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Aviva PLC

04 May 2016

4 May 2016

Aviva plc

VOTING RESULTS OF 2016 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

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

 
       Resolution                                  For         % of      Against     % of       Votes       Withheld 
                                                               votes                 votes       cast 
                                                               cast                  cast        as % 
                                                                                               of Issued 
                                                                                                 Share 
                                                                                                Capital 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
       To receive and consider 
        the Company's 2015 Annual 
1.      report and accounts                   2,639,191,282   99.92     2,027,132    0.08         65.09%   10,683,236 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
       To approve the Directors' 
        remuneration report in 
        the Company's 2015 Annual 
2.      report and accounts                   2,555,380,060    97.07    77,086,894    2.93        64.87%   19,421,047 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
       To declare a final dividend 
        of 14.05 pence per ordinary 
3.      share                                 2,650,343,172    99.98       619,972    0.02        65.33%      935,732 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
4.     To elect Claudia Arney                 2,644,394,424    99.77     6,109,025    0.23        65.32%    1,355,155 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
5.     To elect Andy Briggs                   2,642,468,226    99.69     8,091,624    0.31        65.32%    1,373,821 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
       To elect Belén Romana 
6.      García                           2,642,955,452    99.72     7,499,784    0.28        65.32%    1,395,157 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
       To elect Sir Malcolm 
7.      Williamson                            2,599,264,473    98.07    51,214,147    1.93        65.32%    1,371,091 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
8.     To re-elect Glyn Barker                2,435,428,903    92.46   198,645,859    7.54        64.91%   17,824,996 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
       To re-elect Patricia 
9.      Cross                                 2,641,748,565    99.67     8,861,967    0.33        65.32%    1,290,179 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
       To re-elect Michael Hawker 
10.     AM                                    2,644,401,820    99.77     6,175,474    0.23        65.32%    1,319,852 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
11.    To re-elect Michael Mire               2,644,157,800    99.76     6,416,653    0.24        65.32%    1,327,466 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
       To re-elect Sir Adrian 
12.     Montague CBE                          2,636,957,774    99.50    13,378,466    0.50        65.31%    1,566,967 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
13.    To re-elect Bob Stein                  2,644,332,637    99.76     6,258,482    0.24        65.32%    1,312,427 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
       To re-elect Thomas D. 
14.     Stoddard                              2,633,174,246    99.34    17,416,840    0.66        65.32%    1,308,360 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
15.    To re-elect Scott Wheway               2,644,179,883    99.76     6,390,271    0.24        65.32%    1,328,251 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
16.    To re-elect Mark Wilson                2,644,536,879    99.77     6,094,996    0.23        65.32%    1,261,853 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers 
        LLP as Auditor of the 
17.     Company                               2,585,762,433    98.32    44,290,729    1.68        64.81%   17,541,936 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
       To authorise the Audit 
        Committee to determine 
18.     the Auditor's remuneration            2,613,338,086    99.36    16,900,829    0.64        64.82%   17,354,529 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
       To authorise the Company 
        and its subsidiaries 
        to make political donations 
19.     and incur political expenditure       2,523,241,574    96.86    81,920,884    3.14        64.20%   42,379,825 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
       To authorise the directors 
        of the Company to allot 
20.     ordinary shares                       2,554,794,315    96.66    88,252,285    3.34        65.13%    4,543,215 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
       Disapplication of pre-emption 
        sights on allotment of 
21.     ordinary shares*                      2,441,026,797    92.67   192,951,190    7.33        64.91%   17,908,062 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
       To authorise the Company 
        to purchase its own ordinary 
22.     shares*                               2,619,312,272    98.82    31,255,010    1.18        65.32%    1,287,657 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
       To authorise the Company 
        to purchase 8 3/4% preference 
23.     shares*                               2,648,783,697    99.94     1,662,358    0.06        65.32%    1,443,011 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
       To authorise the Company 
        to purchase 8 3/8% preference 
24.     shares*                               2,648,791,548    99.94     1,658,886    0.06        65.32%    1,437,744 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
       To authorise the Company 
        to call general meetings 
        other than the Annual 
        General Meeting on not 
        less than 14 clear days' 
25.     notice*                               2,389,241,078    90.90   239,305,929    9.10        64.78%   19,041,251 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
       To authorise the directors 
        to allot ordinary shares 
        in respect of Solvency 
26.     II Tier 1 Instruments                 2,500,756,349    94.99   131,767,920    5.01        64.88%   19,358,723 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
       Disapplication of pre-emption 
        rights on allotment of 
        ordinary shares in respect 
        of Solvency II Tier 1 
27.     instruments*                          2,464,757,801    93.63   167,698,213    6.37        64.87%   19,427,041 
---  --------------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  ------  ------------  ----------- 
 

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.

On 29 April 2016, there were 4,057,805,285 Aviva plc ordinary shares in issue. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per share held.

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

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.

2016 Financial Calendar

Half Year Preliminary Results Announcement 4 August 2016

Enquiries:

Kirstine Cooper, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary +44 (0)20 7662 6646

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