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30 April 2025 11:49:46
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30 April 2025
Aviva plc
Voting Results of 2025 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 2024 Annual Report and accounts |
1,691,714,945 |
99.98% |
329,764 |
0.02% |
63.18% |
3,028,711 |
|
2. |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
1,640,889,382 |
96.88% |
52,833,586 |
3.12% |
63.25% |
1,349,247 |
|
3. |
To approve the Company's climate-related financial disclosure for 2024 |
1,484,567,663 |
97.80% |
33,409,937 |
2.20% |
56.68% |
177,096,068 |
|
4. |
To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2024 of 23.8 pence per ordinary share |
1,686,512,144 |
99.55% |
7,617,633 |
0.45% |
63.26% |
942,468 |
|
5. |
To elect Cheryl Agius |
1,686,418,403 |
99.58% |
7,180,625 |
0.42% |
63.24% |
1,474,788 |
|
6. |
To elect Neil Morrison |
1,685,690,167 |
99.53% |
7,903,124 |
0.47% |
63.24% |
1,480,495 |
|
7. |
To re-elect George Culmer |
1,652,628,900 |
97.58% |
41,046,536 |
2.42% |
63.24% |
1,398,507 |
|
8. |
To re-elect Amanda Blanc |
1,691,755,688 |
99.88% |
2,023,535 |
0.12% |
63.25% |
1,294,827 |
|
9. |
To re-elect Charlotte Jones |
1,690,763,397 |
99.83% |
2,937,624 |
0.17% |
63.25% |
1,373,160 |
|
10. |
To re-elect Andrea Blance |
1,645,819,720 |
97.18% |
47,819,645 |
2.82% |
63.24% |
1,432,329 |
|
11. |
To re-elect Ian Clark |
1,644,755,828 |
97.11% |
48,888,996 |
2.89% |
63.24% |
1,429,102 |
|
12. |
To re-elect Patrick Flynn |
1,645,039,231 |
97.13% |
48,625,865 |
2.87% |
63.24% |
1,407,909 |
|
13. |
To re-elect Shonaid Jemmett-Page |
1,645,103,833 |
97.13% |
48,555,841 |
2.87% |
63.24% |
1,414,252 |
|
14. |
To re-elect Mohit Joshi |
1,644,021,623 |
97.07% |
49,586,628 |
2.93% |
63.24% |
1,457,696 |
|
15. |
To re-elect Pippa Lambert |
1,620,469,037 |
95.68% |
73,189,562 |
4.32% |
63.24% |
1,415,503 |
|
16. |
To re-elect Jim McConville |
1,645,013,900 |
97.13% |
48,641,239 |
2.87% |
63.24% |
1,418,065 |
|
17. |
To re-elect Michael Mire |
1,574,736,625 |
92.98% |
118,923,606 |
7.02% |
63.24% |
1,413,625 |
|
18. |
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor |
1,692,924,623 |
99.94% |
937,252 |
0.06% |
63.25% |
1,195,971 |
|
19. |
To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor's remuneration |
1,678,392,802 |
99.09% |
15,412,289 |
0.91% |
63.25% |
1,268,493 |
|
20. |
To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure |
1,648,503,828 |
97.74% |
38,041,281 |
2.26% |
62.98% |
8,523,299 |
|
21. |
To authorise the directors of the Company to allot ordinary shares |
1,580,757,006 |
93.33% |
113,053,179 |
6.67% |
63.25% |
1,263,790 |
|
22. |
To authorise the directors to allot ordinary shares in relation to Solvency II Instruments |
1,681,099,113 |
99.26% |
12,487,007 |
0.74% |
63.24% |
1,488,195 |
|
23. |
To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emption rights* |
1,686,496,555 |
99.75% |
4,275,694 |
0.25% |
63.14% |
4,300,760 |
|
24. |
To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emption rights - Solvency II* |
1,680,012,305 |
99.21% |
13,442,558 |
0.79% |
63.24% |
1,619,506 |
|
25. |
To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares* |
1,690,928,773 |
99.83% |
2,820,955 |
0.17% |
63.25% |
1,323,656 |
|
26. |
To authorise the Company to purchase its own 8 3/4% preference shares* |
1,678,807,041 |
99.12% |
14,967,946 |
0.88% |
63.25% |
1,298,934 |
|
27. |
To authorise the Company to purchase its own 8 3/8% preference shares* |
1,678,819,662 |
99.12% |
14,951,236 |
0.88% |
63.25% |
1,303,107 |
|
28. |
To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than an Annual General Meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice* |
1,557,381,156 |
91.94% |
136,548,310 |
8.06% |
63.25% |
1,143,850 |
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 close of business on 29 April 2025 there were 2,677,962,740 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 6.4.1R copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business will be 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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