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4 May 2023
Aviva plc
VOTING RESULTS OF 2023 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 2022 Annual report and accounts | 1,662,094,851 | 99.96 | 682,116 | 0.04 | 59.93% | 1,613,234 |
2. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 1,610,649,645 | 96.82 | 52,960,504 | 3.18 | 59.96% | 779,149 |
3. | To approve the Company's climate-related financial disclosure for 2022 | 1,587,541,709 | 97.14 | 46,666,436 | 2.86 | 58.90% | 30,183,543 |
4. | To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2022 of 20.7 pence per ordinary share | 1,658,991,496 | 99.70 | 5,002,863 | 0.30 | 59.97% | 397,207 |
5. | To elect Mike Craston | 1,530,802,131 | 92.02 | 132,715,299 | 7.98 | 59.95% | 873,897 |
6. | To elect Charlotte Jones | 1,660,418,513 | 99.81 | 3,208,484 | 0.19 | 59.96% | 768,285 |
7. | To re-elect Amanda Blanc | 1,662,164,543 | 99.91 | 1,519,158 | 0.09 | 59.96% | 711,829 |
8. | To re-elect Andrea Blance | 1,606,515,603 | 96.57 | 57,103,968 | 3.43 | 59.96% | 773,756 |
9. | To re-elect George Culmer | 1,623,807,381 | 97.61 | 39,801,079 | 2.39 | 59.96% | 788,122 |
10. | To re-elect Patrick Flynn | 1,607,062,898 | 96.60 | 56,573,695 | 3.40 | 59.96% | 756,829 |
11. | To elect Shonaid Jemmett-Page | 1,585,445,410 | 95.30 | 78,149,004 | 4.70 | 59.96% | 800,767 |
12. | To re-elect Mohit Joshi | 1,606,608,397 | 96.57 | 56,994,021 | 3.43 | 59.96% | 791,207 |
13. | To re-elect Pippa Lambert | 1,596,986,349 | 95.99 | 66,653,157 | 4.01 | 59.96% | 752,988 |
14. | To re-elect Jim McConville | 1,607,058,260 | 96.60 | 56,543,465 | 3.40 | 59.96% | 794,037 |
15. | To re-elect Michael Mire | 1,533,003,464 | 92.15 | 130,583,334 | 7.85 | 59.95% | 805,555 |
16. | To elect Martin Strobel | 1,607,045,197 | 96.60 | 56,534,543 | 3.40 | 59.95% | 808,718 |
17. | To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor | 1,625,047,172 | 97.83 | 36,109,408 | 2.17 | 59.87% | 3,233,936 |
18. | To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor's remuneration | 1,637,421,255 | 98.42 | 26,291,680 | 1.58 | 59.96% | 671,502 |
19. | To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure | 1,613,454,127 | 97.54 | 40,716,618 | 2.46 | 59.62% | 10,215,748 |
20. | To authorise the directors of the Company to allot ordinary shares | 1,582,202,670 | 95.10 | 81,575,672 | 4.90 | 59.96% | 605,975 |
21. | Disapplication of pre-emption rights on allotment of ordinary shares* | 1,657,288,691 | 99.68 | 5,322,838 | 0.32 | 59.92% | 1,775,375 |
22. | Disapplication of pre-emption rights - specified capital projects* | 1,647,941,305 | 99.12 | 14,650,381 | 0.88 | 59.92% | 1,795,719 |
23. | To authorise the directors to allot ordinary shares in respect of Solvency II Instruments | 1,650,989,532 | 99.30 | 11,689,792 | 0.70 | 59.92% | 1,703,064 |
24. | Disapplication of pre-emption rights - Solvency II Instruments* | 1,635,208,538 | 98.35 | 27,360,474 | 1.65 | 59.92% | 1,818,323 |
25. | To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares* | 1,652,758,822 | 99.35 | 10,782,497 | 0.65 | 59.95% | 846,989 |
26. | To authorise the Company to purchase its own 8 3/4% preference shares*
| 1,641,704,546 | 98.70 | 21,665,561 | 1.30 | 59.95% | 1,016,171 |
27. | To authorise the Company to purchase its own 8 3/8% preference shares*
| 1,641,682,319 | 98.70 | 21,683,019 | 1.30 | 59.95% | 1,023,592 |
28. | To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than an Annual General Meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice* | 1,543,349,290 | 92.76 | 120,456,461 | 7.24 | 59.96% | 575,862 |
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.
As at 5pm (UK time) on 2 May 2023 there were 2,774,737,491 Aviva plc ordinary shares in issue. On a poll in respect of the resolutions, 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 Financial Conduct 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.
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Michael O'Hara +44 (0)7837 234 388
Notes to editors:
· We are one of the UK's leading Insurance, Wealth & Retirement businesses and we operate in the UK, Ireland and Canada. We also have international investments in India, China and Singapore.
· We help our 18.7 million customers make the most out of life, plan for the future, and have the confidence that if things go wrong we'll be there to put it right.
· We have been taking care of people for more than 325 years, in line with our purpose of being 'with you today, for a better tomorrow'. In 2022, we paid £23.2 billion in claims and benefits to our customers.
· Aviva is a market leader in sustainability. In 2021, we announced our plan to become Net Zero by 2040, the first major insurance company in the world to do so. This plan means Net Zero carbon emissions from our investments by 2040; setting out a clear pathway to get there with a cut of 25% in the carbon intensity of our investments by 2025 and of 60% by 2030; and Net Zero carbon emissions from our own operations and supply chain by 2030. Find out more about our climate goals at www.aviva.com/climate-goals and our sustainability ambition and action at www.aviva.com/sustainability
· While we are working towards our sustainability ambitions, we acknowledge that we have relationships with businesses and existing assets that may be associated with significant emissions. More information can be found at https://www.aviva.com/sustainability/climate/
· Aviva is a Living Wage and Living Hours employer and provides market-leading benefits for our people, including flexible working, paid carers leave and equal parental leave. Find out more at https://www.aviva.com/about-us/our-people/
· As at 31 December 2022, total Group assets under management at Aviva Group were £352 billion and our estimated Solvency II shareholder surplus is £8.7 billion. Our shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange and we are a member of the FTSE 100 index.
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