LONDON--(Marketwired - May 9, 2013) -
Aviva plc
VOTING RESULTS OF 2013 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 Against Votes
Withheld
1. To receive the Annual
Report and Account 1,620,494,393 962,606 3,599,233
2. To approve the Directors'
Remuneration Report 1,417,318,367 187,906,906 19,812,203
3. To receive the Corporate
Responsibility Report 1,616,618,645 4,414,871 4,022,496
4. To declare a final dividend 1,612,601,551 8,890,945 3,552,183
5. To elect Mark Wilson as a
director 1,618,547,566 2,493,158 4,012,681
6. To elect Sir Adrian Montague
as a director 1,605,584,600 15,420,027 4,046,935
7. To elect Bob Stein as a
director 1,617,533,678 3,443,961 4,075,692
8. To re-elect Glyn Barker as
a director 1,527,005,959 16,877,933 81,166,315
9. To re-elect Michael Hawker
as a director 1,594,033,721 10,533,567 20,488,109
10. To re-elect Gay Huey Evans
as a director 1,614,679,905 6,304,741 4,069,993
11. To re-elect John McFarlane
as a director 1,611,180,290 9,912,676 3,960,648
12. To re-elect Patrick Regan
as a director 1,618,198,060 2,825,271 4,026,132
13. To re-elect Scott Wheway
as a director 1,578,779,994 42,190,406 4,083,727
14. To reappoint, as auditor
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 1,545,149,100 36,270,371 43,632,538
as auditor
15. To authorise the directors
to determine the auditor's 1,567,951,085 29,657,221 27,439,253
remuneration
16. To authorise the director's
to allot relevant securities 1,501,041,526 118,086,186 5,916,245
subject to the restrictions
set out in the resolution
17. To relax the restrictions
which normally apply when 1,613,869,241 6,256,196 4,928,254
securities are issued for
cash*
18. To authorise the purchase of
up to 294 million of the 1,616,702,719 4,565,238 3,783,762
Company's ordinary shares*
19. To authorise the purchase of
up to 100 million of the 1,615,834,033 5,260,580 3,956,507
Company's 8 3/4 % preference
shares*
20. To authorise the purchase of
up to 100 million of the 1,615,817,139 5,274,761 3,959,433
Company's 8 3/8% preference
shares*
21. To authorise the directors to
offer shares in lieu of a cash 1,619,088,006 2,088,629 3,867,571
dividend
22. To authorise the Company and
any subsidiary company in the 1,573,281,108 47,547,366 4,142,634
Group to make political
donations
23. To authorise general meetings
other than annual general 1,444,158,657 177,230,720 3,661,110
meetings to be called on not
less than 14 clear days'
notice*
24. To authorise the directors to
allot additional preference 1,561,504,529 24,731,404 25,814,385
shares*
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.
On 9 May 2013, there were 2,946,842,415 Aviva plc ordinary shares in
issue. 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 UK Listing Authority via the National Storage
Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at
www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do .
A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting is also
available on the Aviva website at www.aviva.com/agm .
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 .
Enquiries:
Kirstine Cooper, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary +44 (0)20
7662 6646
Media
Nigel Prideaux +44 (0)20 7662 0215
Andrew Reid +44 (0)20 7662 3131
Sarah Swailes +44 (0)7800 694 859
Analysts
David Eliot +44 (0)20 7662 8048
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