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23/05/2019 16:40

RNS Number : 0474A
Legal & General Group Plc
23 May 2019
 


Legal & general group plc
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 23 MAY 2019
 
Legal & General Group Plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting held today at The British Medical Association, BMA House, Tavistock Square, Bloomsbury, London, WC1H 9JP 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 2018


4,132,052,557


100.00


22,069


0.00


52,977,631




Resolution 2
Declaration of a final dividend of 11.82p per ordinary share


4,179,683,025


99.88


5,170,882


0.12


198,350




Resolution 3
Election of Henrietta Baldock as a Director


4,182,465,948


99.96


1,768,846


0.04


817,463




Resolution 4
Election of George Lewis as a Director


4,177,165,466


99.83


7,023,022


0.17


863,769




Resolution 5
Re-election of Philip Broadley as a Director


4,113,444,896


98.31


70,715,466


1.69


891,895




Resolution 6
Re-election of Jeff Davies as a Director


4,129,262,973


98.69


54,957,299


1.31


831,985




Resolution 7
Re-election of Sir John Kingman as a Director


4,106,311,476


98.61


57,918,684


1.39


20,822,097




Resolution 8
Re-election of Lesley Knox as a Director


4,104,385,109


98.09


79,716,908


1.91


950,240




Resolution 9
Re-election of Kerrigan Procter as a Director


4,155,930,579


99.32


28,266,998


0.68


854,680




Resolution 10
Re-election of Toby Strauss as a Director


4,159,520,432


99.41


24,674,380


0.59


857,445




Resolution 11
Re-election of Julia Wilson as a Director


4,158,962,992


99.40


25,258,258


0.60


831,007




Resolution 12
Re-election of Nigel Wilson as a Director


4,161,710,089


99.46


22,484,376


0.54


857,792




Resolution 13
Re-election of Mark Zinkula as a Director


4,157,320,652


99.36


26,853,584


0.64


878,021




Resolution 14
Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as auditors


4,176,209,685
 


99.80


8,542,310


0.20


297,193




Resolution 15
To authorise the Director's to fix the Auditors' remuneration


4,178,001,108


99.84


6,719,909


0.16


331,240




Resolution 16
Approval of Remuneration Report


4,066,344,533


97.83


90,018,275


2.17


28,689,449




Resolution 17
Authority to allot equity securities


4,170,855,442


99.67


13,818,488


0.33


360,258




Resolution 18
Authority to allot contingent convertible securities


4,154,578,003


99.28


30,158,288


0.72


300,966




Resolution 19
Authority to make political donations


4,007,214,842


96.21


157,933,969


3.79


19,888,446




Resolution 20
Renewal of the Legal & General Group Savings-Related Option Scheme


4,149,010,568


99.15


35,551,404


0.85


490,285




Resolution 21
Renewal of the Legal & General Group Employee Share Plan


4,172,602,882


99.71


12,049,619


0.29


397,604




Resolution 22*
Disapplication of pre-emption rights


4,178,460,494


99.86


6,053,255


0.14


521,356




Resolution 23*
Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights


4,072,496,364


97.32


112,014,470


2.68


513,646




Resolution  24*
Additional authority to diappply pre-emption rights in connection with CCS


4,133,011,107


98.77


51,498,330


1.23


527,820




Resolution  25*
Authority to purchase own shares


4,152,366,083


99.27


30,494,137


0.73


2,183,906




Resolution  26*
Authority to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice


3,938,003,149


94.55


227,034,378


5.45


20,014,730



 
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 4,184,853,907 representing 70.20% of voting capital as at 21 May 2019.  At the close of business on 21 May 2019, the issued share capital of the Company was 5,960,948,551 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/shareholder-centre/agm/
 
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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
 



Name of person making notification:


Daniella Newson




Contact number:


020 3124 2107




Date of notification:


23 May 2019



 
 
 




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