10th May 2019 13:45
RSA Insurance Group plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
10 May 2019
RSA Insurance Group plc (the "Company") held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders at 11.00am today. All resolutions were put to the meeting on a poll and were duly passed.
The issued share capital as at 8 May 2019 was 1,031,325,650.
The total number of votes received for each resolution is as follows:
Resolution | For | % of votes cast | Against | % of votes cast | Votes cast as % of Issued Share Capital | Votes Withheld 1 |
1. To receive the 2018 Annual Report and Accounts | 760,177,761 | 99.99 | 45,131 | 0.01 | 73.71% | 1,087,548 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 663,513,344 | 97.63 | 16,093,123 | 2.37 | 65.90% | 81,688,249 |
3. To approve a final dividend | 760,577,253 | 100.00 | 21,858 | 0.00 | 73.75% | 707,943 |
4. To re-elect Martin Scicluna as a Director | 738,333,061 | 97.08 | 22,224,712 | 2.92 | 73.75% | 752,510 |
5. To re-elect Stephen Hester as a Director | 755,952,445 | 99.40 | 4,599,738 | 0.60 | 73.75% | 758,101 |
6. To re-elect Scott Egan as a Director | 755,506,953 | 99.34 | 5,042,922 | 0.66 | 73.74% | 760,009 |
7. To re-elect Alastair Barbour as a Director | 650,659,005 | 85.55 | 109,884,893 | 14.45 | 73.74% | 760,819 |
8. To elect Sonia Baxendale as a Director | 760,359,609 | 99.98 | 186,028 | 0.02 | 73.74% | 759,081 |
9. To re-elect Kath Cates as a Director | 675,236,067 | 98.90 | 7,521,362 | 1.10 | 66.20% | 78,547,289 |
10. To re-elect Enrico Cucchiani as a Director | 755,000,932 | 99.27 | 5,544,486 | 0.73 | 73.74% | 759,300 |
11. To re-elect Isabel Hudson as a Director | 754,866,390 | 99.25 | 5,683,654 | 0.75 | 73.74% | 752,992 |
12. To re-elect Charlotte Jones as a Director | 752,947,757 | 99.00 | 7,598,399 | 1.00 | 73.74% | 758,762 |
13. To re-elect Martin Strobel as a Director | 754,830,437 | 99.25 | 5,719,843 | 0.75 | 73.74% | 754,438 |
14. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as the auditor | 750,752,810 | 99.98 | 166,198 | 0.02 | 72.81% | 10,389,204 |
15. To determine the auditor's remuneration | 760,403,687 | 99.98 | 171,574 | 0.02 | 73.75% | 733,595 |
16. To authorise political donations | 742,924,661 | 98.33 | 12,617,230 | 1.67 | 73.26% | 5,751,972 |
17. To permit the Directors to allot further shares | 737,913,332 | 96.94 | 23,295,325 | 3.06 | 73.81% | 92,212 |
18. To give general authority for disapplication of pre-emption rights under resolution 17 | 759,915,834 | 99.96 | 267,763 | 0.04 | 73.71% | 1,104,871 |
19. To give additional authority for disapplication of pre-emption rights under resolution 17 for the purpose of acquisition or capital investment | 743,464,470 | 97.80 | 16,720,853 | 2.20 | 73.71% | 1,103,743 |
20. To give authority to allot new ordinary shares in relation to an issue of mandatory convertible securities | 747,267,455 | 98.30 | 12,918,086 | 1.70 | 73.71% | 1,086,863 |
21. To give authority to allot equity securities for cash under the authority given under resolution 20 | 746,686,764 | 98.22 | 13,528,045 | 1.78 | 73.71% | 1,084,451 |
22. To give authority for the Company to buy back up to 10% of issued ordinary shares | 751,239,461 | 98.69 | 9,935,424 | 1.31 | 73.81% | 131,066 |
23. To renew the Sharesave Plan and give authority to establish or renew further plans for the benefit of employees outside the UK based on the Sharesave Plan | 755,101,668 | 99.20 | 6,118,248 | 0.80 | 73.81% | 87,258 |
24. To renew the SIP and give authority to establish further plans for the benefit of employees outside the UK based on the SIP | 760,365,071 | 99.89 | 841,989 | 0.11 | 73.81% | 100,242 |
25. To authorise the Directors to continue the Scrip Dividend Scheme | 760,498,282 | 99.99 | 75,135 | 0.01 | 73.75% | 730,678 |
26. To approve the notice period for general meetings | 713,461,618 | 94.43 | 42,121,938 | 5.57 | 73.26% | 5,723,746 |
Notes
1 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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
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LEI: 549300HOGQ7E0TY86138
Enquiries:
Christopher Smyth, Deputy Group Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0)20 7111 7050
Website: www.rsagroup.com
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