Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5007D

Legal & General Group Plc

16 May 2012

 



Legal & general group plc

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 16 MAY 2012

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 2011	4,077,187,928	100	158,963	0	2,402,610
Resolution 2 Declaration of a final dividend of 4.74p per ordinary share	4,076,471,258	100	78,490	0	2,166,330
Resolution 3 Election of Stuart Popham as a Director	4,060,797,587	99.64	14,824,857	0.36	3,059,034
Resolution 4 Election of Julia Wilson as a Director	4,058,102,265	99.57	17,583,259	0.43	3,020,811
Resolution 5 Re-election of Tim Breedon as a Director	4,048,425,290	99.33	27,423,289	0.67	2,862,888
Resolution 6 Re-election of Mike Fairey as a Director	4,056,046,885	99.52	19,587,016	0.48	3,048,405
Resolution 7 Re-election of Dame Clara Furse as a Director	4,058,276,660	99.57	17,710,866	0.43	2,720,448
Resolution 8 Re-election of Mark Gregory as a Director	4,047,465,111	99.3	28,341,173	0.7	2,898,465
Resolution 9 Re-election of Rudy Markham as a Director	3,969,577,104	97.4	106,048,467	2.6	2,974,450
Resolution 10 Re-election of John Pollock as a Director	4,048,820,748	99.31	28,042,055	0.69	2,878,594
Resolution 11 Re-election of Nicholas Prettejohn as a Director	4,058,567,958	99.55	18,362,491	0.45	2,778,362
Resolution 12 Re-election of Henry Staunton as a Director	4,057,292,696	99.55	18,421,319	0.45	2,993,959
Resolution 13 Re-election of John Stewart as a Director	4,056,675,892	99.53	19,029,911	0.47	3,002,171
Resolution 14 Re-election of Nigel Wilson as a Director	4,047,313,023	99.3	28,425,660	0.7	2,962,373
Resolution 15 Re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	3,950,079,524	98.55	58,068,066	1.45	70,568,046
Resolution 16 To authorise the Director's to fix the Auditors' remuneration	4,022,488,848	98.68	53,755,758	1.32	2,479,031
Resolution 17 Approval of Remuneration Report	3,964,920,133	99.18	32,643,734	0.82	81,165,915
Resolution 18 Authority to allot equity securities	4,052,583,238	99.43	23,127,091	0.57	3,002,788
Resolution 19 Political donations	3,971,158,505	97.45	103,916,971	2.55	3,646,838
Resolution 20* Disapplication of pre-emption rights	4,032,325,727	98.97	42,075,714	1.03	4,261,070
Resolution  21* Authority to purchase own shares	4,067,500,457	99.78	8,850,540	0.22	2,355,771
Resolution  22* Authority to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	3,723,454,012	91.34	352,848,269	8.66	2,415,864

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 4,078,349,519 representing 69.43% of voting capital as at 14 May 2012.  At the close of business on 14 May 2012, the issued share capital of the Company was 5,873,715,281 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:	Natasha Mora
Contact number:	020 3124 2100
Date of notification:	16 May 2012

 

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