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RNS Number : 9323Z  Legal & General Group Plc  18 May 2023

 

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 18 MAY 2023

 

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 9JZ 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                                                                 3,798,553,727     99.96  1,485,006      0.04  20,959,151

 Receipt of financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022
 Resolution 2                                                                 3,782,325,570     99.01  37,670,998     0.99  1,003,836

 Declaration of a final dividend of 13.93p per ordinary share
 Resolution 3                                                                 3,642,505,939     97.70  85,840,659     2.30  92,651,286

 Approval of Climate Transition Plan
 Resolution 4                                                                 3,815,537,624     99.98  921,831        0.02  4,540,949

 Election of Carolyn Johnson as a Director
 Resolution 5                                                                 3,761,562,417     98.98  38,761,527     1.02  20,666,460

 Election of Tushar Morzaria as a Director
 Resolution 6                                                                 3,780,908,676     98.99  38,694,204     1.01  1,397,524

 Re-election of Henrietta Baldock as a Director
 Resolution 7                                                                 3,784,650,208     99.09  34,936,112     0.91  1,404,084

 Re-election of Nilufer von Bismarck as a Director
 Resolution 8                                                                 3,777,934,517     98.99  38,566,380     1.01  4,486,987

 Re-election of Philip Broadley as a Director
 Resolution 9                                                                 3,808,556,209     99.71  10,950,710     0.29  1,456,965

 Re-election of Jeff Davies as a Director
 Resolution 10                                                                3,773,325,565     99.21  30,114,336     0.79  17,550,503

 Re-election of Sir John Kingman as a Director
 Resolution 11                                                                3,713,074,375     97.21  106,522,590    2.79  1,400,919

 Re-election of Lesley Knox as a Director
 Resolution 12                                                                3,780,998,339     98.99  38,562,797     1.01  1,419,282

 Re-election of George Lewis as a Director
 Resolution 13                                                                3,780,996,007     98.99  38,578,468     1.01  1,400,943

 Re-election of Ric Lewis as a Director
 Resolution 14                                                                3,780,826,844     98.98  38,776,576     1.02  1,381,984

 Re-election of Laura Wade-Gery as a Director
 Resolution 15                                                                3,817,786,030     99.95  1,784,206      0.05  1,420,168

 Re-election of Sir Nigel Wilson as a Director
 Resolution 16                                                                3,717,829,713     97.33  101,836,500    2.67  1,275,670

 Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as auditors
 Resolution 17                                                                3,768,772,832     98.67  50,988,930     1.33  1,221,176

 To authorise the Audit Committee, on behalf of the Board, to determine the
 Auditors' remuneration
 Resolution 18                                                                3,646,065,245     95.46  173,407,374    4.54  1,515,264

 Approval of Remuneration Policy
 Resolution 19                                                                3,655,778,819     95.71  163,680,654    4.29  1,524,911

 Approval of Remuneration Report
 Resolution 20                                                                3,801,893,530     99.55  17,244,749     0.45  1,858,624

 Approval of Directors' Fee Limit
 Resolution 21                                                                3,744,802,142     98.04  74,917,275     1.96  1,251,974

 Authority to allot equity shares
 Resolution 22                                                                3,757,627,938     98.37  62,103,731     1.63  1,258,734

 Authority to allot shares in respect of Contingent Convertible Securities
 (CCS)
 Resolution 23                                                                3,752,720,857     98.24  67,411,927     1.76  850,153

 Authority to make political donations
 Resolution 24*                                                               3,778,182,933     98.92  41,329,097     1.08  1,465,543

 Disapplication of pre-emption rights
 Resolution 25*                                                               3,750,785,863     98.20  68,759,299     1.80  1,436,722

 Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights
 Resolution 26*                                                               3,740,417,862     97.93  79,122,530     2.07  1,437,991

 Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with CCS
 Resolution 27*                                                               3,749,487,801     98.19  69,018,196     1.81  2,468,420

 Authority to purchase own shares
 Resolution 28*                                                               3,521,329,890     92.19  298,312,413    7.81  1,332,114

 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 Chair 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 3,820,132,784
representing 63.95% of voting capital as at 16 May 2023.  At the close of
business on 16 May 2023, the issued share capital of the Company was
5,973,392,412 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:                18 May 2023

 

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