AGM Statement

RNS Number : 6639M

Legal & General Group Plc

27 May 2010

 



LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP Plc

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING : 26 MAY 2010

Legal & General Group Plc announces that, at its Annual General Meeting, held yesterday at The Institution of Engineering and Technology, Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL,  all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of the Meeting were passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote.  Resolutions 15-18 were noted as Special Resolutions. The votes cast were as follows:

Resolution	For*	%	Against	%	Votes Withheld / Abstentions*
Resolution 1 Adoption of financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2009	3,645,338,733	99.88	4,544,259	0.12	2,703,199
Resolution 2 To declare a final dividend of 2.73p per Ordinary share	3,651,932,595	100.00	116,858	-	536,738
Resolution 3 To re-elect Rudy Markham	3,492,106,284	95.72	156,317,051	4.28	3,810,856
Resolution 4 To re-elect John Pollock	3,633,197,839	99.51	17,720,991	0.49	1,476,161
Resolution 5 To re-elect Henry Staunton	3,633,325,006	99.52	17,672,791	0.48	1,442,707
Resolution 6 To re-elect James Strachan	3,587,483,742	98.27	63,318,483	1.73	1,428,598
Resolution 7 To elect Dame Clara Furse	3,630,513,910	99.44	20,385,128	0.56	1,562,311
Resolution 8 To elect John Stewart	3,627,260,057	99.36	23,407,796	0.64	1,817,138
Resolution 9 To elect Nigel Wilson	3,634,511,218	99.55	16,492,990	0.45	1,547,183
Resolution 10 Re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors.	3,568,517,100	99.12	31,860,834	0.88	51,892,450
Resolution 11 Auditors' remuneration	3,622,312,883	99.21	28,904,850	0.79	927,258
Resolution 12 Approve the Remuneration Report.	3,567,599,913	97.88	77,292,464	2.12	7,343,496
Resolution 13 Authority to allot unissued shares	3,630,816,794	99.46	19,630,581	0.54	1,800,848
Resolution 14 To authorise the Company to make political donations	3,605,273,591	99.10	32,779,043	0.90	14,088,407
Resolution 15 Amend the Articles of Association	3,578,303,636	99.43	20,398,027	0.57	53,439,378
Resolution 16 Disapplication of pre-emption rights	3,628,330,522	99.42	21,271,145	0.58	2,639,374
Resolution  17 Authority for the Company to purchase its own shares	3,645,073,587	99.81	6,761,977	0.19	753,309
Resolution  18 Reduce notice period for general meetings other than an AGM	3,353,460,354	92.22	282,888,611	7.78	16,045,076

*Votes withheld are not a vote in law and have not been counted in the calculation of the votes for and against each resolution.

Issued Share Capital on 26 May 2010:   5,864,938,520

As required by the Listing Rules, a copy of all the resolutions passed, other than those concerning ordinary business, has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

The Financial Services Authority,

25 The North Colonnade,

Canary Wharf,

London E14 5HS

Tel. [phone]

* Includes discretionary votes

 

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