26 May 2020
Aviva plc
VOTING RESULTS OF 2020 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Aviva plc announces the results of its Annual General Meeting held today. All resolutions were voted on by way of a poll and were passed.
The total number of votes received on each resolution is as follows:
|
|
Resolution |
For
|
% of votes cast |
Against |
% of votes cast |
Votes cast as % of Issued Share Capital |
Withheld |
| 1. |
To receive and consider the Company's 2019 Annual report and accounts |
2,522,665,591 |
99.99 |
365,256 |
0.01 |
64.24% |
10,417,037 |
| 2. |
To approve the Directors' remuneration report in the Company's 2019 Annual report and accounts |
2,426,163,368 |
95.84 |
105,081,885 |
4.16 |
64.45% |
2,308,589 |
| 3. |
|
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| 4. |
To elect Amanda Blanc |
2,528,794,266 |
99.85 |
3,689,386 |
0.15 |
64.48% |
1,082,243 |
| 5. |
To elect George Culmer |
2,523,673,163 |
99.65 |
8,822,259 |
0.35 |
64.48% |
1,080,243 |
| 6. |
To elect Patrick Flynn |
2,525,403,956 |
99.72 |
7,049,868 |
0.28 |
64.48% |
1,115,758 |
| 7. |
To elect Jason Windsor |
2,516,821,427 |
99.38 |
15,628,741 |
0.62 |
64.48% |
1,123,662 |
| 8. |
To re-elect Patricia Cross |
2,504,449,879 |
98.89 |
28,095,545 |
1.11 |
64.48% |
1,020,691 |
| 9. |
To re-elect Belén Romana García |
2,507,686,918 |
99.02 |
24,816,004 |
0.98 |
64.48% |
1,062,741 |
| 10. |
To re-elect Michael Mire |
2,504,390,132 |
98.89 |
28,100,826 |
1.11 |
64.48% |
1,077,876 |
| 11. |
To re-elect Sir Adrian Montague |
2,503,914,388 |
98.91 |
27,677,057 |
1.09 |
64.46% |
1,969,120 |
| 12. |
To re-elect Maurice Tulloch |
2,526,807,364 |
99.77 |
5,790,086 |
0.23 |
64.48% |
978,284 |
| 13. |
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor of the Company |
2,488,235,569 |
99.78 |
5,527,965 |
0.22 |
63.49% |
39,813,816 |
| 14. |
To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor's remuneration |
2,524,769,760 |
99.68 |
8,061,433 |
0.32 |
64.49% |
745,517 |
| 15. |
To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure |
2,486,239,047 |
98.17 |
46,384,051 |
1.83 |
64.48% |
922,530 |
| 16. |
To authorise the directors of the Company to allot ordinary shares |
2,407,803,264 |
95.06 |
124,937,111 |
4.94 |
64.48% |
832,890 |
| 17. |
Disapplication of pre-emption rights on allotment of ordinary shares* |
2,522,354,842 |
99.62 |
9,693,972 |
0.38 |
64.47% |
1,529,910 |
| 18. |
Disapplication of pre-emption rights - specified capital projects* |
2,474,531,776 |
97.73 |
57,465,646 |
2.27 |
64.47% |
1,581,906 |
| 19. |
To authorise the directors to allot ordinary shares in respect of Solvency II Instruments |
2,484,119,968 |
98.10 |
48,008,865 |
1.90 |
64.47% |
1,433,573 |
| 20. |
Disapplication of pre-emption rights - Solvency II Instruments* |
2,476,376,633 |
97.80 |
55,652,661 |
2.20 |
64.47% |
1,538,672 |
| 21. |
Authority to allot sterling new preference shares |
2,525,996,071 |
99.74 |
6,577,864 |
0.26 |
64.48% |
1,006,725 |
| 22. |
Disapplication of pre-emption rights - sterling new preference shares* |
2,519,774,126 |
99.50 |
12,592,973 |
0.50 |
64.48% |
1,210,778 |
| 23. |
To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares* |
2,476,748,633 |
97.88 |
53,686,842 |
2.12 |
64.43% |
3,143,857 |
| 24. |
To authorise the Company to purchase its own 8 3/4% preference shares*
|
2,518,463,539 |
99.53 |
11,858,689 |
0.47 |
64.42% |
3,256,639 |
| 25. |
To authorise the Company to purchase its own 8 3/8% preference shares*
|
2,518,454,352 |
99.53 |
11,852,347 |
0.47 |
64.42% |
3,275,389 |
| 26. |
To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than an Annual General Meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice*
|
2,375,512,073 |
93.77 |
157,501,218 |
6.23 |
64.49% |
463,539 |
Notes:
*Special resolution
A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.
On 22 May 2020 there were 3,927,667,321 Aviva plc ordinary shares in issue. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per share held.
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting will also be available on the Aviva website at www.aviva.com/agm shortly.
The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Aviva website at www.aviva.com/agm.
2020 Financial Calendar
Half Year Preliminary Results Announcement 6 August 2020
Enquiries:
Roy Tooley, Head of Secretariat - Corporate & Board Governance +44 (0)7800 699 781
Media
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Sarah Swailes +44 (0)7800 694 859
Analysts
Chris Esson ir@aviva.com