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Standard Life plc held its Annual General Meeting on 14 May 2026, where all 26 resolutions presented were passed by the required majority. This included 22 ordinary and 4 special resolutions. Shareholders specifically approved a final dividend of 28.05 pence per ordinary share.
| Date | 14 May 2026 |
| Time | 14:37:53 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 4026E |
LEI: 2138001P49OLAEU33T68
14 May 2026
Standard Life plc ('Standard Life')
Results of Annual General Meeting ('AGM')
Standard Life announces the results of voting on the resolutions at its AGM held on 14 May 2026 at Floor 9, 20 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7AN.
A poll was held on each of the resolutions. Resolutions 1 to 22 (ordinary resolutions) and resolutions 23 to 26 (special resolutions) were all passed by the required majority. The results of the poll are as follows:
|
|
Description of Resolution |
Votes For |
% of Votes cast |
Votes Against |
% of Votes cast |
Total |
% of issued share capital |
Votes Withheld* |
|
1 |
To receive and consider the Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2025. |
736,152,366 |
99.98% |
137,367 |
0.02% |
736,289,733 |
73.14% |
673,830 |
|
2
|
To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration report. |
732,680,207 |
99.46% |
4,011,283 |
0.54% |
736,691,490 |
73.18% |
272,063 |
|
3 |
To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy. |
729,251,311 |
98.99% |
7,417,717 |
1.01% |
736,669,028 |
73.18% |
294,525 |
|
4 |
To declare and approve a Final dividend of 28.05 pence per ordinary share. |
735,938,330 |
99.87% |
928,142 |
0.13% |
736,866,472 |
73.20% |
97,081 |
|
5 |
To elect Siobhan Boylan as a Director of the Company. |
733,928,091 |
99.62% |
2,769,063 |
0.38% |
736,697,154 |
73.18% |
266,399 |
|
6 |
To re-elect Andy Briggs as a Director of the Company. |
733,956,172 |
99.62% |
2,815,899 |
0.38% |
736,772,071 |
73.19% |
191,482 |
|
7 |
To re-elect Eleanor Bucks as a Director of the Company. |
736,146,876 |
99.92% |
603,686 |
0.08% |
736,750,562 |
73.19% |
212,991 |
|
8 |
To elect Karin Cook as a Director of the Company. |
736,356,689 |
99.95% |
362,530 |
0.05% |
736,719,219 |
73.18% |
244,334 |
|
9 |
To re-elect Sherry Coutu as a Director of the Company. |
729,669,590 |
99.04% |
7,072,255 |
0.96% |
736,741,845 |
73.19% |
221,708 |
|
10 |
To re-elect Karen Green as a Director of the Company. |
729,267,764 |
99.02% |
7,249,420 |
0.98% |
736,517,184 |
73.16% |
446,369 |
|
11 |
To re-elect Mark Gregory as a Director of the Company. |
730,148,452 |
99.11% |
6,586,172 |
0.89% |
736,734,624 |
73.19% |
228,929 |
|
12 |
To re-elect Hiroyuki Iioka as a Director of the Company. |
733,706,677 |
99.59% |
3,027,389 |
0.41% |
736,734,066 |
73.19% |
229,487 |
|
13 |
To re-elect Sir Nicholas Lyons as a Director of the Company. |
729,621,833 |
99.03% |
7,140,731 |
0.97% |
736,762,564 |
73.19% |
200,989 |
|
14 |
To re-elect Katie Murray as a Director of the Company. |
730,351,833 |
99.13% |
6,393,791 |
0.87% |
736,745,624 |
73.19% |
217,929 |
|
15 |
To re-elect Nicolaos Nicandrou as a Director of the Company. |
733,760,751 |
99.59% |
2,986,352 |
0.41% |
736,747,103 |
73.19% |
216,450 |
|
16 |
To re-elect Maggie Semple as a Director of the Company. |
736,143,478 |
99.92% |
597,582 |
0.08% |
736,741,060 |
73.19% |
222,493 |
|
17 |
To re-appoint KPMG LLP as the Company's Auditor until the conclusion of the next general meeting of the Company at which accounts are laid. |
736,170,740 |
99.92% |
597,843 |
0.08% |
736,768,583 |
73.19% |
194,970 |
|
18 |
To authorise the Directors to agree the Auditor's remuneration. |
736,507,131 |
99.96% |
295,441 |
0.04% |
736,802,572 |
73.19% |
160,981 |
|
19 |
To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and to incur political expenditure. |
731,036,194 |
99.54% |
3,382,218 |
0.46% |
734,418,412 |
72.96% |
2,545,141 |
|
20 |
To authorise the Directors to allot shares. |
725,293,068 |
98.44% |
11,505,388 |
1.56% |
736,798,456 |
73.19% |
165,097 |
|
21 |
To approve the Standard Life Incentive Plan. |
731,268,065 |
99.27% |
5,383,362 |
0.73% |
736,651,427 |
73.18% |
312,126 |
|
22 |
To approve the Deferred Bonus Share Plan. |
734,557,648 |
99.72% |
2,090,227 |
0.28% |
736,647,875 |
73.18% |
315,678 |
|
23 |
To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights (special resolution). |
726,349,553 |
98.60% |
10,334,556 |
1.40% |
736,684,109 |
73.18% |
279,444 |
|
24 |
To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or other capital investment (special resolution). |
717,633,593 |
97.41% |
19,092,705 |
2.59% |
736,726,298 |
73.19% |
237,255 |
|
25 |
To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares (special resolution). |
736,433,001 |
99.96% |
327,244 |
0.04% |
736,760,245 |
73.19% |
203,308 |
|
26 |
To authorise not less than 14 clear days' notice for general meetings (special resolution). |
719,358,625 |
97.63% |
17,457,677 |
2.37% |
736,816,302 |
73.19% |
147,251 |
*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and therefore cannot be counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.
As at the date of the AGM, the Company's issued share capital was 1,006,654,579 ordinary shares of 10 pence each.
In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, a copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting will be available via the National Storage Mechanism, which can be accessed at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Enquiries:
|
Media +44 (0) 204 559 3031 |
Investors |
|
Tom Blackwell Managing Director, FTI +44 (0) 7747 113 919 |
Joanne Roberts, Investor Relations Director, Standard Life +44 (0) 204 559 4673 |
NOTE: Please email any major shareholding notifications under DTR 5.1.2 R to the Group Company Secretary ([email protected]) copying in [email protected] and [email protected]
