Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3698F

Legal & General Group Plc

22 May 2013

 



Legal & general group plc

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 22 MAY 2013

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 of 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 2012	4,114,348,603	99.99	321,145	0.01	68,562,627
Resolution 2 Declaration of a final dividend of 5.69p per ordinary share	4,178,263,005	100	126,611	0.00	4,851,809
Resolution 3 Election of Mark Zinkula as a Director	4,153,524,727	99.43	24,014,266	0.57	5,692,432
Resolution 4 Election of Lindsay Tomlinson as a Director	4,164,286,860	99.68	13,283,425	0.32	5,653,424
Resolution 5 Re-election of Stuart Popham as a Director	4,165,408,189	99.71	12,185,009	0.29	5,630,411
Resolution 6 Re-election of Julia Wilson as a Director	4,161,273,653	99.61	16,329,132	0.39	5,620,824
Resolution 7 Re-election of Mike Fairey as a Director	4,160,592,607	99.59	17,038,325	0.41	5,592,677
Resolution 8 Re-election of Mark Gregory as a Director	4,152,382,125	99.40	25,256,252	0.60	5,593,248
Resolution 9 Re-election of Rudy Markham as a Director	4,155,581,404	99.47	22,077,120	0.53	5,565,085
Resolution 10 Re-election of John Pollock as a Director	4,152,514,726	99.40	25,201,983	0.60	5,514,916
Resolution 11 Re-election of Nicholas Prettejohn as a Director	4,159,830,974	99.58	17,730,081	0.42	5,662,554
Resolution 12 Re-election of John Stewart as a Director	4,163,028,219	99.65	14,695,746	0.35	5,499,644
Resolution 13 Re-election of Nigel Wilson as a Director	4,165,353,314	99.70	12,420,530	0.30	5,475,581
Resolution 14 Re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	4,020,518,377	98.54	59,621,660	1.46	103,093,572
Resolution 15 To authorise the Director's to fix the Auditors' remuneration	4,092,092,070	98.75	51,961,759	1.25	39,187,096
Resolution 16 Approval of Remuneration Report	4,009,276,082	99.14	34,764,807	0.86	139,185,561
Resolution 17 Authority to allot equity securities	4,158,173,491	99.54	19,420,397	0.46	5,646,726
Resolution 18 Authority to make Political donations	4,152,401,962	99.42	24,111,251	0.58	6,716,242
Resolution 19* Disapplication of pre-emption rights	4,160,492,829	99.60	16,884,480	0.40	5,852,046
Resolution  20* Authority to purchase own shares	4,171,799,919	99.85	6,404,881	0.15	5,032,525
Resolution  21* Authority to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	3,837,663,779	91.85	340,427,683	8.15	5,149,962

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 4,181,363,954 representing 70.69% of voting capital as at 20 May 2013.  At the close of business on 20 May 2013, the issued share capital of the Company was 5,914,612,797 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?ShowYear=2013 

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:	Claire Singleton
Contact number:	020 3124 2149
Date of notification:	22 May 2013

 

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