Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8331X

Aviva PLC

06 May 2021

 

6 May 2021

Aviva plc

VOTING RESULTS OF 2021 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 2020 Annual report and accounts	2,408,467,751	99.99	193,332	0.01	61.30%	43,603,310
2.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	2,366,743,575	96.73	79,935,463	3.27	62.27%	5,559,198
3.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	2,374,520,911	96.93	75,190,042	3.07	62.35%	2,529,266
4.	To approve the Company's climate-related financial disclosure for 2020	2,441,900,985	99.95	1,113,890	0.05	62.18%	9,411,487
5.	To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2020 of 14 pence per ordinary share	2,449,965,687	99.92	1,977,551	0.08	62.40%	314,250
6.	To elect Mohit Joshi	2,447,799,406	99.89	2,755,732	0.11	62.37%	1,663,555
7.	To elect Pippa Lambert	2,447,903,814	99.89	2,716,972	0.11	62.37%	1,601,165
8.	To elect Jim McConville	2,447,887,721	99.89	2,739,231	0.11	62.37%	1,590,053
9.	To re-elect Amanda Blanc	2,449,869,413	99.96	1,086,509	0.04	62.38%	1,265,860
10.	To re-elect Patricia Cross	2,428,094,148	99.08	22,594,325	0.92	62.37%	1,537,611
11.	To re-elect George Culmer	2,443,974,263	99.72	6,861,657	0.28	62.38%	1,384,420
12.	To re-elect Patrick Flynn	2,427,752,659	99.07	22,717,963	0.93	62.37%	1,747,328
13.	To re-elect Belén Romana García	2,429,974,107	99.16	20,669,677	0.84	62.37%	1,574,863
14.	To re-elect Michael Mire	2,421,819,867	98.82	28,829,759	1.18	62.37%	1,570,197
15.	To re-elect Jason Windsor	2,440,882,753	99.59	9,925,986	0.41	62.37%	1,410,383
16.	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor	2,386,279,031	97.35	65,067,234	2.65	62.39%	887,720
17.	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor's remuneration	2,429,583,393	99.11	21,861,944	0.89	62.39%	773,562
18.	To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure	2,393,065,135	97.63	58,028,524	2.37	62.38%	1,097,875
19.	To authorise the directors of the Company to allot ordinary shares	2,295,254,828	93.63	156,091,090	6.37	62.39%	878,689
20.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights on allotment of ordinary shares*	2,441,299,021	99.63	8,964,901	0.37	62.36%	1,958,474
21.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights - specified capital projects*	2,338,036,601	95.42	112,193,101	4.58	62.36%	1,973,301
22.	To authorise the directors to allot ordinary shares in respect of Solvency II Instruments	2,389,476,170	97.56	59,739,730	2.44	62.33%	2,989,246
23.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights - Solvency II Instruments*	2,382,764,553	97.28	66,603,076	2.72	62.34%	2,835,776
24.	To approve the Aviva Annual Bonus Plan	2,417,536,838	98.77	30,218,967	1.23	62.30%	4,430,896
25.	To approve the Long-Term Incentive Plan	2,351,864,712	96.00	98,086,806	4.00	62.35%	2,256,618
26.	To approve the All Employee Share Ownership Plan	2,445,905,892	99.78	5,389,466	0.22	62.39%	911,656
27.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares*	2,389,167,195	97.82	53,322,179	2.18	62.16%	9,727,092
28.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own 8 3/4% preference shares*	2,431,678,693	99.21	19,387,969	0.79	62.38%	1,140,375
29..	To authorise the Company to purchase its own 8 3/8% preference shares*	2,431,660,529	99.21	19,392,711	0.79	62.38%	1,155,992
30.	To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than an Annual General Meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice*	2,285,525,185	93.23	166,069,442	6.77	62.39%	616,620

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 5 May 2021 there were 3,929,177,604 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 .

Enquiries:

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

Media

Andrew Reid    [phone]

Sarah Swailes  [phone]

Analysts

Jakub Rosochowski    [phone]

 

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