Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3021H

Legal & General Group Plc

25 May 2011

 



Legal & general group plc

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 25 MAY 2011

Legal & General Group Plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting held today at The Honourable Artillery Company, Armoury House, City Road, London EC1Y 2BQ, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of the Meeting were passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote. All Board Directors were in attendance.

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 2010	3,885,788,210	99.95	1,840,383	0.05	4,184,157
Resolution 2 Declaration of a final dividend of 3.42p per Ordinary share	3,885,461,636	99.98	636,085	0.02	5,715,029
Resolution 3 Election of Mike Fairey as a Director	3,868,846,748	99.54	17,977,127	0.46	4,988,875
Resolution 4 Election of Nick Prettejohn as a Director	3,869,244,889	99.55	17,634,111	0.45	4,933,750
Resolution 5 Re-election of Tim Breedon as a Director	3,850,143,064	99.05	36,978,276	0.95	4,691,409
Resolution 6 Re-election of Dame Clara Furse as a Director	3,820,263,404	98.28	66,680,704	1.72	4,868,642
Resolution 7 Re-election of Mark Gregory as a Director	3,851,053,785	99.07	35,998,996	0.93	4,759,968
Resolution 8 Re-election of Rudy Markham as a Director	3,698,208,962	97.18	107,441,720	2.82	86,162,068
Resolution 9 Re-election of John Pollock as a Director	3,850,136,001	99.05	36,921,472	0.95	4,755,276
Resolution 10 Re-election of Henry Staunton as a Director	3,870,912,213	99.59	16,024,647	0.41	4,875,890
Resolution 11 Re-election of John Stewart as a Director	3,807,341,215	97.95	79,691,932	2.05	4,779,603
Resolution 12 Re-election of Nigel Wilson as a Director	3,832,901,440	99.07	36,165,264	0.93	22,746,045
Resolution 13 Re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	3,809,109,519	99.16	32,219,480	0.84	50,483,751
Resolution 14 Auditors' remuneration	3,872,943,039	99.68	12,564,461	0.32	6,305,250
Resolution 15 Approval of Remuneration Report	3,640,881,443	95.45	173,723,923	4.55	77,207,384
Resolution 16 Authority to allot equity securities	3,848,012,803	99.00	38,986,408	1.00	4,813,539
Resolution 17 Political donations	3,845,982,599	99.26	28,513,650	0.74	17,316,501
Resolution 18 Authority to offer a Scrip Dividend Programme	3,883,699,397	99.96	1,681,301	0.04	6,432,052
Resolution 19* Disapplication of pre-emption rights	3,848,050,442	99.00	38,696,323	1.00	5,065,985
Resolution  20* Authority to purchase own shares	3,875,456,903	99.69	12,040,989	0.31	4,314,858
Resolution  21* Authority to reduce notice period for general meetings other than an AGM	3,585,679,988	92.23	301,885,615	7.77	4,247,147

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 3,890,383,502 representing 66.27% of voting capital as at 23 May 2011.  At the close of business on 23 May 2011, the issued share capital of the Company was 5,870,231,128 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.hemscott.com/nsm.do and also on the Company's website at http://investor.legalandgeneral.com/agm.cfm 

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.hemscott.com/nsm.do 

Name of person making notification:	Gill Houinato Assistant Company Secretary
Contact number:	020 3124 2142
Date of notification:	25 May 2011

 

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