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| Date | 22 May 2024 |
| Time | 14:45:00 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 5126P |
M&G plc NEWS RELEASE
22 May 2024
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2024
M&G plc (the 'Company') announces that Resolutions 1 to 16 (inclusive) being ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 17 to 20 (inclusive) being special resolutions, which were put to the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 22 May 2024 at 10:00 (the 'AGM'), were duly passed and the results of the poll are as follows:
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RESOLUTION |
VOTES FOR (including discretionary) |
VOTES AGAINST |
TOTAL VOTES CAST |
VOTES WITHHELD |
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Number of votes
|
% of votes
|
Number of votes |
% of votes |
Total number of votes cast
|
% of issued share capital
|
|
|
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1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts |
1,585,665,333 |
99.99% |
118,004 |
0.01% |
1,585,783,337 |
66.62% |
840,252 |
|
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
1,535,355,539 |
96.79% |
50,946,080 |
3.21% |
1,586,301,619 |
66.64% |
325,010 |
|
3. To elect Elisabeth Stheeman with effect from 1 August 2024 |
1,585,886,456 |
99.97% |
519,932 |
0.03% |
1,586,406,388 |
66.65% |
220,241 |
|
4. To re-elect Clive Adamson |
1,569,014,925 |
98.90% |
17,410,243 |
1.10% |
1,586,425,168 |
66.65% |
201,460 |
|
5. To re-elect Edward Braham |
1,566,629,731 |
98.75% |
19,797,545 |
1.25% |
1,586,427,276 |
66.65% |
199,352 |
|
6. To re-elect Clare Chapman |
1,560,089,911 |
98.34% |
26,323,300 |
1.66% |
1,586,413,211 |
66.65% |
213,417 |
|
7. To elect Kathryn McLeland |
1,585,577,092 |
99.95% |
849,558 |
0.05% |
1,586,426,650 |
66.65% |
198,592 |
|
8. To re-elect (Paolo) Andrea Rossi |
1,585,920,838 |
99.97% |
496,123 |
0.03% |
1,586,416,961 |
66.65% |
209,668 |
|
9. To re-elect Debasish (Dev) Sanyal |
1,585,963,323 |
99.97% |
429,873 |
0.03% |
1,586,393,196 |
66.65% |
233,433 |
|
10. To re-elect Clare Thompson |
1,568,929,635 |
98.90% |
17,480,434 |
1.10% |
1,586,410,069 |
66.65% |
216,559 |
|
11. To re-elect Massimo Tosato |
1,585,490,176 |
99.94% |
913,383 |
0.06% |
1,586,403,559 |
66.65% |
223,070 |
|
12. To re-appoint PwC LLP as auditor |
1,579,696,742 |
99.57% |
6,755,794 |
0.43% |
1,586,452,536 |
66.65% |
174,093 |
|
13. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration |
1,586,005,020 |
99.97% |
414,446 |
0.03% |
1,586,419,466 |
66.65% |
207,163 |
|
14. To authorise political donations by the Company and its subsidiaries |
1,352,291,313 |
99.06% |
12,893,639 |
0.94% |
1,365,184,952 |
57.35% |
221,441,677 |
|
15. To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares |
1,351,848,615 |
85.55% |
228,279,715 |
14.45% |
1,580,128,330 |
66.39% |
6,498,299 |
|
16. To authorise the Directors to allot Mandatory Convertible Securities ('MCS') |
1,363,345,902 |
85.94% |
222,992,278 |
14.06% |
1,586,338,180 |
66.65% |
287,607 |
|
17. To authorise the general disapplication of pre-emption rights |
1,368,426,897 |
86.61% |
211,643,657 |
13.39% |
1,580,070,554 |
66.38% |
6,556,075 |
|
18. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with the issuance of MCS |
1,348,009,445 |
84.97% |
238,414,409 |
15.03% |
1,586,423,854 |
66.65% |
202,775 |
|
19. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares |
1,579,513,098 |
99.57% |
6,771,103 |
0.43% |
1,586,284,201 |
66.64% |
342,428 |
|
20. To authorise the Directors to call general meetings on not less than 14 days' notice |
1,328,648,206 |
96.41% |
49,514,523 |
3.59% |
1,378,162,729 |
57.90% |
208,462,634 |
There were no restrictions on shareholders to cast votes on any of the resolutions proposed at the AGM. Votes withheld are not votes in law and therefore have not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against a resolution.
As at 18:30 (UK time) on 21 May 2024, the number of voting shares of the Company was 2,380,253,857 ordinary shares, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote 'for' or 'against' all the resolutions at the AGM. In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, on a poll, every member present in person or by proxy has one vote for every share held.
Contact:
Charlotte Heiss, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary - 020 8162 2127
Christopher Smyth, Director of Secretariat - 020 8162 0527
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