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Legal & General Group Plc

18 May 2023

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 18 MAY 2023

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 9JZ 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 
 2022                          3,798,553,727    99.96    1,485,006    0.04    20,959,151 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 2 
 Declaration of a 
 final dividend of 
 13.93p per ordinary 
 share                         3,782,325,570    99.01   37,670,998    0.99    1,003,836 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 3 
 Approval of Climate 
 Transition Plan               3,642,505,939    97.70   85,840,659    2.30    92,651,286 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 4 
 Election of Carolyn 
 Johnson as a Director         3,815,537,624    99.98     921,831     0.02    4,540,949 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 5 
 Election of Tushar 
 Morzaria as a Director        3,761,562,417    98.98   38,761,527    1.02    20,666,460 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 6 
 Re-election of Henrietta 
 Baldock as a Director         3,780,908,676    98.99   38,694,204    1.01    1,397,524 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 7 
 Re-election of Nilufer 
 von Bismarck as a 
 Director                      3,784,650,208    99.09   34,936,112    0.91    1,404,084 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 8 
 Re-election of Philip 
 Broadley as a Director        3,777,934,517    98.99   38,566,380    1.01    4,486,987 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 9 
 Re-election of Jeff 
 Davies as a Director          3,808,556,209    99.71   10,950,710    0.29    1,456,965 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 10 
 Re-election of Sir 
 John Kingman as a 
 Director                      3,773,325,565    99.21   30,114,336    0.79    17,550,503 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 11 
 Re-election of Lesley 
 Knox as a Director            3,713,074,375    97.21   106,522,590   2.79    1,400,919 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 12 
 Re-election of George 
 Lewis as a Director           3,780,998,339    98.99   38,562,797    1.01    1,419,282 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 13 
 Re-election of Ric 
 Lewis as a Director           3,780,996,007    98.99   38,578,468    1.01    1,400,943 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 14 
 Re-election of Laura 
 Wade-Gery as a Director       3,780,826,844    98.98   38,776,576    1.02    1,381,984 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 15 
 Re-election of Sir 
 Nigel Wilson as a 
 Director                      3,817,786,030    99.95    1,784,206    0.05    1,420,168 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 16 
 Re-appointment of 
 KPMG LLP as auditors          3,717,829,713    97.33   101,836,500   2.67    1,275,670 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 17 
 To authorise the 
 Audit Committee, 
 on behalf of the 
 Board, to determine 
 the Auditors' remuneration    3,768,772,832    98.67   50,988,930    1.33    1,221,176 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 18 
 Approval of Remuneration 
 Policy                        3,646,065,245    95.46   173,407,374   4.54    1,515,264 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 19 
 Approval of Remuneration 
 Report                        3,655,778,819    95.71   163,680,654   4.29    1,524,911 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 20 
 Approval of Directors' 
 Fee Limit                     3,801,893,530    99.55   17,244,749    0.45    1,858,624 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 21 
 Authority to allot 
 equity shares                 3,744,802,142    98.04   74,917,275    1.96    1,251,974 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 22 
 Authority to allot 
 shares in respect 
 of Contingent Convertible 
 Securities (CCS)              3,757,627,938    98.37   62,103,731    1.63    1,258,734 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 23 
 Authority to make 
 political donations           3,752,720,857    98.24   67,411,927    1.76     850,153 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 24* 
 Disapplication of 
 pre-emption rights            3,778,182,933    98.92   41,329,097    1.08    1,465,543 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 25* 
 Additional authority 
 to disapply pre-emption 
 rights                        3,750,785,863    98.20   68,759,299    1.80    1,436,722 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 26* 
 Additional authority 
 to disapply pre-emption 
 rights in connection 
 with CCS                      3,740,417,862    97.93   79,122,530    2.07    1,437,991 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 27* 
 Authority to purchase 
 own shares                    3,749,487,801    98.19   69,018,196    1.81    2,468,420 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
Resolution 28* 
 Authority to call 
 general meetings 
 (other than an AGM) 
 on not less than 
 14 clear days' notice         3,521,329,890    92.19   298,312,413   7.81    1,332,114 
                              ----------------  -----  -------------  ----  -------------- 
 

Notes:

   1          The 'for' votes include those giving the Chair 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 votes cast was 3,820,132,784 representing 63.95% of voting capital as at 16 May 2023. At the close of business on 16 May 2023, the issued share capital of the Company was 5,973,392,412 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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism 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: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 
 Name of person making notification:    Leanne Cornish 
 Contact number:                        020 3124 4111 
 Date of notification:                  18 May 2023 
 

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