Result of AGM

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Informa PLC
25 May 2018
 

Informa LEI: 5493006VM2LKUPSEDU20

Press Release

25 May 2018

Informa PLC

Results of Annual General Meeting

London: Informa PLC (the "Company"), the international Exhibitions, Events, Business Intelligence and Academic Publishing Group, announces that at today's Annual General Meeting (the "AGM"), all resolutions were passed on a poll.

The full results are set out in the table below. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3R, copies of resolutions other than those concerning ordinary business passed at the AGM, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available in due course for viewing at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

 

 

RESOLUTION

FOR1

AGAINST

TOTAL

WITHHELD2

 

 

Votes

%

Votes

%

Votes

Votes

1

Receive the annual report for the year ended 31 December 2017

668,459,284

99.93

476,691

0.07

668,935,975

5,962,925

2

To declare a final dividend of 13.8 pence per ordinary share

674,131,678

100.00

946

0.00

674,132,624

766,277

3

Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

426,506,481

64.19

237,979,957

35.81

664,486,438

10,412,463

4

Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

628,334,895

93.21

45,796,471

6.79

674,131,366

767,534

5

Re-elect Derek Mapp as a Director

518,572,682

85.38

88,782,174

14.62

607,354,856

67,544,043

6

Re-elect Stephen A Carter as a Director

674,129,982

100.00

1,965

0.00

674,131,947

766,954

7

Re-elect Gareth Wright as a Director

674,006,156

99.98

111,298

0.02

674,117,454

781,447

8

Re-elect Gareth Bullock as a Director

663,710,408

98.45

10,421,539

1.55

674,131,947

766,954

9

Re-elect Cindy Rose as a Director

667,434,912

99.01

6,697,034

0.99

674,131,946

766,954

10

Re-elect Helen Owers as a Director

659,747,210

97.87

14,384,736

2.13

674,131,946

766,954

11

Re-elect Stephen Davidson as a Director

592,828,822

90.66

61,085,346

9.34

653,914,168

20,984,731

12

Re-elect David Flaschen as a Director

674,126,786

100.00

5,161

0.00

674,131,947

766,954

13

Re-elect John Rishton as a Director

673,258,195

99.87

873,752

0.13

674,131,947

766,954

14

Re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company

660,888,020

98.04

13,241,634

1.96

674,129,654

769,246

15

Authorise the Audit Committee (on behalf of the Directors) to determine the remuneration of the auditor

670,240,861

99.42

3,891,142

0.58

674,132,003

766,898

16

Authorise the Company to make political donations and expenditure

670,080,487

99.40

4,032,567

0.60

674,113,054

785,847

17

Authorise the Directors to allot shares

644,645,254

95.53

30,188,138

4.47

674,833,392

65,509

18

Approve amendments to the Informa 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan

466,662,510

69.45

205,278,687

30.55

671,941,197

2,957,704

19

Approve the Informa 2017 U.S. Employee Stock Purchase Plan

674,673,470

99.97

183,475

0.03

674,856,945

41,956

20

To approve an increase in the aggregate sum that may be paid as Non-Executive Director's fees from £1,000 000 to £1,500,000

667,656,049

99.04

6,451,207

0.96

674,107,256

791,644

21

To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of 5% of the Company's issued share capital

661,430,599

99.70

1,971,593

0.30

663,402,192

11,496,709

22

To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of an additional 5% of the Company's issued share capital

634,737,491

95.68

28,664,846

4.32

663,402,337

11,496,563

23

Authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

666,975,135

99.06

6,332,382

0.94

673,307,517

1,591,383

24

Authorise the Directors to call general meetings (other than AGMs) on not less than 14 clear days' notice

657,239,895

97.49

16,892,131

2.51

674,132,026

766,875

 

Notes:

1.   Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total

2.   A 'Vote Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.

Following the strong support received by shareholders at the recent General Meeting to approve the Offer for UBM plc, the Board is pleased that shareholders also voted in support of all resolutions at today's Annual General Meeting. As part of this, we note that shareholders approved our new Remuneration Policy, which was updated following an extensive and detailed round of shareholder consultation and engagement. We also recognise that a minority of shareholders voted against Resolution 3, albeit for a variety of different reasons. The Board and the Remuneration Committee believes that the updated Policy is closely aligned with shareholders' interests and key to supporting the Company's strategy following the combination with UBM plc. Notwithstanding this, the Remuneration Committee notes the various issues raised by some shareholders and will reflect on the feedback received.

Enquiries

 

Informa PLC

 

Rupert Hopley, Group Company Secretary

+44 (0) 20 7017 5000

Richard Menzies-Gow, Director of Investor Relations

+44 (0) 20 3377 3445

Notes to editors

About Informa PLC

Informa operates at the heart of the Knowledge and Information Economy. It is one of the world's leading business intelligence, academic publishing, knowledge and events businesses.

With more than 7,500 colleagues globally, it has a presence in all major geographies, including North America, South America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

To learn more, please visit www.informa.com 

 


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