RNS Number : 2397P
Lloyds Banking Group PLC
24 May 2018
 

24 May 2018

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC

Following the annual general meeting held today at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre in Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group plc announces that all the resolutions put to shareholders were passed by the requisite majorities.  Resolutions 1 to 20 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions.  Resolutions 21 to 27 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions.  A poll was held on each of the resolutions proposed.  The results of the polls are as follows:

Resolution

Votes

For

% of Votes Cast

Votes

Against

% of

Votes

Cast

Total Votes

Validly Cast

Total Votes Cast

as a %

of the Ordinary Shares in Issue

Votes

Withheld

1

Receive the report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2017

50,412,214,316

99.71

144,650,728

0.29

50,556,865,044

70.01%

158,533,416

2

Election of Lord Lupton

50,611,326,977

99.84

82,847,630

0.16

50,694,174,607

70.20%

20,833,283

3

Re-election of Lord Blackwell

49,937,212,157

98.50

759,076,027

1.50

50,696,288,184

70.20%

19,039,178

4

Re-election of Mr J Colombás

50,565,895,571

99.76

120,296,906

0.24

50,686,192,477

70.19%

19,711,631

5

Re-election of Mr M G Culmer

50,504,802,253

99.62

190,877,867

0.38

50,695,680,120

70.20%

19,539,691

6

Re-election of Mr A P Dickinson

50,393,548,384

99.41

301,277,440

0.59

50,694,825,824

70.20%

20,352,881

7

Re-election of Ms A M Frew

50,032,631,648

98.69

661,810,714

1.31

50,694,442,362

70.20%

19,039,522

8

Re-election of Mr S P Henry

50,184,766,859

98.99

510,470,353

1.01

50,695,237,212

70.20%

19,898,194

9

Re-election of Mr A Horta-Osório

50,585,088,105

99.77

114,326,113

0.23

50,699,414,218

70.20%

16,031,864

10

Re-election of Ms D D McWhinney

50,212,242,371

99.05

483,322,915

0.95

50,695,565,286

70.20%

19,534,669

11

Re-election of Mr N E T Prettejohn

50,603,106,992

99.82

91,748,384

0.18

50,694,855,376

70.20%

20,250,211

12

Re-election of Mr S W Sinclair

50,253,895,044

99.13

441,146,451

0.87

50,695,041,495

70.20%

20,050,905

13

Re-election of Ms S V Weller

50,408,924,604

99.44

286,395,931

0.56

50,695,320,535

70.20%

19,781,690

14

Approval of Annual Report on Remuneration section of the Directors' Remuneration Report

39,664,392,332

79.22

10,405,159,481

20.78

50,069,551,813

69.33%

645,476,735

15

Approval of a final ordinary dividend of 

2.05 pence per ordinary share

50,694,780,013

99.98

11,957,962

0.02

50,706,737,975

70.21%

8,787,169

16

Re-appointment of the auditor

48,802,070,950

96.26

1,897,818,858

3.74

50,699,889,808

70.20%

14,834,655

17

Authority to set the remuneration of the auditor

50,578,414,696

99.77

116,792,565

0.23

50,695,207,261

70.20%

15,243,976

18

Authority to make political donations or to incur political expenditure

49,887,776,103

98.45

787,585,005

1.55

50,675,361,108

70.17%

23,501,648

19

Directors' authority to allot shares

47,369,654,868

93.47

3,309,847,025

6.53

50,679,501,893

70.18%

19,198,102

20

Directors' authority to allot shares in relation to the issue of Regulatory Capital Convertible Instruments

49,506,467,694

97.76

1,134,445,858

2.24

50,640,913,552

70.12%

69,296,759

21

Limited disapplication of pre-emption rights (ordinary shares)

49,946,683,141

98.55

737,090,483

1.45

50,683,773,624

70.18%

30,894,482

22

Limited disapplication of pre-emption rights (financing an acquisition or other capital investment)

48,345,303,738

95.40

2,332,910,926

4.60

50,678,214,664

70.17%

30,010,973

23

Limited disapplication of pre-emption rights (Regulatory Capital Convertible Instruments)

48,649,967,415

95.99

2,034,137,426

4.01

50,684,104,841

70.18%

30,472,373

24

Authority to purchase own ordinary shares

49,923,394,734

98.53

745,983,546

1.47

50,669,378,280

70.16%

45,815,301

25

Authority to purchase own preference shares

50,568,092,142

99.80

99,456,946

0.20

50,667,549,088

70.16%

47,440,263

26

Adoption of new articles of association

50,655,362,300

99.94

29,945,820

0.06

50,685,308,120

70.18%

29,433,837

27

Notice period for general meetings

48,237,730,409

95.16

2,453,398,174

4.84

50,691,128,583

70.19%

23,648,359

                   

Notes

For all resolutions, as at 6.30 pm on 22 May 2018 (the time at which shareholders who wanted to attend, speak and vote at the meeting were required to have their details entered in the register of members), there were 72,216,988,490 ordinary shares in issue.

225 ordinary shareholders or persons representing ordinary shareholders attended the meeting. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Votes withheld are not votes and, therefore, have not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution. In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's Listing Rules, copies of the resolutions will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm

Resolution 14

We welcome the broad shareholder support for our 2017 Remuneration Report.  Shareholder discussions and voting outcomes in recent years, in particular the 98 per cent vote for the Directors Remuneration Policy in 2017, suggest that our policy and approach to executive remuneration are appropriate.

We actively engage with our shareholders and representative bodies, including the proxy advisors, to ensure that we are aware of their views, and as a consequence in 2017 we made significant enhancements to the level of disclosure.

The Board notes that while the resolution to approve the Remuneration Report was passed with a substantial majority of close to 80%, there were a significant number of votes opposing the resolution.  Going forward, we will engage further with all shareholders and proxy advisors to discuss the Group's approach to remuneration with a view to further simplifying and enhancing our disclosure.


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