Last checked at 26 May 2021 14:30
M&G plc NEWS RELEASE
26 May 2021
M&G plc
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2021 RESULTS
M&G plc (the 'Company') announces that Resolutions 1 to 14 (inclusive) being ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 15 to 18 (inclusive) being special resolutions, which were put to the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 26 May 2021 at 10:00 ('AGM'), were duly passed and the results of the poll are as follows:
RESOLUTION | VOTES FOR (including discretionary) | VOTES AGAINST | TOTAL VOTES CAST | VOTES WITHHELD | |||
Number of votes
| % of votes
| Number of votes | % of votes | Total number of votes cast
| % of issued share capital
| ||
1. Report and Accounts. | 1,929,951,979 | 99.997 | 61,461 | 0.003 | 1,930,013,440 | 74.23% | 1,582,226 |
2. Directors' Remuneration Report. | 1,794,353,993 | 93.63 | 122,024,110 | 6.37 | 1,916,378,103 | 73.71% | 15,212,473 |
3. To elect Clare Chapman. | 1,837,287,262 | 95.15 | 93,563,832 | 4.85 | 1,930,851,094 | 74.27% | 740,267 |
4. To elect Fiona Clutterbuck. | 1,876,137,705 | 97.17 | 54,719,698 | 2.83 | 1,930,857,403 | 74.27% | 736,216 |
5. To re-elect John Foley. | 1,930,541,765 | 99.98 | 348,195 | 0.02 | 1,930,889,960 | 74.27% | 702,940 |
6. To re-elect Clare Bousfield. | 1,916,633,564 | 99.26 | 14,261,783 | 0.74 | 1,930,895,347 | 74.27% | 698,541 |
7. To re-elect Clive Adamson. | 1,924,320,808 | 99.66 | 6,548,495 | 0.34 | 1,930,869,303 | 74.27% | 723,244 |
8. To re-elect Clare Thompson. | 1,851,045,294 | 97.27 | 51,991,377 | 2.73 | 1,903,036,671 | 73.20% | 28,555,892 |
9. To re-elect Massimo Tosato. | 1,885,421,199 | 97.65 | 45,465,444 | 2.35 | 1,930,886,643 | 74.27% | 704,848 |
10. To reappoint KPMG LLP. | 1,861,809,173 | 96.70 | 63,486,991 | 3.30 | 1,925,296,164 | 74.05% | 6,293,314 |
11. Auditors' remuneration. | 1,906,309,817 | 98.97 | 19,776,530 | 1.03 | 1,926,086,347 | 74.08% | 5,507,966 |
12. Political Donations. | 1,911,530,198 | 98.98 | 19,700,941 | 1.02 | 1,931,231,139 | 74.28% | 364,477 |
13. Authority to allot shares. | 1,653,491,349 | 85.61 | 278,042,924 | 14.39 | 1,931,534,273 | 74.29% | 61,238 |
14. Authority to allot mandatory convertible securities ("MCS"). | 1,813,175,704 | 93.87 | 118,329,584 | 6.13 | 1,931,505,288 | 74.29% | 89,152 |
15. Authority to disapply pre-emption rights for ordinary shares. | 1,829,617,671 | 94.73 | 101,869,657 | 5.27 | 1,931,487,328 | 74.29% | 107,109 |
16. Authority to disapply pre-emption rights for MCS issuances. | 1,806,621,209 | 93.54 | 124,855,728 | 6.46 | 1,931,476,937 | 74.29% | 111,851 |
17. Authority to purchase own shares. | 1,909,596,260 | 99.11 | 17,155,627 | 0.89 | 1,926,751,887 | 74.11% | 4,846,347 |
18. Notice of general meetings. | 1,831,172,969 | 94.80 | 100,365,908 | 5.20 | 1,931,538,877 | 74.29% | 54,742 |
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 25 May 2021, the number of issued shares of the Company was 2,599,906,866 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.
Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.2 of the UK Listing Rules, copies of all resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the AGM on 26 May 2021, will shortly be available to view via the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Contact:
Alan Porter, General Counsel and Company Secretary - 020 8162 4064
Helen Archbold, Head of Secretariat - 0208 8162 0057
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