Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8531K

Aviva PLC

09 May 2022

 

9 May 2022

Aviva plc

VOTING RESULTS OF 2022 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 2021 Annual report and accounts	2,425,486,182	99.99	211,075	0.01	65.78%	6,541,433
2.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	2,312,723,155	95.17	117,286,675	4.83	65.90%	2,225,918
3.	To approve the Company's climate-related financial disclosure for 2021	2,328,727,320	97.85	51,154,829	2.15	64.54%	52,353,373
4.	To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2021 of 14.7 pence per ordinary share	2,424,071,386	99.71	6,990,824	0.29	65.93%	1,175,308
5.	To elect Andrea Blance	2,426,623,119	99.86	3,343,753	0.14	65.90%	2,263,921
6.	To elect Shonaid Jemmett-Page	2,119,052,990	87.23	310,339,110	12.77	65.89%	2,839,234
7.	To elect Martin Strobel	2,423,469,194	99.75	6,167,310	0.25	65.89%	2,592,890
8.	To re-elect Amanda Blanc	2,429,344,134	99.96	1,039,532	0.04	65.91%	1,851,609
9.	To re-elect George Culmer	2,388,202,515	98.28	41,744,924	1.72	65.90%	2,288,482
10.	To re-elect Patrick Flynn	2,378,914,422	97.90	50,971,697	2.10	65.90%	2,346,917
11.	To re-elect Mohit Joshi	2,379,021,386	97.91	50,832,881	2.09	65.90%	2,379,245
12.	To re-elect Pippa Lambert	2,377,219,968	97.83	52,692,770	2.17	65.90%	2,318,005
13.	To re-elect Jim McConville	2,379,200,958	97.92	50,654,682	2.08	65.90%	2,377,812
14.	To re-elect Michael Mire	2,375,866,680	97.78	53,995,992	2.22	65.90%	2,371,035
15.	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor	2,380,992,608	97.98	49,135,269	2.02	65.90%	2,106,813
16.	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor's remuneration	2,413,733,507	99.33	16,319,615	0.67	65.90%	2,163,216
17.	To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure	2,379,233,552	97.92	50,489,162	2.08	65.89%	2,485,517
18.	To authorise the directors of the Company to allot ordinary shares	2,305,993,358	94.88	124,447,276	5.12	65.91%	1,791,151
19.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights on allotment of ordinary shares*	2,399,797,287	98.79	29,274,781	1.21	65.88%	3,158,031
20.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights - specified capital projects*	2,336,263,266	96.19	92,648,968	3.81	65.87%	3,317,371
21.	To authorise the directors to allot ordinary shares in respect of Solvency II Instruments	2,384,745,574	98.17	44,335,979	1.83	65.88%	3,149,789
22.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights - Solvency II Instruments*	2,355,673,540	96.99	73,026,268	3.01	65.87%	3,529,345
23.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares*	2,381,899,158	98.02	48,139,619	1.98	65.90%	2,194,258
24.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own 8 3/4% preference shares*	2,409,067,077	99.15	20,665,631	0.85	65.89%	2,500,012
25.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own 8 3/8% preference shares*	2,409,058,273	99.15	20,671,075	0.85	65.89%	2,501,508
26.	To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than an Annual General Meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice*	2,287,325,300	94.11	143,225,436	5.89	65.92%	1,683,105

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 6 May 2022 there were 3,687,322,000 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    [phone]

Media

Andrew Reid                                                                                [phone]

Sarah Swailes                                                                              [phone]

Analysts

Rupert Taylor Rea                                                                        [phone]

Tegan Gill                                                                                     [phone]

 

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