Result of AGM and GM

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  Legal & General Group Plc 21 May 2026 Results of Annual General Meeting and General Meeting held on 21 May 2026   Legal & General Group Plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held today at the British Medical Association, BMA House, Tavistock Square, Bloomsbury, London, WC1H 9JZ, all of the resolutions proposed in the Notice of the Meeting were passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote.   The votes cast were as follows:   Resolution  For 1 Against Votes Withheld 2 No. of shares % No. of shares % Resolution 1 Receipt of financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 2,780,120,489 99.95 1,456,099 0.05 6,232,188 Resolution 2 Declaration of a final dividend of 15.67 pence per ordinary share 2,767,921,391 99.33 18,630,547 0.67 1,262,618 Resolution 3 Approval of the Company's Climate and Nature Transition Plan 2,331,040,346 96.84 76,161,397 3.16 380,606,654 Resolution 4 Election of Mark Jordy as a Director 2,777,000,773 99.75 6,863,957 0.25 3,949,826 Resolution 5 Election of Andrew Kail as a Director 2,761,200,686 99.17 23,046,327 0.83 3,567,543 Resolution 6 Election of Scott Wheway as a Director 2,777,532,619 99.77 6,524,150 0.23 3,757,787 Resolution 7 Re-election of Henrietta Baldock as a Director 2,763,640,714 99.74 7,336,023 0.26 16,837,819 Resolution 8 Re-election of Clare Bousfield as a Director 2,778,004,451 99.77 6,278,598 0.23 3,531,507 Resolution 9 Re-election of Carolyn Johnson as a Director 2,776,144,712 99.71 7,974,183 0.29 3,695,661 Resolution 10  Re-election of Nilufer Kheraj as a Director 2,775,324,497 99.67 9,207,841 0.33 3,282,218 Resolution 11 Re-election of George Lewis as a Director 2,760,147,835 99.61 10,877,706 0.39 16,789,015 Resolution 12 Re-election of Tushar Morzaria as a Director 2,774,895,942 99.67 9,238,482 0.33 3,680,132 Resolution 13 Re-election of António Simões as a Director 2,761,120,710 99.19 22,639,113 0.81 4,054,733 Resolution 14 Re-election of Laura Wade-Gery as a Director 2,763,529,913 99.26 20,733,015 0.74 3,510,628 Resolution 15 Reappointment of KPMG LLP as auditors 2,777,265,742 99.75 6,905,574 0.25 3,643,240 Resolution 16 To authorise the Audit Committee, on behalf of the Board, to determine the Auditors' remuneration 2,777,686,786 99.76 6,647,549 0.24 3,426,411 Resolution 17 Approval of Remuneration Policy 2,688,821,005 96.59 94,806,695 3.41 4,133,046 Resolution 18 Approval of Remuneration Report 2,637,386,714 96.23 103,388,631 3.77 46,985,401 Resolution 19 Authority to make political donations 2,738,489,893 99.04 26,479,254 0.96 22,786,599 Resolution 20 Authority to allot equity shares 2,719,535,767 97.67 65,012,575 2.33 3,212,404 Resolution 21 Authority to allot shares in respect of Contingent Convertible Securities (CCS) 2,774,603,294 99.65 9,666,293 0.35 3,491,159 Resolution 22* Disapplication of pre-emption rights 2,756,103,463 99.03 27,083,408 0.97 4,573,875 Resolution 23* Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights 2,770,416,279 99.54 12,880,908 0.46 4,461,039 Resolution 24* Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with CCS 2,768,648,450 99.48 14,391,093 0.52 4,718,683 Resolution 25* Authority to purchase own shares 2,776,725,537 99.71 8,157,833 0.29 2,874,856 Resolution 26* Authority to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice 2,608,810,055 93.66 176,532,768 6.34 2,415,403   Legal & General Group Plc further announces that, at its General Meeting (GM) held today at the same venue, both of the resolutions proposed were passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote.   The votes cast were as follows:   Resolution  For 1 Against Votes Withheld 2 No. of shares % No. of shares % Resolution 1* The share premium account of the Company be reduced by £1,051,581,960 2,725,995,137 99.90 2,717,642 0.10 3,338,178 Resolution 2* The capital redemption reserve of the Company be reduced by £24,583,524 2,726,367,830 99.92 2,248,976 0.08 3,432,656   Notes: 1 The 'for' votes include those giving the Chair discretion. 2 A vote 'withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'for' and 'against' each resolution. 3 Votes 'for' and 'against' are expressed as a percentage of the votes received. 4 Voting was conducted by poll. 5 For the AGM, the total number of votes cast was 2,786,551,938 representing 50% of voting capital as at 19 May 2026.  For the GM, the total number of votes cast was 2,728,712,779 representing 48.96% of voting capital as at 19 May 2026.  At the close of business on 19 May 2026, the issued share capital of the Company was 5,573,178,063 ordinary shares (no shares are held in Treasury).     *Denotes a Special Resolution.   Name: Leanne Cornish Role: Group Deputy Company Secretary Tel: 020 3124 4111    

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