Confidential
Legal & General Group Plc
Results of Annual General Meeting held on 26 May 2022
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 | Against | Votes Withheld 2 | ||||||||
No. of shares1 | % | No. of shares | % | ||||||||
Resolution 1 | |||||||||||
Receipt of financial | |||||||||||
statements for the year ended | |||||||||||
31 December 2021 | 3,949,002,837 | 99.39 | 24,043,300 | 0.61 | 3,338,567 | ||||||
Resolution 2 | |||||||||||
Declaration of a final dividend | |||||||||||
of 13.27p per ordinary share | 3,970,530,303 | 99.87 | 5,164,869 | 0.13 | 862,701 | ||||||
Resolution 3 | |||||||||||
Election of Laura Wade-Gery | |||||||||||
as a Director | 3,972,435,450 | 99.93 | 2,791,887 | 0.07 | 1,241,304 | ||||||
Resolution 4 | |||||||||||
Re-election of Henrietta | |||||||||||
Baldock as a Director | 3,900,598,198 | 98.12 | 74,580,431 | 1.88 | 1,180,446 | ||||||
Resolution 5 | |||||||||||
Re-election of Nilufer von | |||||||||||
Bismarck as a Director | 3,900,190,625 | 98.11 | 74,981,006 | 1.89 | 1,234,924 | ||||||
Resolution 6 | |||||||||||
Re-election of Philip Broadley | |||||||||||
as a Director | 3,890,072,394 | 97.86 | 85,076,412 | 2.14 | 1,210,415 | ||||||
Resolution 7 | |||||||||||
Re-election of Jeff Davies as | |||||||||||
a Director | 3,963,232,410 | 99.70 | 12,002,152 | 0.30 | 1,174,149 | ||||||
Resolution 8 | |||||||||||
Re-election of Sir John | |||||||||||
Kingman as a Director | 3,921,634,570 | 98.65 | 53,660,173 | 1.35 | 1,064,478 | ||||||
Resolution 9 | |||||||||||
Re-election of Lesley Knox as | |||||||||||
a Director | 3,872,055,677 | 97.41 | 103,141,281 | 2.59 | 1,199,923 | ||||||
Resolution 10 | |||||||||||
Re-election of George Lewis | |||||||||||
as a Director | 3,889,987,241 | 97.86 | 85,120,970 | 2.14 | 1,236,004 | ||||||
Resolution 11 | |||||||||||
Re-election of Ric Lewis as a | |||||||||||
Director | 3,889,857,893 | 97.85 | 85,307,864 | 2.15 | 1,190,944 | ||||||
Resolution 12 | |||||||||||
Re-election of Sir Nigel | |||||||||||
Wilson as a Director | 3,972,062,939 | 99.92 | 3,235,482 | 0.08 | 1,110,001 |
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Resolution 13 | |||||
Re-appointment of KPMG | |||||
LLP as auditors | 3,884,103,326 | 97.71 | 91,082,145 | 2.29 | 1,260,462 |
Resolution 14 | |||||
To authorise the Audit | |||||
Committee, on behalf of the | |||||
Director's to determine the | 3,921,588,173 | 98.65 | 53,630,403 | 1.35 | 1,174,837 |
Auditors' remuneration | |||||
Resolution 15 | |||||
Approval of Remuneration | |||||
Report | 3,651,512,293 | 95.39 | 176,478,762 | 4.61 | 148,401,858 |
Resolution 16 | |||||
Authority to allot equity | |||||
securities | 3,928,785,847 | 98.83 | 46,574,780 | 1.17 | 1,082,286 |
Resolution 17 | |||||
Authority to allot contingent | |||||
convertible securities | 3,925,793,746 | 98.76 | 49,316,001 | 1.24 | 1,283,166 |
Resolution 18 | |||||
Authority to make political | |||||
donations | 3,917,825,230 | 98.55 | 57,727,590 | 1.45 | 891,135 |
Resolution 19* | |||||
Disapplication of pre-emption | |||||
rights | 3,923,923,921 | 98.71 | 51,123,002 | 1.29 | 1,436,490 |
Resolution 20* | |||||
Additional authority to | |||||
disapply pre-emption rights | 3,887,627,199 | 97.80 | 87,308,221 | 2.20 | 1,452,665 |
Resolution 21* | |||||
Additional authority to | |||||
disapply pre-emption rights in | |||||
connection with CCS | 3,919,231,259 | 98.60 | 55,626,685 | 1.40 | 1,527,518 |
Resolution 22* | |||||
Authority to purchase own | |||||
shares | 3,935,320,452 | 99.02 | 39,041,027 | 0.98 | 2,132,146 |
Resolution 23* | |||||
Authority to call general | |||||
meetings (other than an | |||||
AGM) on not less than 14 | |||||
clear days' notice | 3,675,119,270 | 92.44 | 300,401,314 | 7.56 | 1,031,961 |
Notes:
- The 'for' votes include those giving the Chairman 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.
- Voting was conducted by poll.
- The total number of votes cast was 3,975,695,172 representing 66.59% of voting
capital as at 24 May 2022. At the close of business on 24 May 2022, the issued share capital of the Company was 5,970,524,657 ordinary shares (no shares are held in Treasury).
- Denotes a Special Resolution.
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