Shareholders back all Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE: LYG) AGM resolutions
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Filing Sentiment
Form Type
6-K
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Lloyds Banking Group plc reports that all 26 resolutions at its annual general meeting in Edinburgh were approved by shareholders on a poll. This included receiving the 2025 accounts, re-electing all proposed directors, approving the remuneration policy and report, and confirming Deloitte as auditors.
Shareholders also backed a final dividend, renewal of the North America Employee Stock Purchase Plan, authorities to allot shares and issue regulatory capital convertible instruments, disapplication of pre-emption rights, and permissions to buy back ordinary and preference shares. Turnout was strong, with most resolutions receiving over 98% of votes cast and total valid votes around two-thirds of ordinary shares in issue.
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Key Figures
Votes to receive 2025 accounts: 39,469,311,943 votes for (99.98%)
Support for remuneration policy: 37,513,260,622 votes for (94.97%)
Support for remuneration report: 38,397,050,420 votes for (97.24%)
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Votes to receive 2025 accounts
39,469,311,943 votes for (99.98%)
Resolution 1, accounts and reports for year ended 31 December 2025
Support for remuneration policy
37,513,260,622 votes for (94.97%)
Resolution 12, directors’ Remuneration Policy approval
Support for remuneration report
38,397,050,420 votes for (97.24%)
Resolution 13, directors’ remuneration report approval
Final dividend approval votes
39,488,334,470 votes for (99.94%)
Resolution 14, declaration and payment of final dividend
Authority to allot shares
37,225,950,317 votes for (94.23%)
Resolution 19, authority to directors to allot shares
Ordinary shares in issue
58,335,277,809 shares
Ordinary shares in issue as of 12 May 2026 record time
Typical turnout by votes cast
≈39.5 billion votes (≈67.7%)
Total votes validly cast per resolution as % of shares in issue
Key Terms
pre-emption rights, Regulatory Capital Convertible Instruments, political expenditure, National Storage Mechanism, +1 more
5 terms
pre-emption rights financial
"To disapply pre-emption rights"
A shareholder’s right to be offered new shares before they are sold to outsiders, allowing existing owners to buy enough to keep their ownership percentage. Think of it like being offered the first slice of a pie so your share doesn’t shrink; it matters to investors because it protects voting power and economic value from being diluted when a company issues more stock, and it can affect how easy or costly fundraising is.
Regulatory Capital Convertible Instruments financial
"To authorise the directors to allot shares in relation to the issue of Regulatory Capital Convertible Instruments"
political expenditure financial
"To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations or incur political expenditure"
National Storage Mechanism regulatory
"will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection"
A national storage mechanism is an official, centralized electronic repository where companies and regulators file and keep required corporate documents such as prospectuses, financial statements and regulatory disclosures. For investors it is the authoritative public source to find and verify key papers — like using a government-run public archive or filing cabinet — so you can check the original documents for due diligence, compliance and to confirm claims made in news or marketing.
Remuneration Policy financial
"To approve the directors' Remuneration Policy"
A remuneration policy is a company’s written guide on how it pays executives and senior managers, covering salary, bonuses, stock awards and other benefits. It matters to investors because it shows how pay is linked to long-term performance and risk—like a recipe that determines whether incentives encourage sustainable growth or reward short-term gains—affecting governance, shareholder returns and potential conflicts of interest.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16a
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
14 May 2026
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP plc
(Translation
of registrant's name into English)
5th Floor
25 Gresham Street
London
EC2V 7HN
United Kingdom
(Address
of principal executive offices)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports
under
cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form
20-F..X.. Form 40-F
Index
to Exhibits
Item
No.
1 Regulatory News Service Announcement, 14 May 2026
re: Result
of AGM
14 May 2026
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Following the annual general meeting held today at the Edinburgh
International Conference Centre, The Exchange, Edinburgh, Lloyds
Banking Group plc (the "Company") announces that all resolutions
put to shareholders at that meeting were passed by the requisite
majorities. Resolutions 1 to 20 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary
resolutions. Resolutions 21 to 26 (inclusive) were passed as
special resolutions. A poll was held on each of the resolutions
proposed. The results of the polls are as follows:
|
Resolution
|
Votes
For
|
% of
Votes
Cast
|
Votes
Against
|
% of
Votes
Cast
|
Total Votes
Validly Cast
|
Total Votes
Cast
as a %
of the
Ordinary
Shares in
Issue
|
Votes
Withheld
|
|
|
1.
|
To receive the accounts and reports for the year ended 31 December
2025
|
39,469,311,943
|
99.98
|
7,676,739
|
0.02
|
39,476,988,682
|
67.67%
|
41,566,642
|
|
2.
|
To re-elect Sir Robin Budenberg as a director
|
39,105,686,408
|
99.05
|
375,863,673
|
0.95
|
39,481,550,081
|
67.68%
|
38,092,445
|
|
3.
|
To re-elect Charlie Nunn as a director
|
39,442,861,689
|
99.84
|
62,873,244
|
0.16
|
39,505,734,933
|
67.72%
|
13,858,268
|
|
4.
|
To re-elect Nathan Bostock as a director
|
39,434,598,100
|
99.82
|
69,149,996
|
0.18
|
39,503,748,096
|
67.72%
|
15,958,092
|
|
5.
|
To re-elect William Chalmers as a director
|
39,299,978,821
|
99.48
|
204,882,269
|
0.52
|
39,504,861,090
|
67.72%
|
14,868,782
|
|
6.
|
To re-elect Sarah Legg as a director
|
39,440,816,032
|
99.84
|
63,482,546
|
0.16
|
39,504,298,578
|
67.72%
|
15,418,424
|
|
7.
|
To re-elect Amanda Mackenzie as a director
|
39,434,383,697
|
99.82
|
69,886,296
|
0.18
|
39,504,269,993
|
67.72%
|
15,466,073
|
|
8.
|
To re-elect Harmeen Mehta as a director
|
39,437,979,570
|
99.83
|
65,537,586
|
0.17
|
39,503,517,156
|
67.72%
|
15,886,767
|
|
9.
|
To re-elect Cathy Turner as a director
|
39,223,953,104
|
99.29
|
279,831,344
|
0.71
|
39,503,784,448
|
67.72%
|
15,941,573
|
|
10.
|
To elect Chris Vogelzang as a director
|
39,434,328,276
|
99.82
|
69,645,485
|
0.18
|
39,503,973,761
|
67.72%
|
15,589,570
|
|
11.
|
To re-elect Catherine Woods as a director
|
39,434,127,762
|
99.82
|
70,004,331
|
0.18
|
39,504,132,093
|
67.72%
|
15,496,730
|
|
12.
|
To approve the directors' Remuneration Policy
|
37,513,260,622
|
94.97
|
1,987,855,529
|
5.03
|
39,501,116,151
|
67.71%
|
18,646,829
|
|
13.
|
To approve the directors' remuneration report
|
38,397,050,420
|
97.24
|
1,091,484,556
|
2.76
|
39,488,534,976
|
67.69%
|
31,301,903
|
|
14.
|
To declare and pay a final dividend
|
39,488,334,470
|
99.94
|
22,085,044
|
0.06
|
39,510,419,514
|
67.73%
|
9,644,589
|
|
15.
|
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors
|
39,479,782,866
|
99.94
|
25,234,605
|
0.06
|
39,505,017,471
|
67.72%
|
14,856,738
|
|
16.
|
To authorise the Audit Committee to set the remuneration of the
auditors
|
39,460,170,037
|
99.88
|
45,873,804
|
0.12
|
39,506,043,841
|
67.72%
|
13,777,981
|
|
17.
|
To approve the renewal of the Lloyds Banking Group North America
Employee Stock Purchase Plan 2016 Rules
|
39,423,661,632
|
99.83
|
68,386,656
|
0.17
|
39,492,048,288
|
67.70%
|
27,639,890
|
|
18.
|
To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political
donations or incur political expenditure
|
38,316,273,450
|
96.99
|
1,189,807,651
|
3.01
|
39,506,081,101
|
67.72%
|
13,859,423
|
|
19.
|
To authorise the directors to allot shares
|
37,225,950,317
|
94.23
|
2,278,680,490
|
5.77
|
39,504,630,807
|
67.72%
|
15,096,089
|
|
20.
|
To authorise the directors to allot shares in relation to the issue
of Regulatory Capital Convertible Instruments
|
38,911,093,083
|
98.50
|
592,203,381
|
1.50
|
39,503,296,464
|
67.72%
|
16,262,904
|
|
21.
|
To disapply pre-emption rights
|
39,059,255,884
|
98.89
|
439,980,350
|
1.11
|
39,499,236,234
|
67.71%
|
20,141,238
|
|
22.
|
To disapply pre-emption rights in the event of financing an
acquisition transaction or other capital investment
|
39,062,842,044
|
98.90
|
436,314,187
|
1.10
|
39,499,156,231
|
67.71%
|
20,259,167
|
|
23.
|
To disapply pre-emption rights in relation to the issue of
Regulatory Capital Convertible Instruments
|
38,829,689,984
|
98.31
|
668,267,122
|
1.69
|
39,497,957,106
|
67.71%
|
20,582,023
|
|
24.
|
To authorise the Company to purchase ordinary shares
|
39,398,808,355
|
99.78
|
88,026,020
|
0.22
|
39,486,834,375
|
67.69%
|
32,237,013
|
|
25.
|
To authorise the Company to purchase preference shares
|
39,194,603,713
|
99.26
|
291,351,334
|
0.74
|
39,485,955,047
|
67.69%
|
32,988,869
|
|
26.
|
To authorise reduced notice of a general meeting other than an
annual general meeting
|
36,746,873,958
|
93.02
|
2,755,489,961
|
6.98
|
39,502,363,919
|
67.72%
|
16,390,621
|
Notes
The full text of the resolutions, along with the explanatory notes,
is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is
available on the Company's website: www.lloydsbankinggroup.com
For all resolutions, as at 5.30 pm on Tuesday 12 May 2026 (the time
at which shareholders who wanted to attend, speak and vote at the
meeting were required to have their details entered in the register
of members), there were 58,335,277,809 ordinary shares in
issue.
Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. A vote
withheld is not a vote in law and therefore has not been counted in
the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" a
resolution.
In accordance with UK
Listing Rule 6.4.2, copies of the resolutions that do not
constitute ordinary business at the annual general meeting will be
submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be
available for inspection in unedited full text
at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
-END-
For further information:
Investor Relations
Douglas Radcliffe
+44 (0)20 7356 1571
Group Investor Relations Director
douglas.radcliffe@lloydsbanking.com
Corporate Affairs
Matt Smith
+44 (0)77 8835
2487
Head of Media Relations
matt.smith@lloydsbanking.com
Signatures
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
LLOYDS
BANKING GROUP plc
(Registrant)
By: Douglas
Radcliffe
Name: Douglas
Radcliffe
Title: Group
Investor Relations Director
Date: 14
May 2026






FAQ
What was approved at the Lloyds Banking Group (LYG) 2026 AGM?
Shareholders approved all 26 AGM resolutions, including receiving 2025 accounts, re-electing and electing directors, approving remuneration policy and report, appointing Deloitte as auditors, authorising share allotment, share buybacks, and disapplication of pre-emption rights.
Was Lloyds Banking Group’s (LYG) final dividend approved at the AGM?
Yes. The resolution to declare and pay a final dividend received 39,488,334,470 votes for, representing 99.94% of votes cast, and 22,085,044 votes against. Total valid votes were 39,510,419,514, with 9,644,589 votes withheld, indicating very strong backing.