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Voting results of 2026 Annual General Meeting

Aviva plc announces the results of its Annual General Meeting held today.

Voting results of 2026 Annual General Meeting (PDF 170KB)

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 2026 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 2025 Annual Report and accounts

2,046,875,394

99.87%

2,597,763

0.13%

67.75%

2,569,156

2.

To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report

1,986,873,997

96.89%

63,717,361

3.11%

67.79%

1,450,901

3.

To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy

1,938,003,998

94.52%

112,460,824

5.48%

67.79%

1,577,371

4.

To approve the rules of the Aviva Annual Bonus Plan

1,995,117,439

97.32%

54,878,146

2.68%

67.77%

2,046,207

5.

To approve the rules of the Aviva Long-Term Incentive Plan

1,992,544,578

97.20%

57,367,915

2.80%

67.77%

2,129,657

6.

To approve the Company’s Climate-related Financial Disclosures for 2025

1,676,641,915

91.64%

152,939,401

8.36%

60.48%

222,460,943

7.

To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2025 of 26.2 pence per ordinary share

2,043,326,319

99.63%

7,585,132

0.37%

67.80%

1,130,525

8.

To re-elect George Culmer

2,008,625,692

97.96%

41,746,893

2.04%

67.78%

1,689,496

9.

To re-elect Amanda Blanc

2,037,378,167

99.36%

13,058,015

0.64%

67.79%

1,594,571

10.

To re-elect Charlotte Jones

2,035,183,451

99.27%

15,010,019

0.73%

67.78%

1,848,789

11.

To re-elect Cheryl Agius

2,006,357,970

97.86%

43,978,429

2.14%

67.78%

1,705,973

12.

To re-elect Andrea Blance

2,006,056,899

97.84%

44,190,081

2.16%

67.78%

1,795,088

13.

To re-elect Ian Clark

2,006,216,627

97.85%

44,104,861

2.15%

67.78%

1,720,580

14.

To re-elect Patrick Flynn

2,005,722,187

97.83%

44,574,604

2.17%

67.78%

1,745,277

15.

To re-elect Shonaid Jemmett-Page

2,005,629,961

97.83%

44,476,945

2.17%

67.77%

1,935,162

16.

To re-elect Mohit Joshi

2,004,883,986

97.79%

45,387,847

2.21%

67.78%

1,770,235

17.

To re-elect Pippa Lambert

1,979,516,143

96.54%

71,004,349

3.46%

67.79%

1,521,359

18.

To re-elect Jim McConville

2,005,939,538

97.84%

44,355,986

2.16%

67.78%

1,746,544

19.

To re-elect Michael Mire

1,930,369,506

94.16%

119,686,712

5.84%

67.77%

1,985,850

20.

To re-elect Neil Morrison

2,006,138,669

97.85%

44,154,959

2.15%

67.78%

1,748,440

21.

To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor

2,049,492,381

99.95%

1,108,379

0.05%

67.79%

1,440,961

22.

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

2,040,978,835

99.53%

9,622,940

0.47%

67.79%

1,439,950

23.

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

2,007,885,853

98.42%

32,232,892

1.58%

67.44%

11,919,574

24.

To authorise the directors of the Company to allot ordinary shares

1,945,197,713

94.87%

105,272,327

5.13%

67.79%

1,571,962

25.

To authorise the directors to allot ordinary shares in relation to Solvency II Instruments

2,015,419,644

98.30%

34,919,195

1.70%

67.78%

1,703,097

26.

To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emption rights*

2,011,527,203

98.11%

38,792,794

1.89%

67.78%

1,721,809

27.

To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares*

2,045,974,658

99.78%

4,494,615

0.22%

67.79%

1,572,533

28.

To adopt new Articles of Association*

2,040,021,752

99.50%

10,225,067

0.50%

67.78%

1,795,183

29.

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

1,915,405,478

93.41%

135,149,304

6.59%

67.79%

1,486,686

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 1 May 2026 there were 3,024,880,656 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.

Enquiries:

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