Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9753M

Legal & General Group Plc

26 May 2022

 

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 26 MAY 2022

Legal & General Group Plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting held today at the British Medical Association, BMA House, Tavistock Square, Bloomsbury, London, WC1H 9JP 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 2021	3,949,002,837	99.39	24,043,300	0.61	3,338,567
Resolution 2 Declaration of a final dividend of 13.27p per ordinary share	3,970,530,303	99.87	5,164,869	0.13	862,701
Resolution 3 Election of Laura Wade-Gery as a Director	3,972,435,450	99.93	2,791,887	0.07	1,241,304
Resolution 4 Re-election of Henrietta Baldock as a Director	3,900,598,198	98.12	74,580,431	1.88	1,180,446
Resolution 5 Re-election of Nilufer von Bismarck as a Director	3,900,190,625	98.11	74,981,006	1.89	1,234,924
Resolution 6 Re-election of Philip Broadley as a Director	3,890,072,394	97.86	85,076,412	2.14	1,210,415
Resolution 7 Re-election of Jeff Davies as a Director	3,963,232,410	99.70	12,002,152	0.30	1,174,149
Resolution 8 Re-election of Sir John Kingman as a Director	3,921,634,570	98.65	53,660,173	1.35	1,064,478
Resolution 9 Re-election of Lesley Knox as a Director	3,872,055,677	97.41	103,141,281	2.59	1,199,923
Resolution 10 Re-election of George Lewis as a Director	3,889,987,241	97.86	85,120,970	2.14	1,236,004
Resolution 11 Re-election of Ric Lewis as a Director	3,889,857,893	97.85	85,307,864	2.15	1,190,944
Resolution 12 Re-election of Sir Nigel Wilson as a Director	3,972,062,939	99.92	3,235,482	0.08	1,110,001
Resolution 13 Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as auditors	3,884,103,326	97.71	91,082,145	2.29	1,260,462
Resolution 14 To authorise the Audit Committee, on behalf of the Directors to determine the Auditors' remuneration	3,921,588,173	98.65	53,630,403	1.35	1,174,837
Resolution 15 Approval of Remuneration Report	3,651,512,293	95.39	176,478,762	4.61	148,401,858
Resolution 16 Authority to allot equity securities	3,928,785,847	98.83	46,574,780	1.17	1,082,286
Resolution 17 Authority to allot contingent convertible securities	3,925,793,746	98.76	49,316,001	1.24	1,283,166
Resolution 18 Authority to make political donations	3,917,825,230	98.55	57,727,590	1.45	891,135
Resolution 19* Disapplication of pre-emption rights	3,923,923,921	98.71	51,123,002	1.29	1,436,490
Resolution 20* Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights	3,887,627,199	97.80	87,308,221	2.20	1,452,665
Resolution 21* Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with CCS	3,919,231,259	98.60	55,626,685	1.40	1,527,518
Resolution 22* Authority to purchase own shares	3,935,320,452	99.02	39,041,027	0.98	2,132,146
Resolution 23* Authority to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	3,675,119,270	92.44	300,401,314	7.56	1,031,961

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 3,975,695,172 representing 66.59% of voting capital as at 24 May 2022.  At the close of business on 24 May 2022, the issued share capital of the Company was 5,970,524,657ordinary 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 4111
Date of notification:	26 May 2022

 

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