,760	99.68	8,061,433	0.32	64.49%	745,517
15.	To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure	2,486,239,047	98.17	46,384,051	1.83	64.48%	922,530
16.	To authorise the directors of the Company to allot ordinary shares	2,407,803,264	95.06	124,937,111	4.94	64.48%	832,890
17.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights on allotment of ordinary shares*	2,522,354,842	99.62	9,693,972	0.38	64.47%	1,529,910
18.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights - specified capital projects*	2,474,531,776	97.73	57,465,646	2.27	64.47%	1,581,906
19.	To authorise the directors to allot ordinary shares in respect of Solvency II Instruments	2,484,119,968	98.10	48,008,865	1.90	64.47%	1,433,573
20.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights - Solvency II Instruments*	2,476,376,633	97.80	55,652,661	2.20	64.47%	1,538,672
21.	Authority to allot sterling new preference shares	2,525,996,071	99.74	6,577,864	0.26	64.48%	1,006,725
22.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights - sterling new preference shares*	2,519,774,126	99.50	12,592,973	0.50	64.48%	1,210,778
23.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares*	2,476,748,633	97.88	53,686,842	2.12	64.43%	3,143,857
24.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own 8 3/4% preference shares*	2,518,463,539	99.53	11,858,689	0.47	64.42%	3,256,639
25.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own 8 3/8% preference shares*	2,518,454,352	99.53	11,852,347	0.47	64.42%	3,275,389
26.	To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than an Annual General Meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice*	2,375,512,073	93.77	157,501,218	6.23	64.49%	463,539

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 22 May 2020 there were 3,927,667,321 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  https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

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 .

2020 Financial Calendar

Half Year Preliminary Results Announcement                                                           6 August 2020 

Enquiries:

Roy Tooley, Head of Secretariat - Corporate & Board Governance                     [phone]

Media

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Sarah Swailes  [phone]

Analysts

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