We held our 2018 Annual General Meeting on Thursday 10 May at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre (QEII) in London.
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Notice of 2018 Annual General Meeting
Aviva plc New Articles (Clean version)
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Voting results of 2018 Annual General Meeting
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 2017 Annual report and accounts |
2,880,045,908 |
99.91 |
2,546,471 |
0.09 |
71.76 |
14,211,881 |
| 2. To approve the Directors’ remuneration report in the Company’s 2017 Annual report and accounts |
2,808,999,968 |
97.13 |
83,109,802 |
2.87 |
72.00 |
4,671,678 |
| 3. To approve the 2018 Directors’ remuneration policy |
2,809,661,298 |
97.13 |
83,164,398 |
2.87 |
72.01 |
3,970,718 |
| 4. To declare a final dividend of 19 pence per ordinary share |
2,896,320,617 |
100.00 |
112,796 |
0.00 |
72.10 |
372,453 |
| 5. To elect Maurice Tulloch |
2,878,758,262 |
99.41 |
17,125,760 |
0.59 |
72.09 |
912,605 |
| 6. To re-elect Claudia Arney |
2,869,428,485 |
99.18 |
23,718,834 |
0.82 |
72.02 |
3,654,466 |
| 7. To re-elect Glyn Barker |
2,739,480,764 |
94.63 |
155,484,527 |
5.37 |
72.07 |
1,831,066 |
| 8. To re-elect Andy Briggs |
2,878,784,803 |
99.40 |
17,243,986 |
0.60 |
72.09 |
771,880 |
| 9. To re-elect Patricia Cross |
2,865,619,697 |
98.96 |
30,092,416 |
1.04 |
72.09 |
1,088,990 |
| 10. To re-elect Belén Romana García |
2,876,907,771 |
99.34 |
19,080,929 |
0.66 |
72.09 |
810,101 |
| 11. To re-elect Michael Hawker AM |
2,870,040,037 |
99.10 |
25,957,193 |
0.90 |
72.09 |
801,070 |
| 12. To re-elect Michael Mire |
2,872,417,061 |
99.19 |
23,583,748 |
0.81 |
72.09 |
799,522 |
| 13. To re-elect Sir Adrian Montague CBE |
2,862,823,645 |
98.85 |
33,210,546 |
1.15 |
72.09 |
766,542 |
| 14. To re-elect Tom Stoddard |
2,871,380,160 |
99.15 |
24,658,156 |
0.85 |
72.09 |
760,944 |
| 15. To re-elect Keith Williams |
2,872,361,182 |
99.19 |
23,364,064 |
0.81 |
72.09 |
1,073,926 |
| 16. To re-elect Mark Wilson |
2,790,081,419 |
96.34 |
106,001,271 |
3.66 |
72.09 |
712,948 |
| 17. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor of the Company |
2,841,792,127 |
98.19 |
52,370,904 |
1.81 |
72.05 |
2,634,189 |
| 18. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor’s remuneration |
2,889,242,811 |
99.77 |
6,767,812 |
0.23 |
72.09 |
756,721 |
| 19. To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure |
2,793,390,908 |
96.92 |
88,641,775 |
3.08 |
71.74 |
14,724,178 |
| 20. To authorise the directors of the Company to allot ordinary shares |
2,706,782,868 |
93.46 |
189,422,251 |
6.54 |
72.10 |
574,509 |
| 21. Disapplication of pre-emption rights on allotment of ordinary shares* | 2,873,973,277 |
99.64 |
10,248,818 |
0.36 |
71.80 |
12,555,394 |
22. Disapplication of pre-emption rights – specified capital projects* |
2,720,274,351 |
94.32 |
163,914,322 |
5.68 |
71.80 |
12,590,411 |
| 23. To authorise the directors to allot ordinary shares in respect of Solvency II Instruments | 2,827,428,671 |
98.03 |
56,843,114 |
1.97 |
71.80 |
12,509,986 |
24. Disapplication of pre-emption rights – Solvency II Instruments* |
2,821,694,932 |
97.83 |
62,509,337 |
2.17 |
71.80 |
12,577,818 |
| 25. To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares* |
2,836,565,638 |
98.10 |
54,907,279 |
1.90 |
71.98 |
5,316,107 |
| 26. To authorise the Company to purchase its own 8 3/4% preference shares* | 2,867,425,155 |
99.18 |
23,792,541 |
0.82 |
71.97 |
5,521,356 |
| 27. To authorise the Company to purchase its own 8 3/8% preference shares* | 2,821,547,658 |
99.16 |
23,825,732 |
0.84 |
70.83 |
5,538,022 |
| 28. To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than an Annual General Meeting on not less than 14 clear days’ notice* | 2,721,284,981 |
94.39 |
161,708,218 |
5.61 |
71.77 |
13,765,189 |
| 29. To adopt new Articles of Association | 2,878,092,161 |
99.98 |
700,388 |
0.02 |
71.66 |
15,542,045 |
* Special resolution