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20/05/2021 13:20

RNS Number : 3285Z
  
Legal & General Group Plc
  
20 May 2021
  
 

Legal & general group plc
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 20 MAY 2021
 
Legal & General Group Plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting held today at One Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AA 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 2020


3,968,578,081


100.00


72,943


0.00


3,131,851




Resolution 2
Declaration of a final dividend of 12.64p per ordinary share


3,939,505,595


99.19


32,068,426


0.81


208,854




Resolution 3
Election of Ric Lewis as a Director


3,959,857,095


99.71


11,335,910


0.29


589,870




Resolution 4 
Election of Nilufer von Bismarck as a Director


3,970,758,054


99.99


430,158


0.01


594,663




Resolution 5
Re-election of Henrietta Baldock as a Director


3,918,173,097


98.67


52,984,567


1.33


625,211




Resolution 6
Re-election of Philip Broadley as a Director


3,893,207,669


98.04


77,856,118


1.96


719,088




Resolution 7
Re-election of Jeff Davies as a Director


3,957,630,328


99.66


13,582,109


0.34


570,438




Resolution 8
Re-election of Sir John Kingman as a Director


3,736,401,100


96.55


133,367,545


3.45


102,014,228




Resolution 9
Re-election of Lesley Knox as a Director


3,878,766,480


97.67


92,457,659


2.33


558,736




Resolution 10
Re-election of George Lewis as a Director


3,920,910,647


98.73


50,239,645


1.27


632,583




Resolution 11
Re-election of Toby Strauss as a Director


3,921,338,381


98.75


49,813,652


1.25


630,842




Resolution 12
Re-election of Nigel Wilson as a Director


3,970,836,069


99.99


411,078


0.01


535,728




Resolution 13
Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as auditors


3,919,121,589


98.68


52,249,703


1.32


411,583




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


3,940,021,713


99.21


31,418,417


0.79


342,745




Resolution 15
Approval of Remuneration Report


3,858,805,163


97.17


112,466,802


2.83


510,910




Resolution 16
Authority to allot equity securities


3,925,331,936


98.84


46,106,649


1.16


344,290




Resolution 17
Authority to allot contingent convertible securities


3,937,640,023


99.15


33,710,861


0.85


431,990




Resolution 18
Authority to make political donations


3,878,069,376


97.66


93,095,462


2.34


616,036




Resolution 19*
Disapplication of pre-emption rights


3,958,288,284


99.67


12,985,584


0.33


507,007




Resolution 20*
Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights


3,873,208,287


97.53


98,104,325


2.47


468,262




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


3,926,590,014


98.88


44,673,342


1.12


517,518




Resolution 22*
Authority to purchase own shares


3,896,914,712


98.47


60,425,387


1.53


14,442,775




Resolution 23*
To adopt new Articles of Association 


3,970,904,564


99.99


247,327


0.01


630,984




Resolution 24*
Authority to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice


3,654,776,173


92.03


316,696,434


7.97


310,267



 
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 votes cast was 3,971,574,021 representing 66.55% of voting capital as at 18 May 2021.  At the close of business on 18 May 2021, the issued share capital of the Company was 5,967,625,491 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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism 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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
 
 
Name of person making notification: Leanne Cornish
Contact Number: 020 3124 2107
Date of notification: 20 May 2021

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