25th May 2011 16:58
Legal & general group plc
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 25 MAY 2011
Legal & General Group Plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting held today at The Honourable Artillery Company, Armoury House, City Road, London EC1Y 2BQ, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of the Meeting were passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote. All Board Directors were in attendance.
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 2010 | 3,885,788,210 | 99.95 | 1,840,383 | 0.05 | 4,184,157 |
Resolution 2 Declaration of a final dividend of 3.42p per Ordinary share | 3,885,461,636 | 99.98 | 636,085 | 0.02 | 5,715,029 |
Resolution 3 Election of Mike Fairey as a Director | 3,868,846,748 | 99.54 | 17,977,127 | 0.46 | 4,988,875 |
Resolution 4 Election of Nick Prettejohn as a Director | 3,869,244,889 | 99.55 | 17,634,111 | 0.45 | 4,933,750 |
Resolution 5 Re-election of Tim Breedon as a Director | 3,850,143,064 | 99.05 | 36,978,276 | 0.95 | 4,691,409 |
Resolution 6 Re-election of Dame Clara Furse as a Director | 3,820,263,404 | 98.28 | 66,680,704 | 1.72 | 4,868,642 |
Resolution 7 Re-election of Mark Gregory as a Director | 3,851,053,785 | 99.07 | 35,998,996 | 0.93 | 4,759,968 |
Resolution 8 Re-election of Rudy Markham as a Director | 3,698,208,962 | 97.18 | 107,441,720 | 2.82 | 86,162,068 |
Resolution 9 Re-election of John Pollock as a Director | 3,850,136,001 | 99.05 | 36,921,472 | 0.95 | 4,755,276 |
Resolution 10 Re-election of Henry Staunton as a Director | 3,870,912,213 | 99.59 | 16,024,647 | 0.41 | 4,875,890 |
Resolution 11 Re-election of John Stewart as a Director | 3,807,341,215 | 97.95 | 79,691,932 | 2.05 | 4,779,603 |
Resolution 12 Re-election of Nigel Wilson as a Director | 3,832,901,440 | 99.07 | 36,165,264 | 0.93 | 22,746,045 |
Resolution 13 Re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors | 3,809,109,519 | 99.16 | 32,219,480 | 0.84 | 50,483,751 |
Resolution 14 Auditors' remuneration | 3,872,943,039 | 99.68 | 12,564,461 | 0.32 | 6,305,250 |
Resolution 15 Approval of Remuneration Report | 3,640,881,443 | 95.45 | 173,723,923 | 4.55 | 77,207,384 |
Resolution 16 Authority to allot equity securities | 3,848,012,803 | 99.00 | 38,986,408 | 1.00 | 4,813,539 |
Resolution 17 Political donations | 3,845,982,599 | 99.26 | 28,513,650 | 0.74 | 17,316,501 |
Resolution 18 Authority to offer a Scrip Dividend Programme | 3,883,699,397 | 99.96 | 1,681,301 | 0.04 | 6,432,052 |
Resolution 19* Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 3,848,050,442 | 99.00 | 38,696,323 | 1.00 | 5,065,985 |
Resolution 20* Authority to purchase own shares | 3,875,456,903 | 99.69 | 12,040,989 | 0.31 | 4,314,858 |
Resolution 21* Authority to reduce notice period for general meetings other than an AGM | 3,585,679,988 | 92.23 | 301,885,615 | 7.77 | 4,247,147 |
Notes:
1 The 'for' votes include those giving the Chairman 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 proxy votes cast was 3,890,383,502 representing 66.27% of voting capital as at 23 May 2011. At the close of business on 23 May 2011, the issued share capital of the Company was 5,870,231,128 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 http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do and also on the Company's website at http://investor.legalandgeneral.com/agm.cfm
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 http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
Name of person making notification: | Gill Houinato Assistant Company Secretary |
Contact number: | 020 3124 2142 |
Date of notification: | 25 May 2011 |
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