Legal & General Group Plc Result of AGM (2812G)

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RNS Number : 2812G

Legal & General Group Plc

25 May 2017

Legal & general group plc

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 25 MAY 2017

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.

The votes cast were as follows:

 
Resolution                           For (1)               Against        Votes Withheld 
                                                                                (2) 
---------------------------  -----------------------  ------------------  -------------- 
                             No. of shares(1)    %      No. of       % 
                                                         shares 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
Resolution 1 
 Receipt of financial 
 statements for 
 the year ended 
 31 December 
 2016                         4,228,180,492    99.99    250,416    0.01     7,728,063 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
Resolution 2 
 Declaration 
 of a final dividend 
 of 10.35p per 
 ordinary share               4,226,267,373    99.99    512,339    0.01     9,799,978 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
Resolution 3 
 Election of 
 Sir John Kingman 
 as a Director                4,204,160,556    99.34  28,039,784   0.66     44,387,308 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
Resolution 4 
 Election of 
 Philip Broadley 
 as a Director                4,228,829,588    99.92   3,202,831   0.08     4,524,977 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
Resolution 5 
 Election of 
 Jeff Davies 
 as a Director                4,190,680,447    99.02  41,361,361   0.98     4,515,588 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
Resolution 6 
 Election of 
 Lesley Knox 
 as a Director                4,228,530,386    99.92   3,389,504   0.08     4,639,070 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
Resolution 7 
 Election of 
 Kerrigan Procter 
 as a Director                4,203,141,913    99.32  28,928,019   0.68     4,473,409 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
Resolution 8 
 Election of 
 Toby Strauss 
 as a Director                4,228,884,577    99.93   2,975,044   0.07     4,696,975 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
Resolution 9 
 Re-election 
 of Carolyn Bradley 
 as a Director                4,221,424,160    99.74  10,794,870   0.26     4,367,818 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
Resolution 10 
 Re-election 
 of Julia Wilson 
 as a Director                4,218,755,987    99.68  13,469,408   0.32     4,307,207 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
Resolution 11 
 Re-election 
 of Nigel Wilson 
 as a Director                4,207,661,793    99.42  24,754,247   0.58     4,170,808 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
Resolution 12 
 Re-election 
 of Mark Zinkula 
 as a Director                4,203,474,214    99.32  28,957,320   0.68     4,153,166 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
Resolution 13 
 Re-appointment 
 of PricewaterhouseCoopers 
 LLP as auditors              4,194,700,017    99.47  22,223,391   0.53     19,657,709 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
Resolution 14 
 To authorise 
 the Director's 
 to fix the Auditors' 
 remuneration                 4,209,139,026    99.74  10,806,1453  0.26     16,635,946 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
Resolution 15 
 To adopt the 
 Remuneration 
 Policy                       3,851,461,140    91.23  370,032,785  8.77     15,093,723 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
Resolution 16 
 Approval of 
 Remuneration 
 Report                       3,938,843,201    93.17  288,951,561  6.83     8,784,882 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
Resolution 17 
 Authority to 
 allot equity 
 securities                   4,223,066,278    99.78   9,405,552   0.22     4,104,472 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
Resolution 18 
 Authority to 
 make political 
 donations                    4,095,941,472    97.23  116,545,046  2.77     24,100,805 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
Resolution 19* 
 Disapplication 
 of pre-emption 
 rights                       4,222,631,830    99.78   9,341,072   0.22     4,596,128 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
Resolution 20* 
 Additional authority 
 to disapply 
 pre-emption 
 rights                       3,766,027,540    88.99  466,030,065  11.01    4,496,177 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
Resolution 21* 
 Authority to 
 purchase own 
 shares                       4,171,516,125    98.57  60,597,507   1.43     4,471,496 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
Resolution 22* 
 Authority to 
 call general 
 meetings (other 
 than an AGM) 
 on not less 
 than 14 clear 
 days' notice                 4,011,525,781    95.22  201,402,316  4.78     23,657,031 
---------------------------  ----------------  -----  -----------  -----  -------------- 
 

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 4,236,587,648 representing 71.1% of voting capital as at 23 May 2017. At the close of business on 23 May 2017, the issued share capital of the Company was 5,955,346,117 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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and also on the Company's website at http://investor.legalandgeneral.com/agm.cfm

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    Helen Baker 
  notification: 
 Contact number:          020 3124 2139 
 Date of notification:    25 May 2017 
 

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