Prudential PLC Results of General Meeting (9254P)
October 15 2019 - 5:54AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 9254P
Prudential PLC
15 October 2019
15 October 2019
Results of General Meeting
Prudential plc ("Prudential") is pleased to announce that at a
general meeting of Prudential held earlier today, resolutions 1 and
2, as set out in the Notice of General Meeting dated 25 September
2019, were duly passed by shareholders.
Accordingly, it is expected that the proposed demerger of
M&G plc ("M&G") will be completed and that the M&G
shares will be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's
main market for listed securities by no later than 8am (UK time) on
21 October 2019.
The results of the polls are set out below.
Resolution Votes % of Votes % of Votes Total Votes
for votes against votes cast votes withheld
cast cast in total cast
as a
% of
issued
share
capital
To approve
the proposed
demerger of
1 M&G 1,979,580,132 99.43 11,371,514 0.57 1,990,951,646 76.58 8,804,305
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To approve
the appointment
of Amy Yip
2 as a director 1,932,091,297 99.53 9,044,968 0.47 1,941,136,265 74.66 58,616,436
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The full text of the resolutions above is set out in the Notice
of General Meeting dated 25 September 2019.
As at 11 October 2019, the number of issued shares of Prudential
was 2,599,906,866 ordinary shares, which was the total number of
shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against the
resolutions. In accordance with Prudential's Articles of
Association, on a poll every member present in person or by proxy
has one vote for every share held.
There were no restrictions on shareholders to cast votes on
either of the resolutions proposed at the general meeting. Votes
withheld are not votes in law and therefore have not been counted
in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against a
resolution. Equiniti was appointed as the scrutineer for
vote-taking at the general meeting.
Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.2 of the UK Listing Rules, copies
of the resolutions passed will shortly be available to view via the
National Storage Mechanism at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Enquiries:
Media Investors/Analysts
+44 (0)20 3977 +44 (0)20 3977
Jonathan Oliver 9500 Patrick Bowes 9702
+44 (0)20 3977 +44 (0)20 3977
Tom Willetts 9760 William Elderkin 9215
Additional information
Prudential plc is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential
Financial Inc., a company whose principal place of business is in
the United States of America.
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