5th May 2017 12:12
RSA Insurance Group plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
5 May 2017
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.
The issued share capital as at 5 May 2017 was 1,020,283,366.
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 2016 Annual Report and Accounts | 741,247,357 | 99.99 | 38,350 | 0.01 | 72.65% | 403,405 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 734,627,246 | 99.07 | 6,903,843 | 0.93 | 72.68% | 158,023 |
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 732,499,680 | 98.78 | 9,024,286 | 1.22 | 72.68% | 165,146 |
4. To approve a final dividend | 741,292,391 | 99.96 | 324,819 | 0.04 | 72.69% | 71,872 |
5. To re-elect Martin Scicluna as a Director | 653,347,705 | 97.31 | 18,075,584 | 2.69 | 65.81% | 70,265,823 |
6. To re-elect Stephen Hester as a Director | 741,294,945 | 99.96 | 288,937 | 0.04 | 72.68% | 105,230 |
7. To re-elect Scott Egan as a Director | 740,225,947 | 99.83 | 1,228,029 | 0.17 | 72.67% | 235,136 |
8. To re-elect Alastair Barbour as a Director | 682,413,875 | 92.70 | 53,721,423 | 7.30 | 72.15% | 5,553,814 |
9. To re-elect Kath Cates as a Director | 739,146,420 | 99.69 | 2,327,451 | 0.31 | 72.67% | 215,241 |
10. To re-elect Enrico Cucchiani as a Director | 740,858,633 | 99.92 | 585,520 | 0.08 | 72.67% | 244,959 |
11. To elect Isabel Hudson as a Director | 741,416,590 | 99.98 | 157,885 | 0.02 | 72.68% | 114,637 |
12. To re-elect Hugh Mitchell as a Director | 737,088,143 | 99.40 | 4,470,808 | 0.60 | 72.68% | 130,161 |
13. To re-elect Joseph Streppel as a Director | 741,186,668 | 99.95 | 368,541 | 0.05 | 72.68% | 133,903 |
14. To re-elect Martin Strobel as a Director | 741,278,014 | 99.96 | 281,136 | 0.04 | 72.68% | 129,962 |
15. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as the auditor | 741,116,916 | 99.94 | 473,167 | 0.06 | 72.68% | 97,347 |
16. To determine the auditor's remuneration | 741,450,532 | 99.98 | 123,344 | 0.02 | 72.68% | 113,554 |
17. To authorise political donations | 719,509,852 | 97.47 | 18,662,054 | 2.53 | 72.35% | 3,515,524 |
18. To permit the Directors to allot further shares | 715,326,611 | 96.93 | 22,652,202 | 3.07 | 72.33% | 3,708,617 |
19. To give general authority for disapplication of pre-emption rights under resolution 18 | 736,672,017 | 99.66 | 2,547,637 | 0.34 | 72.45% | 2,467,776 |
20. To give additional authority for disapplication of pre-emption rights under resolution 18 for the purpose of acquisition or capital investment
| 726,512,256 | 98.28 | 12,710,475 | 1.72 | 72.45% | 2,464,641 |
21. To give authority to allot new ordinary shares in relation to an issue of mandatory convertible securities | 729,863,617 | 99.21 | 5,818,543 | 0.79 | 72.11% | 6,005,212 |
22. To give authority to allot equity securities for cash under the authority given under resolution 21 | 717,941,407 | 97.59 | 17,747,552 | 2.41 | 72.11% | 5,998,413 |
23. To give authority for the Company to buy back up to 10% of issued ordinary shares | 736,882,421 | 99.37 | 4,659,460 | 0.63 | 72.68% | 145,491 |
24. To approve the notice period for general meetings | 700,545,382 | 94.90 | 37,674,960 | 5.10 | 72.35% | 3,467,030 |
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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Enquiries to:
Elinor Bell, Deputy Group Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0)20 7111 7000
Related Shares:
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