Voting results of 2023 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:

Voting results of 2023 Annual General Meeting

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 2022 Annual report and accounts

1,662,094,851

99.96

682,116

0.04

59.93%

1,613,234

2. To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report

1,610,649,645

96.82

52,960,504

3.18

59.96%

779,149

3. To approve the Company’s climate-related financial disclosure for 2022

1,587,541,709

97.14

46,666,436

2.86

58.90%

30,183,543

4. To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2022 of 20.7 pence per ordinary share

1,658,991,496

99.70

5,002,863

0.30

59.97%

397,207

5. To elect Mike Craston

1,530,802,131

92.02

132,715,299

7.98

59.95%

873,897

6. To elect Charlotte Jones

1,660,418,513

99.81

3,208,484

0.19

59.96%

768,285

7. To re-elect Amanda Blanc

1,662,164,543

99.91

1,519,158

0.09

59.96%

711,829

8. To re-elect Andrea Blance

1,606,515,603

96.57

57,103,968

3.43

59.96%

773,756

9. To re-elect George Culmer

1,623,807,381

97.61

39,801,079

2.39

59.96%

788,122

10. To re-elect Patrick Flynn

1,607,062,898

96.60

56,573,695

3.40

59.96%

756,829

11. To elect Shonaid Jemmett-Page

1,585,445,410

95.30

78,149,004

4.70

59.96%

800,767

12. To re-elect Mohit Joshi

1,606,608,397

96.57

56,994,021

3.43

59.96%

791,207

13. To re-elect Pippa Lambert

1,596,986,349

95.99

66,653,157

4.01

59.96%

752,988

14. To re-elect Jim McConville

1,607,058,260

96.60

56,543,465

3.40

59.96%

794,037

15. To re-elect Michael Mire

1,533,003,464

92.15

130,583,334

7.85

59.95%

805,555

16. To elect Martin Strobel

1,607,045,197

96.60

56,534,543

3.40

59.95%

808,718

17. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor

1,625,047,172

97.83

36,109,408

2.17

59.87%

3,233,936

18. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor’s remuneration

1,637,421,255

98.42

26,291,680

1.58

59.96%

671,502

19. To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure

1,613,454,127

97.54

40,716,618

2.46

59.62%

10,215,748

20. To authorise the directors of the Company to allot ordinary shares

1,582,202,670

95.10

81,575,672

4.90

59.96%

605,975

21. Disapplication of pre-emption rights on allotment of ordinary shares*

1,657,288,691

99.68

5,322,838

0.32

59.92%

1,775,375

22. Disapplication of pre-emption rights - specified capital projects*

1,647,941,305

99.12

14,650,381

0.88

59.92%

1,795,719

23. To authorise the directors to allot ordinary shares in respect of Solvency II Instruments

1,650,989,532

99.30

11,689,792

0.70

59.92%

1,703,064

24. Disapplication of pre-emption rights - Solvency II Instruments*

1,635,208,538

98.35

27,360,474

1.65

59.92%

1,818,323

25. To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares*

1,652,758,822

99.35

10,782,497

0.65

59.95%

846,989

26. To authorise the Company to purchase its own 8 3/4% preference shares*

 

1,641,704,546

98.70

21,665,561

1.30

59.95%

1,016,171

27. To authorise the Company to purchase its own 8 3/8% preference shares*

 

1,641,682,319

98.70

21,683,019

1.30

59.95%

1,023,592

28. To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than an Annual General Meeting on not less than 14 clear days’ notice*

1,543,349,290

92.76

120,456,461

7.24

59.96%

575,862

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 5pm (UK time) on 2 May 2023 there were 2,774,737,491 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 9.6.2R copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been 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.

Enquiries:

Roy Tooley, Head of Secretariat – Corporate 
+44 (0)7800 699 781

Media

Andrew Reid
+44 (0)7800 694 276

Sarah Swailes
+44 (0)7800 694 859

Marion Fischer
+44 (0)7800 693 219

Analysts

Rupert Taylor Rea
+44 (0)7385 494 440

Joel von Sternberg
+44 (0)7384 231 238

Michael O'Hara
+44 (0)7387 234 388

Notes to editors:

  • We are the UK's leading diversified insurer and we operate in the UK, Ireland and Canada. We also have international investments in India and China.
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  • We have been taking care of people for more than 325 years, in line with our purpose of being ‘with you today, for a better tomorrow’. In 2023, we paid £25.6 billion in claims and benefits to our customers.
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