Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7099C
Aviva PLC
03 May 2012
 



 

Aviva plc

 

VOTING RESULTS OF 2012 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

 

Aviva plc announces the results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting held today.

 


For

 

Against

Votes Withheld

Resolution 1:

To receive the Annual Report and Accounts

 

 

1,680,827,106

 

1,771,127

 

813,619

Resolution 2:

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

 

 

689,866,051

 

823,427,927

 

152,226,917

Resolution 3:

To receive the Corporate Responsibility Report

 

 

1,679,997,161

 

805,058

 

2,615,504

Resolution 4:

To declare a final dividend

 

 

1,680,627,684

 

1,935,262

 

870,805

Resolution 5:

To elect John McFarlane

 

 

1,674,723,759

 

7,328,460

 

1,381,277

Resolution 6:

To elect Gay Huey Evans

 

 

1,675,913,722

 

6,092,989

 

 

1,419,516

Resolution 7:

To elect Trevor Matthews

 

 

1,675,725,315

 

6,315,321

 

1,396,661

Resolution 8:

To elect Glyn Barker

 

 

1,606,538,523

 

5,930,145

 

70,972,336

Resolution 9:

To re-elect Mary Francis

 

 

1,586,818,335

 

25,742,681

 

70,872,731

Resolution 10:

To re-elect Richard Karl Goeltz

 

 

1,622,585,954

 

59,433,432

 

1,417,280

Resolution 11:

To re-elect Euleen Goh

 

 

1,664,348,970

 

17,721,039

 

1,368,223

Resolution 12:

To re-elect Michael Hawker

 

 

1,523,210,002

 

89,368,954

 

70,852,420

Resolution 13:

To re-elect Igal Mayer

 

 

 

Withdrawn

 

Withdrawn

 

Withdrawn

Resolution 14:

To re-elect Andrew Moss

 

 

1,519,199,522

 

77,584,355

 

86,638,938

Resolution 15:

To re-elect Patrick Regan

 

 

1,658,627,324

 

23,490,474

 

1,327,193

Resolution 16:

To re-elect Colin Sharman

 

 

1,588,673,919

 

8,009,007

 

86,742,879

Resolution 17:

To re-elect Russell Walls

 

 

1,606,010,224

 

6,451,516

 

70,974,745

Resolution 18:

To re-elect Scott Wheway

 

 

1,471,450,574

 

141,110,112

 

70,861,502

Resolution 19:

To reappoint, as auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers

 

1,663,198,326

 

13,188,041

 

7,043,290

Resolution 20:

To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration

 

 

1,657,188,411

 

19,020,343

 

7,206,225

Resolution 21:

To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities subject to the restrictions set out in the resolution

 

 

1,594,226,138

 

69,206,725

 

19,990,745

Resolution 22:

To approve the renewal of the authority to make non pre-emptive share allotments

(Special Resolution)

 

 

1,676,965,138

 

4,619,507

 

1,846,208

Resolution 23:

To authorise the purchase of the Company's ordinary shares up to a specified amount

(Special Resolution)

 

 

1,676,514,764

 

5,649,487

 

1,265,713

Resolution 24:

To authorise the purchase of the Company's 8¾% preference shares up to a specified amount

(Special Resolution)

 

 

1,678,761,102

 

1,864,270

 

2,803,265

Resolution 25:

To authorise the purchase of the Company's 8⅜% preference shares up to a specified amount

(Special Resolution)

 

 

1,678,729,936

 

1,878,080

 

2,817,335

Resolution 26:

To authorise the Company and any subsidiary company in the Group to make political donations

 

 

1,601,851,472

 

79,255,457

 

2,187,093

Resolution 27:

To authorise general meetings other than annual general meetings to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice

(Special Resolution)

 

 

1,526,586,056

 

155,807,519

 

1,022,388

Resolution 28:

To adopt new Articles of Association (Special Resolution)

 

 

1,675,142,421

 

6,005,409

 

2,253,197

 

Resolutions 1, 3-28 were carried

Resolution 2 was lost

 

 

 

On 3 May 2012, there were 2,907,695,021 Aviva plc ordinary shares in issue. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.

 

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R copies of all the resolutions voted on at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

 

A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting is also available on the Aviva website at www.aviva.com/agm.

 

The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, copies of which are available on the Aviva website at www.aviva.com/agm

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Kirstine Cooper

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary                          +44 (0)20 7662 6646

 

 

Media

Nigel Prideaux                                                                           +44 (0)20 7662 0215

Andrew Reid                                                                              +44 (0)20 7662 3131

Sue Winston                                                                             +44 (0)20 7662 8221

 

Analysts

Charles Barrows                                                                        +44 (0)20 7662 8115

 

 


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