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17/05/2018 16:15

RNS Number : 4832O
Legal & General Group Plc
17 May 2018
 

Legal & general group plc
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 17 MAY 2018
 
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 2017


 
 
4,249,186,406
 


 
 
99.98
 


 
 
996,802
 


 
 
0.02
 


 
 
1,344,366
 




Resolution 2
Declaration of a final dividend of 11.05p per ordinary share


 
 
4,249,559,123
 


 
 
100.00
 


 
 
134,439
 


 
 
0.00
 


 
 
1,828,647
 




Resolution 3
Re-election of Carolyn Bradley as a Director


 
4,229,396,599
 


 
99.49
 


 
21,516,009
 


 
0.51
 


 
609,601
 




Resolution 4
Election of Philip Broadley as a Director


 
4,229,786,953
 


 
99.50
 


 
21,114,858
 


 
0.50
 


 
620,398
 




Resolution 5
Election of Jeff Davies as a Director


 
4,199,212,372
 


 
98.78
 


 
51,679,766
 


 
1.22
 


 
630,071
 




Resolution 6
Election of Sir John Kingman as a Director


 
4,211,993,538
 


 
99.09
 


 
38,671,324
 


 
0.91
 


 
859,495
 




Resolution 7
Election of Lesley Knox as a Director


 
4,214,770,637
 


 
99.15
 


 
36,103,400
 


 
0.85
 


 
648,172
 




Resolution 8
Election of Kerrigan Procter as a Director


 
4,218,157,504
 


 
99.23
 


 
32,780,259
 


 
    0.77


 
584,446
 




Resolution 9
Election of Toby Strauss as a Director


 
4,230,285,889
 


 
99.52
 


 
20,604,496
 


 
0.48
 


 
631,824
 




Resolution 10
Re-election of Julia Wilson as a Director


 
4,226,355,913
 


 
99.42
 


 
24,560,495
 


 
0.58
 


 
607,949
 




Resolution 11
Re-election of Nigel Wilson as a Director


 
4,222,652,248
 


 
99.33
 


 
28,399,188
 


 
0.67
 


 
472,921
 




Resolution 12
Re-election of Mark Zinkula as a Director


 
4,218,330,346
 


 
99.23
 


 
32,671,605
 


 
0.77
 


 
520,258
 




Resolution 13
Appointment of KPMG LLP as auditors


 
4,243,155,722
 


 
99.81
 


 
7,955,444
 


 
0.19
 


 
411,168
 




Resolution 14
To authorise the Director's to fix the Auditors' remuneration


 
4,243,473,215
 


 
99.82
 


 
7,764,867
 


 
0.18
 


 
281,263
 




Resolution 15
Approval of Remuneration Report


 
4,169,081,055
 


 
98.17
 


 
77,681,315
 


 
1.83
 


 
4,760,192
 




Resolution 16
Authority to allot equity securities


 
4,230,237,001
 


 
99.51
 


 
20,645,256
 


 
0.49
 


 
634,940
 




Resolution 17
Authority to allot contingent convertible securities


 
4,187,149,375
 


 
98.50
 


 
63,634,225
 


 
1.50
 


 
733,597
 




Resolution 18
Authority to make political donations


 
4,101,892,403
 


 
96.96
 


 
128,775,939
 


 
3.04
 


 
20,852,867
 




Resolution 19*
Disapplication of pre-emption rights


 
4,197,195,828
 


 
98.74
 


 
53,532,893
 


 
1.26
 


 
788,476
 




Resolution 20*
Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights


 
4,092,521,494
 


 
96.28
 


 
158,218,401
 


 
3.72
 


 
777,302
 




Resolution  21*
Additional authority to diappply pre-emption rights in connection with CCS


 
 
4,155,213,040
 


 
 
97.75
 


 
 
95,482,287
 


 
 
   2.25
 


 
 
821,070
 




Resolution  22*
Authority to purchase own shares


 
4,184,256,494
 


 
98.48
 


 
64,725,528
 


 
1.52
 


 
2,535,175
 




Resolution  23*
Authority to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice


 
 
4,026,885,921
 


 
 
   95.16
 


 
 
204,719,052
 


 
 
4.84
 
 


 
 
19,916,434
 




 
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 4,241,121,352 representing 71.1% of voting capital as at 15 May 2018.  At the close of business on 15 May 2018, the issued share capital of the Company was 5,958,825,817 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 https://www.legalandgeneralgroup.com/investors/investor-news/rns 
 
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:


Olaitan Popoola




Contact number:


020 3124 2108




Date of notification:


17 May 2018




 



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