Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3285Z
Legal & General Group Plc
20 May 2021
 

Legal & general group plc

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 20 MAY 2021

 

Legal & General Group Plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting held today at One Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AA all of the resolutions proposed in the Notice of the Meeting were passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote.

 

The votes cast were as follows:

 

Resolution 

For 1

Against

Votes Withheld 2

No. of shares1

%

No. of shares

%

Resolution 1

Receipt of financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020

3,968,578,081

100.00

72,943

0.00

3,131,851

Resolution 2

Declaration of a final dividend of 12.64p per ordinary share

3,939,505,595

99.19

32,068,426

0.81

208,854

Resolution 3

Election of Ric Lewis as a Director

3,959,857,095

99.71

11,335,910

0.29

589,870

Resolution 4

Election of Nilufer von Bismarck as a Director

3,970,758,054

99.99

430,158

0.01

594,663

Resolution 5

Re-election of Henrietta Baldock as a Director

3,918,173,097

98.67

52,984,567

1.33

625,211

Resolution 6

Re-election of Philip Broadley as a Director

3,893,207,669

98.04

77,856,118

1.96

719,088

Resolution 7

Re-election of Jeff Davies as a Director

3,957,630,328

99.66

13,582,109

0.34

570,438

Resolution 8

Re-election of Sir John Kingman as a Director

3,736,401,100

96.55

133,367,545

3.45

102,014,228

Resolution 9

Re-election of Lesley Knox as a Director

3,878,766,480

97.67

92,457,659

2.33

558,736

Resolution 10

Re-election of George Lewis as a Director

3,920,910,647

98.73

50,239,645

1.27

632,583

Resolution 11

Re-election of Toby Strauss as a Director

3,921,338,381

98.75

49,813,652

1.25

630,842

Resolution 12

Re-election of Nigel Wilson as a Director

3,970,836,069

99.99

411,078

0.01

535,728

Resolution 13

Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as auditors

3,919,121,589

98.68

52,249,703

1.32

411,583

Resolution 14

To authorise the Director's to fix the Auditors' remuneration

3,940,021,713

99.21

31,418,417

0.79

342,745

Resolution 15

Approval of Remuneration Report

3,858,805,163

97.17

112,466,802

2.83

510,910

Resolution 16

Authority to allot equity securities

3,925,331,936

98.84

46,106,649

1.16

344,290

Resolution 17

Authority to allot contingent convertible securities

3,937,640,023

99.15

33,710,861

0.85

431,990

Resolution 18

Authority to make political donations

3,878,069,376

97.66

93,095,462

2.34

616,036

Resolution 19*

Disapplication of pre-emption rights

3,958,288,284

99.67

12,985,584

0.33

507,007

Resolution 20*

Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights

3,873,208,287

97.53

98,104,325

2.47

468,262

Resolution 21*

Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with CCS

3,926,590,014

98.88

44,673,342

1.12

517,518

Resolution 22*

Authority to purchase own shares

3,896,914,712

98.47

60,425,387

1.53

14,442,775

Resolution 23*

To adopt new Articles of Association

3,970,904,564

99.99

247,327

0.01

630,984

Resolution 24*

Authority to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice

3,654,776,173

92.03

316,696,434

7.97

310,267

 

Notes:

1  The 'for' votes include those giving the Chairman discretion.

2  A vote 'withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'for' and 'against' each resolution.

3   Votes 'for' and 'against' are expressed as a percentage of the votes received.

4   Voting was conducted by poll.

5   The total number of votes cast was 3,971,574,021 representing 66.55% of voting capital as at 18 May 2021.  At the close of business on 18 May 2021, the issued share capital of the Company was 5,967,625,491 ordinary shares (no shares are held in Treasury).  

*  Denotes a Special Resolution.

 

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual of General Meeting which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism   and also on the Company's website at https://www.legalandgeneralgroup.com/investors/shareholder-centre/agm/

 

In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.3(1) and 9.6.18 a copy of the resolutions passed (other than those concerning ordinary business) will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will also be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

 

Name of person making notification: Leanne Cornish

Contact Number: 020 3124 2107

Date of notification: 20 May 2021

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