AGM Voting

RNS Number : 9022S

Legal & General Group Plc

27 May 2009

 



LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP Plc

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING : 27 MAY 2009

Number of cards (shareholders) 27 May 2009:   27 May 2009: 224

Issued Share Capital on 27 May 2009:   5,861,679,365

Number of votes per share: 1

Legal & General Group Plc announces that, at its Annual General Meeting, held today 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. The votes cast were as follows:

Resolution	For	Against	Votes Withheld / Abstentions
Resolution 1 To receive and consider the Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2008	3,378,943,240	10,045,804	33,373,464
Resolution 2 To declare a final dividend of 2.05p per Ordinary share	3,376,061,224	11,109,173	35,152,644
Resolution 3 To re-elect A W Palmer	3,377,499,169	9,982,875	34,677,272
Resolution 4 To re-elect Sir Rob Margetts C.B.E	3,364,585,951	23,868,013	34,162,081
Resolution 5 To elect M J Gregory	3,377,366,520	10,698,970	34,228,959
Resolution 6 To approve the re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company	3,317,799,926	22,898,288	81,613,522
Resolution 7 To authorise the directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	3,366,598,484	18,670,321	37,040,767
Resolution 8 To consider and approve the Directors' Report on Remuneration as set out on pages 58 to 69 of the Report and Accounts	3,320,289,289	17,498,446	84,568,143
Resolution 9 To renew the authority of the directors to allot unissued shares	3,371,747,927	16,464,990	34,138,100
Resolution 10 (*) To renew the authority of the directors to issue shares for cash free of pre-emption rights33,067,411	3,352,571,422	35,174,616	34,161,712
Resolution 11 (*) To empower the Company to make market purchases of its shares	3,216,205,189	172,517,535	33,067,411
Resolution 12 (*) To approve the notice of general meeting	3,321,472,712	65,673,613	34,778,382
Resolution 13 To approve the rules of the new SAYE plan	3,377,111,861	10,116,558	34,680,391
Resolution 14 To approve the rules of the new CSOP Plan	3,348,802,197	24,830,225	48,282,454
Resolution 15 To approve the rules of the new ESP Plan	3,379,674,425	6,140,910	36,093,241
Resolution 16 To authorise the Company to make political donations	3,342,886,846	32,867,143	45,540,945

(*) Special Resolution

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

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

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