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Direct Line Insurance Group PLC
13 May 2021
2021 Annual General Meeting Poll Results for Direct Line
Insurance Group Plc
13 May 2021
Direct Line Insurance Group plc (the "Company") announces that
all resolutions proposed to shareholders at its Annual General
Meeting today were carried by the requisite majority on a poll.
The following table shows the votes cast for each
resolution:
Resolution For % of Against % of Total votes % of Votes
votes votes issued withheld
cast cast share
capital
voted
To receive
the report
and accounts
for the year
ended 31 December
1. 202 0 1,061,815,495 99.94 648,802 0.06 1,062,464,297 78.47% 838,666
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To approve
the Directors'
Remuneration
2. Report 1,038,647,888 97.69 24,537,644 2.31 1,063,185,532 78.53% 117,721
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To declare
a final dividend
3. of 14.7p 1,057,154,483 99.43 6,103,472 0.57 1,063,257,955 78.53% 45,298
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To re-elect
Danuta Gray
4. as a Director 1,060,458,172 99.74 2,731,263 0.26 1,063,189,435 78.53% 113,818
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To re-elect
Mark Gregory
5. as a Director 1,060,135,484 99.71 3,037,715 0.29 1,063,173,199 78.53% 130,054
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6. RESOLUTION WITHDRAWN
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To re-elect
Penny James
7. as a Director 1,062,826,923 99.96 385,656 0.04 1,063,212,579 78.53% 88,790
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To re-elect
Sebastian
James as a
8. Director 1,061,094,953 99.80 2,092,261 0.20 1,063,187,214 78.53% 116,039
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To elect Adrian
Joseph as
9. a Director 1,062,026,716 99.89 1,160,143 0.11 1,063,186,859 78.53% 116,394
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To re - elect
Fiona McBain
10. as a Director 1,060,858,077 99.78 2,328,809 0.22 1,063,186,886 78.53% 116,367
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To re-elect
Gregor Stewart
11. as a Director 1,016,373,384 99.01 10,171,712 0.99 1,026,545,096 75.82% 36,758,156
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To re-elect
Richard Ward
12. as a Director 1,061,039,966 99.80 2,148,947 0.20 1,063,188,913 78.53% 114,340
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To re-appoint
Deloitte LLP
13. as Auditor 967,885,089 91.04 95,301,976 8.96 1,063,187,065 78.53% 116,166
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To authorise
the Audit
Committee
to agree the
Auditor's
14. remuneration 1,052,264,407 98.97 10,944,606 1.03 1,063,209,013 78.53% 94,240
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To authorise
the Company
to make political
15. donations 1,036,902,891 97.53 26,278,766 2.47 1,063,181,657 78.53% 121,596
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To authorise
the Directors
to allot new
16. shares 1,022,098,043 96.13 41,137,554 3.87 1,063,235,597 78.53% 67,655
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To disapply
pre-emption
17. rights* 1,053,939,036 99.27 7,761,617 0.73 1,061,700,653 78.42% 1,602,600
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To further
disapply pre-emption
rights in
18. specific circumstances* 975,040,040 91.84 86,663,437 8.16 1,061,703,477 78.42% 1,599,776
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To authorise
the Company
to purchase
19. its own shares* 1,053,039,088 99.05 10,073,327 0.95 1,063,112,415 78.52% 190,838
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To authorise
the Company
to call general
meetings on
14 clear days'
20. notice* 1,011,307,106 95.12 51,910,056 4.88 1,063,217,162 78.53% 86,091
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To authorise
the Directors
to allot new
shares in
relation to
an issue of
Restricted
Tier 1 Capital
21. Instruments 1,046,107,394 98.52 15,665,765 1.48 1,061,773,159 78.42% 1,530,094
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To authorise
the Directors
to disapply
pre-emption
rights in
relation to
an issue of
Restricted
Tier 1 Capital
22. Instruments* 1,038,539,705 97.82 23,180,931 2.18 1,061,720,636 78.42% 1,582,617
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NOTES:
1. * indicates a Special Resolution requiring 75% of votes cast to be carried.
2. Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes cast.
3. Votes "For" include discretionary votes.
4. A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in
the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
5. The total number of ordinary shares in issue on 11 May 2021
was 1,353,338,609. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.
Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per share held.
6. To view the full wording of the resolutions, please refer to
the 2021 Notice of Annual General Meeting on the Company's
website.
In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's Listing Rule
9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions
concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the National
Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Contact:
Roger Clifton Company Secretary
Email: Roger.Clifton@directlinegroup.co.uk
LEI: 213800FF2R23ALJQOP04
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