Thursday 26 May, 2022
Legal & General Grp
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:
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Resolution
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For 1
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Against
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Votes Withheld 2
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No. of shares1
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%
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No. of shares
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%
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Resolution 1
Receipt of financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021
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3,949,002,837
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99.39
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24,043,300
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0.61
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3,338,567
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Resolution 2
Declaration of a final dividend of 13.27p per ordinary share
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3,970,530,303
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99.87
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5,164,869
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0.13
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862,701
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Resolution 3
Election of Laura Wade-Gery as a Director
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3,972,435,450
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99.93
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2,791,887
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0.07
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1,241,304
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Resolution 4
Re-election of Henrietta Baldock as a Director
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3,900,598,198
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98.12
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74,580,431
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1.88
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1,180,446
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Resolution 5
Re-election of Nilufer von Bismarck as a Director
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3,900,190,625
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98.11
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74,981,006
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1.89
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1,234,924
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Resolution 6
Re-election of Philip Broadley as a Director
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3,890,072,394
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97.86
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85,076,412
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2.14
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1,210,415
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Resolution 7
Re-election of Jeff Davies as a Director
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3,963,232,410
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99.70
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12,002,152
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0.30
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1,174,149
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Resolution 8
Re-election of Sir John Kingman as a Director
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3,921,634,570
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98.65
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53,660,173
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1.35
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1,064,478
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Resolution 9
Re-election of Lesley Knox as a Director
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3,872,055,677
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97.41
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103,141,281
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2.59
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1,199,923
|
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Resolution 10
Re-election of George Lewis as a Director
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3,889,987,241
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97.86
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85,120,970
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2.14
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1,236,004
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Resolution 11
Re-election of Ric Lewis as a Director
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3,889,857,893
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97.85
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85,307,864
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2.15
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1,190,944
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Resolution 12
Re-election of Sir Nigel Wilson as a Director
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3,972,062,939
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99.92
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3,235,482
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0.08
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1,110,001
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Resolution 13
Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as auditors
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3,884,103,326
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97.71
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91,082,145
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2.29
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1,260,462
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Resolution 14
To authorise the Audit Committee, on behalf of the Directors to determine the Auditors' remuneration
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3,921,588,173
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98.65
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53,630,403
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1.35
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1,174,837
|
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Resolution 15
Approval of Remuneration Report
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3,651,512,293
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95.39
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176,478,762
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4.61
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148,401,858
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Resolution 16
Authority to allot equity securities
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3,928,785,847
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98.83
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46,574,780
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1.17
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1,082,286
|
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Resolution 17
Authority to allot contingent convertible securities
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3,925,793,746
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98.76
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49,316,001
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1.24
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1,283,166
|
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Resolution 18
Authority to make political donations
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3,917,825,230
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98.55
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57,727,590
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1.45
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891,135
|
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Resolution 19*
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
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3,923,923,921
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98.71
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51,123,002
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1.29
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1,436,490
|
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Resolution 20*
Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights
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3,887,627,199
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97.80
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87,308,221
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2.20
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1,452,665
|
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Resolution 21*
Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with CCS
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3,919,231,259
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98.60
|
55,626,685
|
1.40
|
1,527,518
|
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Resolution 22*
Authority to purchase own shares
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3,935,320,452
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99.02
|
39,041,027
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0.98
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2,132,146
|
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Resolution 23*
Authority to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice
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3,675,119,270
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92.44
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300,401,314
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7.56
|
1,031,961
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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
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Name of person making notification:
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Leanne Cornish
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Contact number:
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020 3124 4111
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Date of notification:
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26 May 2022
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