Each year the Society holds an Annual General
Meeting (AGM). We encourage eligible members to attend in person,
or to vote by proxy if they’re unable to attend.
Before each AGM we send out a Notice of AGM to
all members, normally with their annual statements in the first
quarter of the year. We also put the Notice on our website so all
members have access to it. The Notice is also published in two
national newspapers.
Results of voting on all AGM resolutions are
published on our website after the AGM.
2010 AGM at London Zoo
Our 2010 AGM took place at London Zoo in the
Prince Albert Suite at 11.00am on Saturday 22 May 2010. Once again
our Family Day at the Zoo proved extremely popular and was very
well attended.
27 voting members attended the AGM and a
further 492 members took part in a proxy vote by post. Votes
cast this way carried the same weight as those cast by members who
attended the meeting, enabling members who were unable to attend
the AGM to be involved in deciding how our business is
conducted.
Although the Notice of AGM included
resolutions on proposed rule changes, in view of anticipated
changes to the government’s Child Trust Fund initiative, the Board
decided against putting these to the meeting for formal approval.
Instead the proposals were discussed and members were invited to
give their views which will be taken into consideration when these
proposals are put forward for formal adoption.
AGM results
Click on the link below for the results of
voting on resolutions at the meeting:
Results of the 2010
AGM
Results of the 2009
AGM
Report and
Accounts
AGM speeches
Please see the documents below for summaries of speeches.
Andreas Whittam Smith,
Chairman
PDF, 106KB (opens a new window)
David White, Chief Executive
PDF, 89KB (opens a new window)
Graeme McAusland, Chief Operating
Officer
PDF, 59KB (opens a new window)
Who can vote on AGM Resolutions?
Only members aged 18 or over on the day of the AGM are eligible
to vote on resolutions.
You are a member if you have, in your own name (or jointly in
your name and that of another person), a With-Profits or
Unit-Linked savings plan, endowment, critical illness, sickness or
income protection insurance policy.
If you pay into, or look after, a With-Profits or Unit-Linked
savings plan in the name of a child under age 18, then the child is
a member. They are entitled to attend the AGM, but as a minor
are not eligible to vote. You can also attend the AGM as a
visitor, but you cannot vote on the child's behalf, either at the
AGM or by proxy online or postal vote.