Results of Annual General Meeting held on 23 May 2024

23 May 2024

Legal & General Group Plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting held today at the British Medical Association, BMA House, Tavistock Square, Bloomsbury, London, WC1H 9JZ all of the resolutions proposed in the Notice of the Meeting were passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote.

The votes cast were as follows:

Resolution

For 1

Against

Votes Withheld 2

No. of shares1

%

No. of shares

%

Resolution 1

Receipt of financial

statements for the year ended

3,696,005,287

99.70%

11,153,791

0.30%

20,128,381

31 December 2023

Resolution 2

Declaration of a final dividend

of 14.63 pence per ordinary

3,668,711,747

98.47%

57,144,401

1.53%

1,433,830

share

Resolution 3

Election of António Simões as

3,723,957,437

99.95%

1,719,406

0.05%

1,595,949

a Director

Resolution 4

Re-election of Henrietta

3,688,077,716

98.99%

37,671,378

1.01%

1,525,698

Baldock as a Director

Resolution 5

Re-election of Nilufer von

3,688,748,003

99.01%

37,000,869

0.99%

1,535,919

Bismarck as a Director

Resolution 6

Re-election of Philip Broadley

3,657,993,280

98.18%

67,742,700

1.82%

1,548,811

as a Director

Resolution 7

Re-election of Jeff Davies as

3,717,218,027

99.78%

8,261,963

0.22%

1,804,801

a Director

Resolution 8

Re-election of Carolyn

3,689,446,483

99.03%

36,302,731

0.97%

1,533,577

Johnson as a Director

Resolution 9

Re-election of Sir John

3,685,774,664

99.74%

9,579,118

0.26%

31,931,009

Kingman as a Director

Resolution 10

Re-election of Lesley Knox as

3,686,226,854

98.94%

39,475,579

1.06%

1,582,358

a Director

Resolution 11

Re-election of George Lewis

3,688,066,079

98.99%

37,677,577

1.01%

1,543,655

as a Director

Resolution 12

Re-election of Ric Lewis as a

3,688,066,865

99.00%

37,133,056

1.00%

2,078,019

Director

Resolution 13

Re-election of Tushar

3,686,160,524

98.94%

39,516,629

1.06%

1,607,638

Morzaria as a Director

Resolution 14

Re-election of Laura Wade-

3,680,878,378

98.88%

41,741,901

1.12%

4,664,512

Gery as a Director

Resolution 15

Re-appointment of KPMG

3,657,672,505

98.18%

67,978,747

1.82%

1,625,040

LLP as auditors

Resolution 16

To authorise the Audit

Committee, on behalf of the

Board, to determine the

3,716,761,096

99.76%

9,106,868

0.24%

1,419,495

Auditors' remuneration

Resolution 17

Approval of Remuneration

3,594,955,335

96.51%

130,133,675

3.49%

2,197,448

Report

Resolution 18

Approval of the Performance

3,599,184,386

96.62%

125,922,881

3.38%

2,180,044

Share Plan 2024

Resolution 19

Authority to allot equity

3,651,429,505

98.02%

73,918,690

1.98%

1,936,596

shares

Resolution 20

Authority to allot shares in

respect of Contingent

3,656,775,486

98.16%

68,588,620

1.84%

1,920,685

Convertible Securities (CCS)

Resolution 21

Authority to make political

3,615,238,259

97.93%

76,384,770

2.07%

35,514,089

donations

Resolution 22*

Disapplication of pre-emption

3,686,577,732

98.97%

38,528,249

1.03%

2,040,137

rights

Resolution 23*

Additional authority to

3,654,923,251

98.12%

70,213,791

1.88%

2,008,077

disapply pre-emption rights

Resolution 24*

Additional authority to

disapply pre-emption rights in

3,658,655,314

98.22%

66,464,209

1.78%

2,026,595

connection with CCS

Resolution 25*

Authority to purchase own

3,655,682,620

98.24%

65,403,548

1.76%

6,059,151

shares

Resolution 26*

Authority to call general

meetings (other than an

AGM) on not less than 14

3,457,610,470

92.81%

267,986,926

7.19%

1,547,922

clear days' notice

Notes:

  1. The 'for' votes include those giving the Chair discretion.
  2. A vote 'withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'for' and 'against' each resolution.
  3. Votes 'for' and 'against' are expressed as a percentage of the votes received.
  4. Voting was conducted by poll.
  5. The total number of votes cast was 3,725,867,964 representing 62.31% of voting capital as at 22 May 2024. At the close of business on 22 May 2024, the issued share capital of the Company was 5,979,769,298 ordinary shares (no shares are held in Treasury).
  • Denotes a Special Resolution.

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