Annual General Meeting 2014
Our AGM was held at 2.00pm, Tuesday 13 May 2014 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.
You can see how our shareholders voted below.
| Resolutions | For | Against | Withheld |
| Resolution 1: To receive and consider the Annual report and accounts 2013 | 965,491,593 | 962,751 | 2,087,285 |
| Resolution 2: To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors | 940,033,023 | 8,922,984 | 19,596,861 |
| Resolution 3: To authorise the Directors to set the auditors’ fees | 955,580,048 | 2,505,574 | 10,459,799 |
| Resolution 4: To declare a final dividend for 2013 | 966,689,638 | 314,525 | 1,548,604 |
| Resolution 5: To approve the Directors’ remuneration report | 890,059,942 | 21,307,143 | 57,170,259 |
| Resolution 6: To approve the Directors’ remuneration policy | 894,269,807 | 39,117,295 | 35,158,952 |
| Resolution 7: To approve amendments to the rules of the Standard Life plc Executive Long Term Incentive Plan (the Executive LTIP) | 22,037,950 | 41,964,189 | 4,539,675 |
| Resolution 8A: To re-elect Sir Gerry Grimstone | 957,086,582 | 8,343,850 | 3,126,087 |
| Resolution 8B: To re-elect Pierre Danon | 954,842,492 | 10,391,223 | 3,318,810 |
| Resolution 8C: To re-elect Crawford Gillies | 960,828,679 | 4,465,422 | 3,254,248 |
| Resolution 8D: To re-elect David Grigson | 946,812,695 | 18,454,495 | 3,281,784 |
| Resolution 8E: To re-elect Noel Harwerth | 945,812,081 | 10,360,444 | 12,376,349 |
| Resolution 8F: To re-elect David Nish | 962,947,821 | 2,420,230 | 3,176,097 |
| Resolution 8G: To re-elect John Paynter | 961,143,849 | 4,130,187 | 3,268,793 |
| Resolution 8H: To re-elect Lynne Peacock | 961,088,647 | 4,315,909 | 3,144,318 |
| Resolution 8I: To re-elect Keith Skeoch | 962,851,642 | 2,468,303 | 3,228,820 |
| Resolution 9: To elect Martin Pike | 962,197,159 | 2,884,111 | 3,467,495 |
| Resolution 10: To authorise the Directors to issue further shares | 952,828,861 | 12,747,187 | 2,976,711 |
| Resolution 11: To disapply share pre-emption rights | 957,002,388 | 6,647,266 | 4,892,534 |
| Resolution 12: To give authority for the Company to buy back shares | 959,733,841 | 5,962,785 | 2,856,133 |
| Resolution 13: To provide limited authority to make political donations and to incur political expenditure | 906,825,543 | 56,460,093 | 5,266,421 |
| Resolution 14: To allow the Company to call general meetings on 14 days’ notice | 878,750,246 | 87,196,914 | 2,605,599 |
Issued Share Capital – Total voting rights
On 26 February 2014 - the latest practical business day before the printing and publication of the Notice of Annual General Meeting - the Company's issued share capital consisted of 2,376,680,535 ordinary shares, carrying one vote each. No shares were held in treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at 26 February 2014 were 2,376,680,535.M