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RNS Number : 3393F  Legal & General Group Plc  21 May 2026

 

 Legal & General Group Plc

 21 May 2026

Results of Annual General Meeting and General Meeting held on 21 May 2026

 

Legal & General Group Plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting
(AGM) held today at the British Medical Association, BMA House, Tavistock
Square, Bloomsbury, London, WC1H 9JZ, 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  %      No. of shares  %
 Resolution 1                                                                 2,780,120,489  99.95  1,456,099      0.05  6,232,188

 Receipt of financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025
 Resolution 2                                                                 2,767,921,391  99.33  18,630,547     0.67  1,262,618

 Declaration of a final dividend of 15.67 pence per ordinary share
 Resolution 3                                                                 2,331,040,346  96.84  76,161,397     3.16  380,606,654

 Approval of the Company's Climate and Nature Transition Plan
 Resolution 4                                                                 2,777,000,773  99.75  6,863,957      0.25  3,949,826

 Election of Mark Jordy as a Director
 Resolution 5                                                                 2,761,200,686  99.17  23,046,327     0.83  3,567,543

 Election of Andrew Kail as a Director
 Resolution 6                                                                 2,777,532,619  99.77  6,524,150      0.23  3,757,787

 Election of Scott Wheway as a Director
 Resolution 7                                                                 2,763,640,714  99.74  7,336,023      0.26  16,837,819

 Re-election of Henrietta Baldock as a Director
 Resolution 8                                                                 2,778,004,451  99.77  6,278,598      0.23  3,531,507

 Re-election of Clare Bousfield as a Director
 Resolution 9                                                                 2,776,144,712  99.71  7,974,183      0.29  3,695,661

 Re-election of Carolyn Johnson as a Director
 Resolution 10                                                                2,775,324,497  99.67  9,207,841      0.33  3,282,218

 Re-election of Nilufer Kheraj as a Director
 Resolution 11                                                                2,760,147,835  99.61  10,877,706     0.39  16,789,015

 Re-election of George Lewis as a Director
 Resolution 12                                                                2,774,895,942  99.67  9,238,482      0.33  3,680,132

 Re-election of Tushar Morzaria as a Director
 Resolution 13                                                                2,761,120,710  99.19  22,639,113     0.81  4,054,733

 Re-election of António Simões as a Director
 Resolution 14                                                                2,763,529,913  99.26  20,733,015     0.74  3,510,628

 Re-election of Laura Wade-Gery as a Director
 Resolution 15                                                                2,777,265,742  99.75  6,905,574      0.25  3,643,240

 Reappointment of KPMG LLP as auditors
 Resolution 16                                                                2,777,686,786  99.76  6,647,549      0.24  3,426,411

 To authorise the Audit Committee, on behalf of the Board, to determine the
 Auditors' remuneration
 Resolution 17                                                                2,688,821,005  96.59  94,806,695     3.41  4,133,046

 Approval of Remuneration Policy
 Resolution 18                                                                2,637,386,714  96.23  103,388,631    3.77  46,985,401

 Approval of Remuneration Report
 Resolution 19                                                                2,738,489,893  99.04  26,479,254     0.96  22,786,599

 Authority to make political donations
 Resolution 20                                                                2,719,535,767  97.67  65,012,575     2.33  3,212,404

 Authority to allot equity shares
 Resolution 21                                                                2,774,603,294  99.65  9,666,293      0.35  3,491,159

 Authority to allot shares in respect of Contingent Convertible Securities
 (CCS)
 Resolution 22*                                                               2,756,103,463  99.03  27,083,408     0.97  4,573,875

 Disapplication of pre-emption rights
 Resolution 23*                                                               2,770,416,279  99.54  12,880,908     0.46  4,461,039

 Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights
 Resolution 24*                                                               2,768,648,450  99.48  14,391,093     0.52  4,718,683

 Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with CCS
 Resolution 25*                                                               2,776,725,537  99.71  8,157,833      0.29  2,874,856

 Authority to purchase own shares
 Resolution 26*                                                               2,608,810,055  93.66  176,532,768    6.34  2,415,403

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

 

Legal & General Group Plc further announces that, at its General Meeting
(GM) held today at the same venue, both of the resolutions proposed 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  %      No. of shares  %
 Resolution 1*                                                              2,725,995,137  99.90  2,717,642      0.10  3,338,178

 The share premium account of the Company be reduced by £1,051,581,960
 Resolution 2*                                                              2,726,367,830  99.92  2,248,976      0.08  3,432,656

 The capital redemption reserve of the Company be reduced by £24,583,524

 

Notes:

 1  The 'for' votes include those giving the Chair 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  For the AGM, the total number of votes cast was 2,786,551,938 representing 50%
    of voting capital as at 19 May 2026.

    For the GM, the total number of votes cast was 2,728,712,779 representing
    48.96% of voting capital as at 19 May 2026.

    At the close of business on 19 May 2026, the issued share capital of the
    Company was 5,573,178,063 ordinary shares (no shares are held in Treasury).

*Denotes a Special Resolution.

 

Name: Leanne Cornish

Role: Group Deputy Company Secretary

Tel: 020 3124 4111

 

 

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