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Legal & General Group Plc

23 May 2019

Legal & general group plc

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 23 MAY 2019

Legal & General Group Plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting held today at The British Medical Association, BMA House, Tavistock Square, Bloomsbury, London, WC1H 9JP all of the resolutions proposed in the Notice of the Meeting were passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote.

The votes cast were as follows:

 
Resolution                            For (1)                 Against        Votes Withheld 
                                                                                   (2) 
                              No. of shares(1)    %     No. of shares   % 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ---- 
Resolution 1 
 Receipt of financial 
 statements for the 
 year ended 31 December 
 2018                          4,132,052,557    100.00     22,069      0.00    52,977,631 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 2 
 Declaration of a 
 final dividend of 
 11.82p per ordinary 
 share                         4,179,683,025    99.88     5,170,882    0.12     198,350 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 3 
 Election of Henrietta 
 Baldock as a Director         4,182,465,948    99.96     1,768,846    0.04     817,463 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 4 
 Election of George 
 Lewis as a Director           4,177,165,466    99.83     7,023,022    0.17     863,769 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 5 
 Re-election of Philip 
 Broadley as a Director        4,113,444,896    98.31    70,715,466    1.69     891,895 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 6 
 Re-election of Jeff 
 Davies as a Director          4,129,262,973    98.69    54,957,299    1.31     831,985 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 7 
 Re-election of Sir 
 John Kingman as 
 a Director                    4,106,311,476    98.61    57,918,684    1.39    20,822,097 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 8 
 Re-election of Lesley 
 Knox as a Director            4,104,385,109    98.09    79,716,908    1.91     950,240 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 9 
 Re-election of Kerrigan 
 Procter as a Director         4,155,930,579    99.32    28,266,998    0.68     854,680 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 10 
 Re-election of Toby 
 Strauss as a Director         4,159,520,432    99.41    24,674,380    0.59     857,445 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 11 
 Re-election of Julia 
 Wilson as a Director          4,158,962,992    99.40    25,258,258    0.60     831,007 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 12 
 Re-election of Nigel 
 Wilson as a Director          4,161,710,089    99.46    22,484,376    0.54     857,792 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 13 
 Re-election of Mark 
 Zinkula as a Director         4,157,320,652    99.36    26,853,584    0.64     878,021 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 14 
 Re-appointment of 
 KPMG LLP as auditors          4,176,209,685    99.80     8,542,310    0.20     297,193 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 15 
 To authorise the 
 Director's to fix 
 the Auditors' remuneration    4,178,001,108    99.84     6,719,909    0.16     331,240 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 16 
 Approval of Remuneration 
 Report                        4,066,344,533    97.83    90,018,275    2.17    28,689,449 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 17 
 Authority to allot 
 equity securities             4,170,855,442    99.67    13,818,488    0.33     360,258 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 18 
 Authority to allot 
 contingent convertible 
 securities                    4,154,578,003    99.28    30,158,288    0.72     300,966 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 19 
 Authority to make 
 political donations           4,007,214,842    96.21    157,933,969   3.79    19,888,446 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 20 
 Renewal of the Legal 
 & General Group 
 Savings-Related 
 Option Scheme                 4,149,010,568    99.15    35,551,404    0.85     490,285 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 21 
 Renewal of the Legal 
 & General Group 
 Employee Share Plan           4,172,602,882    99.71    12,049,619    0.29     397,604 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 22* 
 Disapplication of 
 pre-emption rights            4,178,460,494    99.86     6,053,255    0.14     521,356 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 23* 
 Additional authority 
 to disapply pre-emption 
 rights                        4,072,496,364    97.32    112,014,470   2.68     513,646 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 24* 
 Additional authority 
 to diappply pre-emption 
 rights in connection 
 with CCS                      4,133,011,107    98.77    51,498,330    1.23     527,820 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 25* 
 Authority to purchase 
 own shares                    4,152,366,083    99.27    30,494,137    0.73    2,183,906 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 26* 
 Authority to call 
 general meetings 
 (other than an AGM) 
 on not less than 
 14 clear days' notice         3,938,003,149    94.55    227,034,378   5.45    20,014,730 
                              ----------------  ------  -------------  ----  -------------- 
 

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 4,184,853,907 representing 70.20% of voting capital as at 21 May 2019. At the close of business on 21 May 2019, the issued share capital of the Company was 5,960,948,551 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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and also on the Company's website at https://www.legalandgeneralgroup.com/investors/shareholder-centre/agm/

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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

 
 Name of person making notification:    Daniella Newson 
 Contact number:                        020 3124 2107 
 Date of notification:                  23 May 2019 
 

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