Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3698F
Legal & General Group Plc
22 May 2013
 



Legal & general group plc

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 22 MAY 2013

 

Legal & General Group Plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting held today at The Honourable Artillery Company, Armoury House, City Road, London EC1Y 2BQ, all of the resolutions proposed in the Notice of the Meeting were passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote. All Board Directors were in attendance.

 

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 2012

4,114,348,603

99.99

321,145

0.01

68,562,627

Resolution 2

Declaration of a final dividend of 5.69p per ordinary share

4,178,263,005

100

126,611

0.00

4,851,809

Resolution 3

Election of Mark Zinkula as a Director

4,153,524,727

99.43

24,014,266

0.57

5,692,432

Resolution 4

Election of Lindsay Tomlinson as a Director

4,164,286,860

99.68

13,283,425

0.32

5,653,424

Resolution 5

Re-election of Stuart Popham as a Director

4,165,408,189

99.71

12,185,009

0.29

5,630,411

Resolution 6

Re-election of Julia Wilson as a Director

4,161,273,653

99.61

16,329,132

0.39

5,620,824

Resolution 7

Re-election of Mike Fairey as a Director

4,160,592,607

99.59

17,038,325

0.41

5,592,677

Resolution 8

Re-election of Mark Gregory as a Director

4,152,382,125

99.40

25,256,252

0.60

5,593,248

Resolution 9

Re-election of Rudy Markham as a Director

4,155,581,404

99.47

22,077,120

0.53

5,565,085

Resolution 10

Re-election of John Pollock as a Director

4,152,514,726

99.40

25,201,983

0.60

5,514,916

Resolution 11

Re-election of Nicholas Prettejohn as a Director

4,159,830,974

99.58

17,730,081

0.42

5,662,554

Resolution 12

Re-election of John Stewart as a Director

4,163,028,219

99.65

14,695,746

0.35

5,499,644

Resolution 13

Re-election of Nigel Wilson as a Director

4,165,353,314

99.70

12,420,530

0.30

5,475,581

Resolution 14

Re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors

4,020,518,377

98.54

59,621,660

1.46

103,093,572

Resolution 15

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

4,092,092,070

98.75

51,961,759

1.25

39,187,096

Resolution 16

Approval of Remuneration Report

4,009,276,082

99.14

34,764,807

0.86

139,185,561

Resolution 17

Authority to allot equity securities

4,158,173,491

99.54

19,420,397

0.46

5,646,726

Resolution 18

Authority to make Political donations

4,152,401,962

99.42

24,111,251

0.58

6,716,242

Resolution 19*

Disapplication of pre-emption rights

4,160,492,829

99.60

16,884,480

0.40

5,852,046

Resolution  20*

Authority to purchase own shares

4,171,799,919

99.85

6,404,881

0.15

5,032,525

Resolution  21*

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

3,837,663,779

91.85

340,427,683

8.15

5,149,962

 

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 proxy votes cast was 4,181,363,954 representing 70.69% of voting capital as at 20 May 2013.  At the close of business on 20 May 2013, the issued share capital of the Company was 5,914,612,797 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 http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do and also on the Company's website at http://investor.legalandgeneral.com/agm.cfm?ShowYear=2013 

 

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 http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do 

 

 

Name of person making notification:

Claire Singleton

Contact number:

020 3124 2149

Date of notification:

22 May 2013

 

 

 

 


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