Voting results of 2018 Annual General Meeting

Published: 10 May 2018

We announce the results of our Annual General Meeting held today.

All resolutions were voted on by way of a poll and were passed.  

Voting results of 2018 Annual General Meeting

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

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* Special resolution

Notes

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 8 May 2018, there were 4,017,077,978 Aviva plc ordinary shares in issue. Ordinary 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.

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.

2018 Financial Calendar
Half Year Preliminary Results Announcement on 2 August 2018.

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

Analysts:

Chris Esson
+44 (0)20 7662 8115

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