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On 21 May 2026, Legal & General Group Plc held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and a General Meeting (GM), where shareholders passed all proposed resolutions by poll vote. At the AGM, resolutions including the declaration of a 15.67 pence per ordinary share final dividend and the election/re-election of directors were approved, with "For" votes ranging from 93.66% to 99.95%. Separately, at the GM, shareholders approved the reduction of the Company's share premium account by £1,051,581,960 and its capital redemption reserve by £24,583,524, with 99.90% and 99.92% "For" votes respectively.
| Date | 21 May 2026 |
| Time | 16:15:00 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 3393F |
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Legal & General Group Plc 21 May 2026 |
Results of Annual General Meeting and General Meeting held on 21 May 2026
Legal & General Group Plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) 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 |
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|
No. of shares |
% |
No. of shares |
% |
||
|
Resolution 1 Receipt of financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 |
2,780,120,489 |
99.95 |
1,456,099 |
0.05 |
6,232,188 |
|
Resolution 2 Declaration of a final dividend of 15.67 pence per ordinary share |
2,767,921,391 |
99.33 |
18,630,547 |
0.67 |
1,262,618 |
|
Resolution 3 Approval of the Company's Climate and Nature Transition Plan |
2,331,040,346 |
96.84 |
76,161,397 |
3.16 |
380,606,654 |
|
Resolution 4 Election of Mark Jordy as a Director |
2,777,000,773 |
99.75 |
6,863,957 |
0.25 |
3,949,826 |
|
Resolution 5 Election of Andrew Kail as a Director |
2,761,200,686 |
99.17 |
23,046,327 |
0.83 |
3,567,543 |
|
Resolution 6 Election of Scott Wheway as a Director |
2,777,532,619 |
99.77 |
6,524,150 |
0.23 |
3,757,787 |
|
Resolution 7 Re-election of Henrietta Baldock as a Director |
2,763,640,714 |
99.74 |
7,336,023 |
0.26 |
16,837,819 |
|
Resolution 8 Re-election of Clare Bousfield as a Director |
2,778,004,451 |
99.77 |
6,278,598 |
0.23 |
3,531,507 |
|
Resolution 9 Re-election of Carolyn Johnson as a Director |
2,776,144,712 |
99.71 |
7,974,183 |
0.29 |
3,695,661 |
|
Resolution 10 Re-election of Nilufer Kheraj as a Director |
2,775,324,497 |
99.67 |
9,207,841 |
0.33 |
3,282,218 |
|
Resolution 11 Re-election of George Lewis as a Director |
2,760,147,835 |
99.61 |
10,877,706 |
0.39 |
16,789,015 |
|
Resolution 12 Re-election of Tushar Morzaria as a Director |
2,774,895,942 |
99.67 |
9,238,482 |
0.33 |
3,680,132 |
|
Resolution 13 Re-election of António Simões as a Director |
2,761,120,710 |
99.19 |
22,639,113 |
0.81 |
4,054,733 |
|
Resolution 14 Re-election of Laura Wade-Gery as a Director |
2,763,529,913 |
99.26 |
20,733,015 |
0.74 |
3,510,628 |
|
Resolution 15 Reappointment of KPMG LLP as auditors |
2,777,265,742 |
99.75 |
6,905,574 |
0.25 |
3,643,240 |
|
Resolution 16 To authorise the Audit Committee, on behalf of the Board, to determine the Auditors' remuneration |
2,777,686,786 |
99.76 |
6,647,549 |
0.24 |
3,426,411 |
|
Resolution 17 Approval of Remuneration Policy |
2,688,821,005 |
96.59 |
94,806,695 |
3.41 |
4,133,046 |
|
Resolution 18 Approval of Remuneration Report |
2,637,386,714 |
96.23 |
103,388,631 |
3.77 |
46,985,401 |
|
Resolution 19 Authority to make political donations |
2,738,489,893 |
99.04 |
26,479,254 |
0.96 |
22,786,599 |
|
Resolution 20 Authority to allot equity shares |
2,719,535,767 |
97.67 |
65,012,575 |
2.33 |
3,212,404 |
|
Resolution 21 Authority to allot shares in respect of Contingent Convertible Securities (CCS) |
2,774,603,294 |
99.65 |
9,666,293 |
0.35 |
3,491,159 |
|
Resolution 22* Disapplication of pre-emption rights |
2,756,103,463 |
99.03 |
27,083,408 |
0.97 |
4,573,875 |
|
Resolution 23* Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights |
2,770,416,279 |
99.54 |
12,880,908 |
0.46 |
4,461,039 |
|
Resolution 24* Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with CCS |
2,768,648,450 |
99.48 |
14,391,093 |
0.52 |
4,718,683 |
|
Resolution 25* Authority to purchase own shares |
2,776,725,537 |
99.71 |
8,157,833 |
0.29 |
2,874,856 |
|
Resolution 26* Authority to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice |
2,608,810,055 |
93.66 |
176,532,768 |
6.34 |
2,415,403 |
Legal & General Group Plc further announces that, at its General Meeting (GM) held today at the same venue, both of the resolutions proposed were passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote.
The votes cast were as follows:
|
Resolution |
For 1 |
Against |
Votes Withheld 2 |
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|
No. of shares |
% |
No. of shares |
% |
||
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Resolution 1* The share premium account of the Company be reduced by £1,051,581,960 |
2,725,995,137 |
99.90 |
2,717,642 |
0.10 |
3,338,178 |
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Resolution 2* The capital redemption reserve of the Company be reduced by £24,583,524 |
2,726,367,830 |
99.92 |
2,248,976 |
0.08 |
3,432,656 |
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. |
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5 |
For the AGM, the total number of votes cast was 2,786,551,938 representing 50% of voting capital as at 19 May 2026. For the GM, the total number of votes cast was 2,728,712,779 representing 48.96% of voting capital as at 19 May 2026. At the close of business on 19 May 2026, the issued share capital of the Company was 5,573,178,063 ordinary shares (no shares are held in Treasury).
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*Denotes a Special Resolution.
Name: Leanne Cornish
Role: Group Deputy Company Secretary
Tel: 020 3124 4111