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15/07/2015 18:57

RNS Number : 9770N
Legal & General Group Plc
21 May 2015
Legal & general group plc
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 21 MAY 2015
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 shares1
%
No. of shares
%
Resolution 1
Receipt of financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2014
4,355,258,415
99.94%
2,689,944
0.06%
7,735,093
Resolution 2
Declaration of a final dividend of 8.35p per ordinary share
4,351,427,344
100.00%
118,671
0.00%
14,139,266
Resolution 3
Election of Olaf Swantee as a Director 
4,354,575,659
99.92%
3,303,801
0.08%
7,779,582
Resolution 4
Election of Richard Meddings as a Director
4,354,583,431
99.93%
3,229,502
0.07%
7,846,109
Resolution 5
Election of Carolyn Bradley as a Director
4,354,420,504
99.92%
3,415,852
0.08%
7,827,140
Resolution 6
Re-election of Lizabeth Zlatkus as a Director
4,340,128,149
99.59%
18,050,068
0.41%
7,480,825
Resolution 7
Re-election of Mark Zinkula as a Director
4,310,552,575
98.91%
47,651,341
1.09%
7,464,324
Resolution 8
Re-election of Stuart Popham as a Director
4,340,441,880
99.59%
17,716,112
0.41%
7,501,050
Resolution 9
Re-election of Julia Wilson as a Director
4,325,229,412
99.24%
32,991,485
0.76%
7,438,145
Resolution 10
Re-election of Mark Gregory as a Director
4,301,847,769
98.70%
56,525,374
1.30%
7,299,273
Resolution 11
Re-election of Rudy Markham as a Director
4,085,687,560
99.09%
37,482,614
0.91%
242,488,868
Resolution 12
Re-election of John Stewart as a Director
4,337,942,187
99.53%
20,307,937
0.47%
7,422,292
Resolution 13
Re-election of Nigel Wilson as a Director
4,337,651,441
99.52%
20,705,871
0.48%
7,315,104
Resolution 14
Re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors
4,195,896,558
98.26%
74,514,424
1.74%
95,265,101
Resolution 15
To authorise the Director's to fix the Auditors' remuneration
4,255,307,992
99.64%
15,187,668
0.36%
95,179,558
Resolution 16
Approval of Remuneration Report
4,223,993,817
98.08%
82,517,874
1.92%
59,172,725
Resolution 17
Authority to allot equity securities
4,329,466,417
99.33%
28,989,477
0.67%
7,213,981
Resolution 18
Authority to make political donations
4,313,830,608
98.98%
44,309,087
1.02%
7,544,483
Resolution 19*
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
4,336,094,577
99.50%
21,719,580
0.50%
7,859,850
Resolution 20*
Authority to purchase own shares
4,346,877,605
99.60%
17,652,218
0.40%
6,874,488
Resolution 21*
Authority to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice
4,085,034,103
93.60%
279,528,514
6.40%
6,850,892
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 4,371,413,509 representing 73.6% of voting capital as at 19 May 2015. At the close of business on 19 May 2015, the issued share capital of the Company was 5,942,722,007 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/NSMand 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 notification:
Jenny McCarthy
Contact number:
020 3124 2142
Date of notification:
21 May 2015

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