Result of AGM

Legal & General Group Plc
18 May 2023
 

 


RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 18 MAY 2023

 

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 2022

3,798,553,727

99.96

1,485,006

0.04

20,959,151

Resolution 2

Declaration of a final dividend of 13.93p per ordinary share

3,782,325,570

99.01

37,670,998

0.99

1,003,836

Resolution 3

Approval of Climate Transition Plan

3,642,505,939

97.70

85,840,659

2.30

92,651,286

Resolution 4

Election of Carolyn Johnson as a Director

3,815,537,624

99.98

921,831

0.02

4,540,949

Resolution 5

Election of Tushar Morzaria as a Director

3,761,562,417

98.98

38,761,527

1.02

20,666,460

Resolution 6

Re-election of Henrietta Baldock as a Director

3,780,908,676

98.99

38,694,204

1.01

1,397,524

Resolution 7

Re-election of Nilufer von Bismarck as a Director

3,784,650,208

99.09

34,936,112

0.91

1,404,084

Resolution 8

Re-election of Philip Broadley as a Director

3,777,934,517

98.99

38,566,380

1.01

4,486,987

Resolution 9

Re-election of Jeff Davies as a Director

3,808,556,209

99.71

10,950,710

0.29

1,456,965

Resolution 10

Re-election of Sir John Kingman as a Director

3,773,325,565

99.21

30,114,336

0.79

17,550,503

Resolution 11

Re-election of Lesley Knox as a Director

3,713,074,375

97.21

106,522,590

2.79

1,400,919

Resolution 12

Re-election of George Lewis as a Director

3,780,998,339

98.99

38,562,797

1.01

1,419,282

Resolution 13

Re-election of Ric Lewis as a Director

3,780,996,007

98.99

38,578,468

1.01

1,400,943

Resolution 14

Re-election of Laura Wade-Gery as a Director

3,780,826,844

98.98

38,776,576

1.02

1,381,984

Resolution 15

Re-election of Sir Nigel Wilson as a Director

3,817,786,030

99.95

1,784,206

0.05

1,420,168

Resolution 16

Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as auditors

3,717,829,713

97.33

101,836,500

2.67

1,275,670

Resolution 17

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

3,768,772,832

98.67

50,988,930

1.33

1,221,176

Resolution 18

Approval of Remuneration Policy

3,646,065,245

95.46

173,407,374

4.54

1,515,264

Resolution 19

Approval of Remuneration Report

3,655,778,819

95.71

163,680,654

4.29

1,524,911

Resolution 20

Approval of Directors' Fee Limit

3,801,893,530

99.55

17,244,749

0.45

1,858,624

Resolution 21

Authority to allot equity shares

3,744,802,142

98.04

74,917,275

1.96

1,251,974

Resolution 22

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

3,757,627,938

98.37

62,103,731

1.63

1,258,734

Resolution 23

Authority to make political donations

3,752,720,857

98.24

67,411,927

1.76

850,153

Resolution 24*

Disapplication of pre-emption rights

3,778,182,933

98.92

41,329,097

1.08

1,465,543

Resolution 25*

Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights

3,750,785,863

98.20

68,759,299

1.80

1,436,722

Resolution 26*

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

3,740,417,862

97.93

79,122,530

2.07

1,437,991

Resolution 27*

Authority to purchase own shares

3,749,487,801

98.19

69,018,196

1.81

2,468,420

Resolution 28*

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

3,521,329,890

92.19

298,312,413

7.81

1,332,114

 

 

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 3,820,132,784 representing 63.95% of voting capital as at 16 May 2023.  At the close of business on 16 May 2023, the issued share capital of the Company was 5,973,392,412 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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and also on the Company's website at https://www.legalandgeneralgroup.com/investors/shareholder-centre/agm/

 

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: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

 

Name of person making notification:

Leanne Cornish

Contact number:

020 3124 4111

Date of notification:

18 May 2023

 

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