23rd May 2011 14:03
RSA Insurance Group plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
23 May 2011
RSA Insurance Group plc held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders at 11.00am today. All resolutions were put to the meeting on a poll and were passed overwhelmingly.
The issued ordinary share capital as at 19 May 2011 was 3,511,455,840.
The total number of votes received for each resolution is as follows:
| Resolution | For | Against | Votes Withheld * | Total | |||||
| 1. To receive the 2010 Annual Report and Accounts | 2,502,042,333 | 93,857 | 7,025,783 | 2,509,161,973 | |||||
| 2. To declare a final dividend | 2,502,734,339 | 34,157 | 6,985,954 | 2,509,754,450 | |||||
| 3. To re-elect John Napier as a Director | 2,488,290,888 | 14,660,454 | 6,812,779 | 2,509,764,121 | |||||
| 4. To re-elect Andy Haste as a Director | 2,495,553,208 | 6,961,752 | 7,244,020 | 2,509,758,980 | |||||
| 5. To re-elect Edward Lea as a Director | 2,492,612,418 | 9,285,320 | 7,272,154 | 2,509,169,892 | |||||
| 6. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 2,379,356,836 | 94,380,282 | 36,020,753 | 2,509,757,871 | |||||
| 7. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor | 2,450,488,175 | 22,089,394 | 37,183,896 | 2,509,761,465 | |||||
| 8. To determine the auditor's remuneration | 2,456,142,830 | 45,995,628 | 7,623,007 | 2,509,761,465 | |||||
| 9. To approve the notice period for general meetings | 2,368,379,882 | 134,279,843 | 7,121,790 | 2,509,781,515 | |||||
| 10. To give authority for the Group to make donations to political parties, independent election candidates and political organisations and to incur political expenditure | 2,426,175,855 | 75,480,615 | 8,105,600 | 2,509,762,070 | |||||
| 11. To permit the Directors to allot further shares | 2,389,868,615 | 85,214,157 | 34,672,389 | 2,509,755,161 | |||||
| 12. To relax the restrictions which normally apply when ordinary shares are issued for cash | 2,420,594,083 | 81,769,067 | 7,408,536 | 2,509,771,686 | |||||
| 13. To give authority for the Company to buy back up to 10% of issued ordinary shares | 2,501,263,508 | 1,201,003 | 7,298,961 | 2,509,763,472 |
Notes
* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of all resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business will shortly be submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
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Enquiries to:John Mills, Deputy Group Company SecretaryTel: +44 (0)20 7111 7000Fax: +44 (0)20 7111 7616
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