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RNS Number : 9753M Legal & General Group Plc 26 May 2022
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 26 MAY 2022
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 shares(1) % No. of shares %
Resolution 1 3,949,002,837 99.39 24,043,300 0.61 3,338,567
Receipt of financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021
Resolution 2 3,970,530,303 99.87 5,164,869 0.13 862,701
Declaration of a final dividend of 13.27p per ordinary share
Resolution 3 3,972,435,450 99.93 2,791,887 0.07 1,241,304
Election of Laura Wade-Gery as a Director
Resolution 4 3,900,598,198 98.12 74,580,431 1.88 1,180,446
Re-election of Henrietta Baldock as a Director
Resolution 5 3,900,190,625 98.11 74,981,006 1.89 1,234,924
Re-election of Nilufer von Bismarck as a Director
Resolution 6 3,890,072,394 97.86 85,076,412 2.14 1,210,415
Re-election of Philip Broadley as a Director
Resolution 7 3,963,232,410 99.70 12,002,152 0.30 1,174,149
Re-election of Jeff Davies as a Director
Resolution 8 3,921,634,570 98.65 53,660,173 1.35 1,064,478
Re-election of Sir John Kingman as a Director
Resolution 9 3,872,055,677 97.41 103,141,281 2.59 1,199,923
Re-election of Lesley Knox as a Director
Resolution 10 3,889,987,241 97.86 85,120,970 2.14 1,236,004
Re-election of George Lewis as a Director
Resolution 11 3,889,857,893 97.85 85,307,864 2.15 1,190,944
Re-election of Ric Lewis as a Director
Resolution 12 3,972,062,939 99.92 3,235,482 0.08 1,110,001
Re-election of Sir Nigel Wilson as a Director
Resolution 13 3,884,103,326 97.71 91,082,145 2.29 1,260,462
Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as auditors
Resolution 14 3,921,588,173 98.65 53,630,403 1.35 1,174,837
To authorise the Audit Committee, on behalf of the Directors to determine the
Auditors' remuneration
Resolution 15 3,651,512,293 95.39 176,478,762 4.61 148,401,858
Approval of Remuneration Report
Resolution 16 3,928,785,847 98.83 46,574,780 1.17 1,082,286
Authority to allot equity securities
Resolution 17 3,925,793,746 98.76 49,316,001 1.24 1,283,166
Authority to allot contingent convertible securities
Resolution 18 3,917,825,230 98.55 57,727,590 1.45 891,135
Authority to make political donations
Resolution 19* 3,923,923,921 98.71 51,123,002 1.29 1,436,490
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
Resolution 20* 3,887,627,199 97.80 87,308,221 2.20 1,452,665
Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights
Resolution 21* 3,919,231,259 98.60 55,626,685 1.40 1,527,518
Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with CCS
Resolution 22* 3,935,320,452 99.02 39,041,027 0.98 2,132,146
Authority to purchase own shares
Resolution 23* 3,675,119,270 92.44 300,401,314 7.56 1,031,961
Authority to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14
clear days' notice
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 3,975,695,172
representing 66.59% of voting capital as at 24 May 2022. At the close of
business on 24 May 2022, the issued share capital of the Company was
5,970,524,657 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
(https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDA0MDUuMTk3NzA4MDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2RhdGEuZmNhLm9yZy51ay8jL25zbS9uYXRpb25hbHN0b3JhZ2VtZWNoYW5pc20ifQ.b7Q7NXHGRA8MjB_Ugl8Tv4JxhiU28TbcoNb04FTTMiY/br/77057565032-l)
and also on the Company's website at
https://www.legalandgeneralgroup.com/investors/shareholder-centre/agm/
(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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)
Name of person making notification: Leanne Cornish
Contact number: 020 3124 4111
Date of notification: 26 May 2022
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