Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7393H

Legal & General Group Plc

21 May 2014

 



Legal & general group plc

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 21 MAY 2014

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 2013	4,270,290,440	99.99	102,928	0.01	6,959,648
Resolution 2 Declaration of a final dividend of 6.9p per ordinary share	4,271,720,967	99.99	53,581	0.01	5,578,468
Resolution 3 Election of Lizabeth Zlatkus as a Director	4,257,534,931	99.68	13,661,534	0.32	6,156,551
Resolution 4 Re-election of Mark Zinkula as a Director	4,241,290,781	99.30	29,867,734	0.70	6,194,501
Resolution 5 Re-election of Lindsay Tomlinson as a Director	4,257,480,778	99.68	13,685,539	0.32	6,186,699
Resolution 6 Re-election of Stuart Popham as a Director	4,257,441,270	99.68	13,703,042	0.32	6,208,704
Resolution 7 Re-election of Julia Wilson as a Director	4,257,601,378	99.68	13,573,505	0.32	6,178,133
Resolution 8 Re-election of Mark Gregory as a Director	4,228,263,021	99.0	42,887,663	1.0	6,202,332
Resolution 9 Re-election of Rudy Markham as a Director	4,255,400,535	99.63	15,724,911	0.37	6,227,570
Resolution 10 Re-election of John Pollock as a Director	4,241,360,133	99.30	29,810,257	0.70	6,182,626
Resolution 11 Re-election of John Stewart as a Director	4,186,285,325	98.01	84,928,480	1.99	6,139,211
Resolution 12 Re-election of Nigel Wilson as a Director	4,257,314,257	99.67	13,892,661	0.33	6,146,098
Resolution 13 Re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	4,171,141,255	98.86	47,993,999	1.14	57,854,701
Resolution 14 To authorise the Director's to fix the Auditors' remuneration	4,229,536,055	99.02	41,655,274	0.98	6,161,487
Resolution 15 Approval of Directors' Remuneration Policy	4,154,433,976	97.62	101,243,790	2.38	21,675,250
Resolution 16 Approval of Remuneration Report	4,196,919,449	98.72	54,395,176	1.28	26,045,069
Resolution 17 Approval of Performance Share Plan	4,126,523,870	96.92	131,297,767	3.08	19,531,379
Resolution 18 Authority to allot equity securities	4,256,391,142	99.65	14,777,106	0.35	5,820,205
Resolution 19 Authority to make political donations	4,229,951,827	99.07	39,794,234	0.93	7,611,690
Resolution 20* Disapplication of pre-emption rights	4,248,986,699	99.49	21,990,519	0.51	6,382,783
Resolution  21* Authority to purchase own shares	4,268,033,226	99.92	3,554,689	0.08	5,763,899
Resolution  22* Authority to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	3,968,643,983	92.91	302,888,247	7.09	5,828,782

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 4,273,718,857 representing 72.22% of voting capital as at 19 May 2014.  At the close of business on 19 May 2014, the issued share capital of the Company was 5,917,911,723 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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM 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:	Claire Singleton
Contact number:	020 3124 2149
Date of notification:	21 May 2014

 

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