Result of AGM

Legal & General Group Plc
23 May 2024
 

 

Results of Annual General Meeting held on 23 May 2024

 

23 May 2024

 

Legal & General Group Plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting held today at the British Medical Association, BMA House, Tavistock Square, Bloomsbury, London, WC1H 9JZ all of the resolutions proposed in the Notice of the Meeting were passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote.

 

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 2023

3,696,005,287

99.70%

11,153,791

0.30%

20,128,381

Resolution 2

Declaration of a final dividend of 14.63 pence per ordinary share

3,668,711,747

98.47%

57,144,401

1.53%

1,433,830

Resolution 3

Election of António Simões as a Director

3,723,957,437

99.95%

1,719,406

0.05%

1,595,949

Resolution 4

Re-election of Henrietta Baldock as a Director

3,688,077,716

98.99%

37,671,378

1.01%

1,525,698

Resolution 5

Re-election of Nilufer von Bismarck as a Director

3,688,748,003

99.01%

37,000,869

0.99%

1,535,919

Resolution 6

Re-election of Philip Broadley as a Director

3,657,993,280

98.18%

67,742,700

1.82%

1,548,811

Resolution 7

Re-election of Jeff Davies as a Director

3,717,218,027

99.78%

8,261,963

0.22%

1,804,801

Resolution 8  

Re-election of Carolyn Johnson as a Director

3,689,446,483

99.03%

36,302,731

0.97%

1,533,577

Resolution 9

Re-election of Sir John Kingman as a Director

3,685,774,664

99.74%

9,579,118

0.26%

31,931,009

Resolution 10

Re-election of Lesley Knox as a Director

3,686,226,854

98.94%

39,475,579

1.06%

1,582,358

Resolution 11

Re-election of George Lewis as a Director

3,688,066,079

98.99%

37,677,577

1.01%

1,543,655

Resolution 12

Re-election of Ric Lewis as a Director

3,688,066,865

99.00%

37,133,056

1.00%

2,078,019

Resolution 13  

Re-election of Tushar Morzaria as a Director

3,686,160,524

98.94%

39,516,629

1.06%

1,607,638

Resolution 14

Re-election of Laura Wade-Gery as a Director

3,680,878,378

98.88%

41,741,901

1.12%

4,664,512

Resolution 15

Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as auditors

3,657,672,505

98.18%

67,978,747

1.82%

1,625,040

Resolution 16

To authorise the Audit Committee, on behalf of the Board, to determine the Auditors' remuneration

3,716,761,096

99.76%

9,106,868

0.24%

1,419,495

Resolution 17

Approval of Remuneration Report

3,594,955,335

96.51%

130,133,675

3.49%

2,197,448

Resolution 18  

Approval of the Performance Share Plan 2024

3,599,184,386

96.62%

125,922,881

3.38%

2,180,044

Resolution 19

Authority to allot equity shares

3,651,429,505

98.02%

73,918,690

1.98%

1,936,596

Resolution 20

Authority to allot shares in respect of Contingent Convertible Securities (CCS)

3,656,775,486

98.16%

68,588,620

1.84%

1,920,685

Resolution 21

Authority to make political donations

3,615,238,259

97.93%

76,384,770

2.07%

35,514,089

Resolution 22*

Disapplication of pre-emption rights

3,686,577,732

98.97%

38,528,249

1.03%

2,040,137

Resolution 23*

Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights

3,654,923,251

98.12%

70,213,791

1.88%

2,008,077

Resolution 24*

Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with CCS

3,658,655,314

98.22%

66,464,209

1.78%

2,026,595

Resolution 25*

Authority to purchase own shares

3,655,682,620

98.24%

65,403,548

1.76%

6,059,151

Resolution 26*

Authority to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice

3,457,610,470

92.81%

267,986,926

7.19%

1,547,922

 

Notes:

1

The 'for' votes include those giving the Chair 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 votes cast was 3,725,867,964 representing 62.31% of voting capital as at 22 May 2024. At the close of business on 22 May 2024, the issued share capital of the Company was 5,979,769,298 ordinary shares (no shares are held in Treasury).  

 

*Denotes a Special Resolution.

 

Name of person making notification:

Leanne Cornish

Head of Group Secretariat

 

Contact number:

 

Date of notification:

020 3124 4111

 

23 May 2024

 

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