17th May 2010 16:50
RSA Insurance Group plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
17 May 2010
RSA Insurance Group plc held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders at 11am today. All resolutions were put to the meeting on a poll.
The issued ordinary share capital as at 16 May 2010 was 3,445,481,748.
The total number of votes received for each resolution is as follows:
| Resolution | For | Against | Votes Withheld * | Total | |||||
| 1. To adopt the 2009 Annual Report & Accounts | 2,400,031,547 | 6,282,401 | 1,676,788 | 2,406,313,948 | |||||
| 2. To declare a final dividend | 2,406,931,737 | 18,028 | 1,041,099 | 2,406,949,765 | |||||
| 3. To confirm the re-election of George Culmer | 2,401,446,302 | 5,300,409 | 1,248,261 | 2,406,746,711 | |||||
| 4. To confirm the re-election of Simon Lee | 2,401,452,104 | 5,290,623 | 1,249,995 | 2,406,742,727 | |||||
| 5. To confirm the re-election of Noel Harwerth | 2,400,786,538 | 5,928,249 | 1,280,935 | 2,406,714,787 | |||||
| 6. To confirm the re-election of Malcolm Le May | 2,399,004,620 | 7,647,242 | 1,301,860 | 2,406,651,862 | |||||
| 7. To confirm the re-election of Edward Lea | 2,398,426,255 | 8,274,349 | 1,295,118 | 2,406,700,604 | |||||
| 8. To confirm the re-election of John Maxwell | 2,398,490,801 | 8,181,940 | 1,322,056 | 2,406,672,741 | |||||
| 9. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors | 2,361,609,964 | 13,793,985 | 32,591,773 | 2,375,403,949 | |||||
| 10. To determine the auditors' remuneration | 2,381,821,724 | 24,408,870 | 1,719,338 | 2,406,230,594 | |||||
| 11. To approve the directors' remuneration report | 2,258,709,260 | 106,557,760 | 42,720,018 | 2,365,267,020 | |||||
| 12. To adopt new articles of association | 2,373,335,756 | 4,703,716 | 29,944,882 | 2,378,039,472 | |||||
| 13. To approve the notice period for general meetings | 2,267,021,263 | 138,373,286 | 2,122,196 | 2,405,394,549 | |||||
| 14. To give authority for the Group to make donations to political parties, independent election candidates and political organisations and to incur political expenditure | 2,325,553,340 | 80,190,875 | 2,240,953 | 2,405,744,215 | |||||
| 15. To permit the directors to allot further shares | 2,274,786,303 | 128,973,005 | 4,225,860 | 2,403,759,308 | |||||
| 16. To relax the restrictions which normally apply when ordinary shares are issued for cash | 2,404,940,191 | 1,584,748 | 1,460,229 | 2,406,524,939 | |||||
| 17. To give authority for the Company to buy back up to 10% of issued ordinary shares | 2,405,536,335 | 1,154,444 | 1,250,564 | 2,406,690,779 |
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, two copies of all resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have today been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority25 The North ColonnadeCanary WharfLondon E14 5HSTel. no. (0)20 7676 1000
(Documents will usually be available for inspection within six normal business hours of this notice being given).
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Enquiries to:
Julia Possener, Deputy Group Company SecretaryRSA Insurance Group plcTel: +44 (0)20 7111 7000
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