4th May 2011 16:33
Aviva plc
VOTING RESULTS OF 2011 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
Aviva plc announces the results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting held today.
For
| Against | Votes Withheld | |
Resolution 1: To receive the Annual Report and Accounts | 1,603,276,431 | 756,508 | 6,308,115 |
Resolution 2: To declare a final dividend | 1,602,894,863 | 109,844 | 7,342,444 |
Resolution 3: To elect Igal Mayer | 1,598,356,415 | 5,196,061 | 6,789,214 |
Resolution 4: To re-elect Mary Francis | 1,600,097,177 | 3,516,596 | 6,721,995 |
Resolution 5: To re-elect Richard Karl Goeltz | 1,556,364,318 | 47,184,350 | 6,791,068 |
Resolution 6: To re-elect Euleen Goh | 1,593,961,108
| 9,612,348 | 6,766,280 |
Resolution 7: To re-elect Michael Hawker
| 1,600,226,023 | 3,386,065 | 6,727,648 |
Resolution 8: To re-elect Mark Hodges
| 1,598,780,267 | 4,820,568 | 6,738,471 |
Resolution 9: To re-elect Andrew Moss
| 1,531,206,759 | 72,455,623 | 6,670,808 |
Resolution 10: To re-elect Carole Piwnica | 1,599,846,102 | 3,722,532 | 6,769,602 |
Resolution 11: To re-elect Patrick Regan | 1,598,974,760 | 4,660,178 | 6,704,798 |
Resolution 12: To re-elect Colin Sharman
| 1,592,814,818 | 10,801,428 | 6,723,490 |
Resolution 13: To re-elect Leslie Van de Walle | 1,598,747,835 | 4,748,945 | 6,842,956 |
Resolution 14: To re-elect Russell Walls | 1,600,113,169 | 3,477,577 | 6,748,290 |
Resolution 15: To re-elect Scott Wheway
| 1,600,120,650 | 3,431,023 | 6,788,063 |
Resolution 16: To reappoint Ernst & Young LLP | 1,598,878,163 | 4,995,641 | 6,466,035 |
Resolution 17: To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration
| 1,599,338,459 | 3,166,050 | 7,825,316 |
Resolution 18: To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities subject to the restrictions set out in the resolution
| 1,539,916,306 | 63,737,084 | 6,688,886 |
Resolution 19: To approve the renewal of the authority to make non pre-emptive share allotments (Special Resolution)
| 1,575,061,640 | 27,970,948 | 7,307,894 |
Resolution 20: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 1,555,169,758 | 42,120,545 | 12,842,045 |
Resolution 21: To receive the Corporate Responsibility Report | 1,601,454,786 | 829,375 | 8,051,652 |
Resolution 22: To authorise the Company and any subsidiary company in the Group to make political donations
| 1,579,978,464 | 19,659,933 | 10,704,608 |
Resolution 23: To authorise general meetings other than annual general meetings to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution)
| 1,482,684,079 | 121,203,408 | 6,455,428 |
Resolution 24: To approve the adoption of the Annual Bonus Plan 2011
| 1,569,433,501 | 14,552,554 | 26,359,742 |
Resolution 25: To approve the adoption of the Long Term Incentive Plan 2011
| 1,441,646,274 | 43,574,423 | 124,914,681 |
Resolution 26: To approve the amendment of the All Employee Share Ownership Plan rules
| 1,576,975,891 | 6,144,054 | 27,223,842 |
Resolution 27: To authorise the purchase of the Company's ordinary shares up to a specified amount (Special Resolution)
| 1,600,398,597 | 3,347,703 | 6,597,198 |
Resolution 28: To authorise the purchase of the Company's 8¾% preference shares up to a specified amount (Special Resolution)
| 1,582,430,541 | 962,153 | 26,950,481 |
Resolution 29: To authorise the purchase of the Company's 8⅜% preference shares up to a specified amount (Special Resolution)
| 1,582,361,304 | 1,010,600 | 26,971,271 |
Resolutions 1-29 were carried
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Aviva plc announces the results of the voting by poll on the resolution put to the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held today
For
| Against | Votes Withheld | |
Resolution: To approve the partial disposal of Aviva's interest in Delta Lloyd N.V. | 1,582,920,114 | 1,288,993 | 13,282,777 |
The resolution was carried.
On 4 May 2011, there were 2,820,937,618 Aviva plc ordinary shares in issue. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R copies of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting and the Extraordinary General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting and the Extraordinary General Meeting are also available on the Aviva website at www.aviva.com/agm and www.aviva.com/egm respectively.
The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the notices of Annual General Meeting and Extraordinary General Meeting, copies of which are available on the Aviva website (www.aviva.com/agm and www.aviva.com/egm).
Enquiries:
Kirstine Cooper
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary +44 (0)20 7662 6646
Media
Nigel Prideaux +44 (0)20 7662 0215
Andrew Reid +44 (0)20 7662 3131
Sue Winston +44 (0)20 7662 8221
Analysts
Charles Barrows +44 (0)20 7662 8115
Notes to editors:
About Aviva
§ Aviva is a leading provider of life and pension products in Europe (including the UK) with substantial positions in other markets around the world, making it the world's sixth largest insurance group based on gross worldwide premiums at 31 December 2009.
§ Aviva's principal business activities are long-term savings, fund management and general insurance, with worldwide total sales* of £47.1 billion and funds under management of £402 billion at 31 December 2010.
This announcement does not constitute a prospectus or an offer or invitation to purchase securities.
These materials are not an offer of securities for sale, or solicitation of offers to buy securities, and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which, or to any persons to whom, such an offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful. The securities to which these materials relate have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or the laws of any US state, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, registration under the Securities Act, including pursuant to the private offering exemption provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. The information contained in these written materials are being disclosed in accordance with Rule 135c under the Securities Act. There will be no public offering of any such securities in the United States.
The partial disposal of shares in Delta Lloyd (the "Offering") and the distribution of this announcement and other information in connection with the Offering in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and persons into whose possession any document or other information referred to herein comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. The price and value of the Delta Lloyd shares may go up as well as down. Persons needing advice should contact a professional adviser. Past performance cannot be relied upon as a guide to future performance.
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* Based on 2010 published life and pensions PVNBP on an MCEV basis, total investment sales and general insurance and health net written premiums, including share of associates' premiums.
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