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26/05/2016 16:45

RNS Number : 4594Z
Legal & General Group Plc
26 May 2016
Legal & general group plc
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 26 MAY 2016
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 2015
4,359,842,672
99.96
1,671,886
0.04
4,552,624
Resolution 2
Declaration of a final dividend of 9.95p per ordinary share
4,354,654,312
100
159,830
0
11,253,058
Resolution 3
Re-election of Richard Meddings as a Director 
4,359,576,369
99.94
2,610,544
0.06
3,873,828
Resolution 4
Re-election of Carolyn Bradley as a Director
4,359,271,235
99.93
2,876,007
0.07
3,922,499
Resolution 5
Re-election of Lizabeth Zlatkus as a Director
4,359,486,861
99.94
2,684,791
0.06
3,890,773
Resolution 6
Re-election of Mark Zinkula as a Director
4,353,417,249
99.80
8,851,111
0.20
3,794,065
Resolution 7
Re-election of Stuart Popham as a Director
4,315,098,722
98.92
47,156,213
1.08
3,805,806
Resolution 8
Re-election of Julia Wilson as a Director
4,354,487,089
99.82
7,736,991
0.18
3,838,345
Resolution 9
Re-election of Mark Gregory as a Director
4,338,927,156
99.46
23,357,820
0.54
3,765,765
Resolution 10
Re-election of Rudy Markham as a Director
4,328,315,043
99.29
30,877,647
0.71
6,859,735
Resolution 11
Re-election of John Stewart as a Director
4,356,560,000
99.87
5,858,088
0.13
3,633,837
Resolution 12
Re-election of Nigel Wilson as a Director
4,357,590,344
99.89
4,887,883
0.11
3,574,198
Resolution 13
Re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors
4,243,758,216
99.62
16,005,336
0.38
106,209,361
Resolution 14
To authorise the Director's to fix the Auditors' remuneration
4,307,385,142
99.76
10,366,465
0.24
48,216,531
Resolution 15*
To adopt new Articles of Association 
4,361,053,016
99.98
1,011,358
0.02
3,898,560
Resolution 16
Approval of Remuneration Report
4,188,900,286
97.28
117,198,364
2.72
59,869,488
Resolution 17
Authority to allot equity securities
4,345,713,171
99.62
16,607,061
0.38
3,646,194
Resolution 18
Authority to make political donations
4,267,755,863
97.87
93,091,140
2.13
5,125,910
Resolution 19
Scrip dividend programme 
4,353,282,318
99.98
973,267
0.02
11,707,253
Resolution 20*
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
3,608,377,406
87.57
512,044,554
12.43
245,543,657
Resolution 21*
Authority to purchase own shares
4,287,400,470
98.27
75,274,167
1.73
3,303,501
Resolution 22*
Authority to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice
4,119,631,483
94.43
243,003,779
5.57
3,331,014
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 4,366,067,200representing 73.39% of voting capital as at 24 May 2016. At the close of business on 24 May 2016, the issued share capital of the Company was 5,949,112,452 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:
26 May 2016

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