Annual General Meeting
The 2010 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Standard Life plc was held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, The Exchange, Morrison Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EE, Scotland on Friday 14 May 2010 at 2pm (UK time).
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The resolutions…
The Board of Standard Life plc is pleased to announce that all the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting on 14 May 2010 were duly passed. The results of the polls were as follows:
| Resolution | For | Against | Withheld |
|---|---|---|---|
Resolution 1 - To receive and consider the Annual Report and Accounts for 2009 |
702,196,408 |
2,437,317 |
1,523,187 |
Resolution 2 - To approve the Directors' remuneration report |
678,055,766 |
24,467,069 |
3,634,077 |
Resolution 3 - To declare a final dividend for 2009 |
705,246,794 |
382,560 |
526,833 |
Resolution 4 - To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors |
691,625,434 |
4,876,891 |
9,654,587 |
Resolution 5 - To authorise the Directors to set the auditors' fees |
701,499,109 |
3,098,782 |
1,558,296 |
Resolutions 6 - |
684,738,616 |
18,312,240 |
3,105,331 |
B - to re-elect Baroness McDonagh |
696,518,649 |
6,493,730 |
3,143,808 |
B - to re-elect Mr David Nish |
675,235,200 |
28,290,514 |
2,631,198 |
Resolutions 7 - A - to elect Mr David Grigson |
699,097,169 |
3,612,842 |
3,445,450 |
B - to elect Ms Sheelagh Whittaker |
695,941,833 |
6,827,842 |
3,387,237 |
Resolution 8 - To authorise the Directors to issue further shares |
684,132,984 |
20,146,646 |
1,877,282 |
Resolution 9 (Special resolution) - To disapply share pre-emption rights |
693,217,070 |
9,028,928 |
3,910,914 |
Resolution 10 (Special resolution) - To give authority for the Company to buy back up to 10% of its issued ordinary shares |
698,880,654 |
5,575,355 |
1,700,903 |
Resolution 11 - To provide limited authority to the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and to incur political expenditure |
669,890,006 |
31,105,226 |
5,154,192 |
Resolution 12 (Special resolution) - To allow the Company to call general meetings on 14 days’ notice |
643,756,603 |
55,945,676 |
6,452,331 |
Resolution 13 (Special resolution) - To adopt new articles of association |
688,778,595 |
6,352,840 |
11,025,477 |
Resolution 14 - Approval of the Standard Life Investments Long-Term Incentive Plan |
621,108,518 |
28,225,619 |
56,822,775 |
Read the full story on the London Stock Exchange's Regulatory News Service (RNS) issued on Friday 14 May 2010
The 2009 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Standard Life plc was held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, The Exchange, Morrison Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EE, Scotland on Friday 15 May at 11am (UK time).
What happened at the meeting?
Shareholders were given the opportunity to vote on the resolutions, including the proposed final dividend payment for 2008.
The resolutions…
The Board of Standard Life plc is pleased to announce that all the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting earlier today were duly passed. The results of the polls were as follows:
| Resolution | For | Against | Withheld |
|---|---|---|---|
Resolution 1 - To receive and consider the Annual Report and Accounts for 2008 |
657,046,798 |
2,259,099 |
1,494,892 |
Resolution 2 - To approve the Directors' remuneration report |
634,500,850 |
21,307,327 |
4,961,806 |
Resolution 3 - To declare a final dividend for 2008 |
657,824,348 |
2,324,872 |
649,244 |
Resolution 4 - To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors |
646,926,097 |
4,698,055 |
9,181,332 |
Resolution 5 - To authorise the Directors to set the auditors' fees |
655,206,264 |
3,486,068 |
2,071,146 |
Resolutions 6 - |
651,489,580 |
5,376,323 |
3,929,460 |
B - To re-elect Gerry Grimstone as a Director |
651,149,419 |
5,832,666 |
3,829,503 |
Resolution 7 - To authorise the Directors to issue further shares |
648,546,809 |
10,017,211 |
2,164,570 |
Resolution 8 (Special resolution) - To disapply share pre-emption rights |
646,956,887 |
8,607,626 |
5,230,905 |
Resolution 9 (Special resolution) - To give authority for the Company to buy back up to 10% of its issued ordinary shares |
645,386,049 |
13,237,206 |
2,114,539 |
Resolution 10 - To provide limited authority to the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and to incur political expenditure |
622,466,867 |
33,287,952 |
4,852,636 |
Resolution 11 (Special resolution) - To allow the Company to call general meetings on 14 days’ notice |
643,384,720 |
15,245,704 |
2,160,491 |
Resolution 12 - To authorise the offer of a Scrip dividend scheme |
652,652,063 |
5,785,102 |
2,322,918 |
Resolution 13 (Special resolution) - To make changes to the Company’s articles of association in connection with the proposed Scrip dividend scheme |
651,306,771 |
5,753,826 |
2,715,862 |
The total number of shares in issue is 2,180,852,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence each.
Votes withheld are not a vote in law, and have not been counted in the calculation of the votes for and against each resolution.
Related websites
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Annual Report and Accounts
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