Legal & General Group Plc
Results of Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 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 9JP 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 | |
No. of shares1 | % |
Against | |
No. of shares | % |
Votes Withheld 2
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 | 3,780,826,844 | 98.98 | 38,776,576 | 1.02 | 1,381,984 |
Re-election of Laura Wade- | |||||
Gery as a Director | |||||
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:
- The 'for' votes include those giving the Chair discretion.
- A vote 'withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'for' and 'against' each resolution.
- Votes 'for' and 'against' are expressed as a percentage of the votes received.
4 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.
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