14th May 2012 13:46
RSA Insurance Group plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
14 May 2012
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 11 May 2012 was 3,541,583,126.
The total number of votes received for each resolution is as follows:
| Resolution | For | Against | Votes Withheld * | Total | |||||
| 1. To receive the 2011 Annual Report and Accounts | 2,350,006,085 | 152,812 | 853,944 | 2,350,158,897 | |||||
| 2. To declare a final dividend | 2,350,113,655 | 191,958 | 704,103 | 2,350,305,613 | |||||
| 3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 2,144,792,242 | 147,713,481 | 58,496,974 | 2,292,505,723 | |||||
| 4. To re-elect John Napier as a Director | 2,253,538,274 | 92,069,176 | 5,385,122 | 2,345,607,450 | |||||
| 5. To re-elect Simon Lee as a Director | 2,343,957,805 | 5,864,985 | 1,091,246 | 2,349,822,790 | |||||
| 6. To elect Adrian Brown as a Director | 2,335,948,635 | 13,824,383 | 1,178,604 | 2,349,773,018 | |||||
| 7. To re-elect Edward Lea as a Director | 2,339,569,128 | 5,966,948 | 5,448,398 | 2,345,536,076 | |||||
| 8. To elect Alastair Barbour as a Director | 2,344,578,594 | 5,241,651 | 1,142,014 | 2,349,820,245 | |||||
| 9. To elect Jos Streppel as a Director | 2,341,154,579 | 4,378,659 | 5,424,021 | 2,345,533,238 | |||||
| 10. re-elect Noel Harwerth as a Director | 2,344,401,265 | 5,451,974 | 1,103,018 | 2,349,853,239 | |||||
| 11. To re-elect Malcolm Le May as a Director | 2,341,147,063 | 4,376,731 | 5,365,387 | 2,345,523,794 | |||||
| 12. To re-elect John Maxwell as a Director | 2,340,799,516 | 4,665,989 | 5,358,793 | 2,345,465,505 | |||||
| 13. To re-elect Johanna Waterous as a Director | 2,319,393,373 | 7,046,844 | 24,509,598 | 2,326,440,217 | |||||
| 14. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor | 2,307,636,146 | 18,713,012 | 24,429,746 | 2,326,349,158 | |||||
| 15. To determine the auditor's remuneration | 2,301,514,850 | 48,433,955 | 1,001,517 | 2,349,948,805 | |||||
| 16. To give authority for the Group to make donations to political parties, independent election candidates and political organisations and to incur political expenditure | 2,322,981,721 | 26,776,488 | 1,204,050 | 2,349,758,209 | |||||
| 17. To permit the Directors to allot further shares | 2,274,744,870 | 49,720,469 | 26,495,311 | 2,324,465,339 | |||||
| 18. To relax the restrictions which normally apply when ordinary shares are issued for cash | 2,252,838,930 | 89,934,183 | 8,079,864 | 2,342,773,113 | |||||
| 19. To give authority for the Company to buy back up to 10% of issued ordinary shares | 2,346,295,998 | 3,666,102 | 969,015 | 2,349,962,100 | |||||
| 20. To approve the notice period for general meetings | 2,071,488,778 | 278,622,522 | 847,297 | 2,350,111,300 |
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 Secretary
Tel: +44 (0)20 7111 7000
Fax: +44 (0)20 7111 7616
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