Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4149D
London Stock Exchange Group PLC
26 April 2017
 

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC (the "Company")

 

26 APRIL 2017

 

RESULT OF AGM

 

All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 26 April 2017 were passed by shareholders.  Resolutions 1 - 19 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 20 - 23 as Special Resolutions.  

 

London Stock Exchange Group plc Annual General Meeting Poll Results

 


RESOLUTION

VOTES FOR

%

VOTES AGAINST

%

VOTES TOTAL

% OF RELEVANT SHARES IN ISSUE

VOTES WITHHELD

1

To receive the annual report and accounts

261,051,776

99.59

1,073,890

0.41

262,125,666

74.98%

44,182

2

To declare a dividend

262,063,028

99.98

63,556

0.02

262,126,584

74.98%

43,264

3

To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration and the annual statement of the Chairman of the

Remuneration Committee

258,328,323

98.56

3,772,162

1.44

262,100,485

74.98%

68,763

4

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

252,081,916

98.48

3,886,744

1.52

255,968,660

73.22%

6,200,579

5

To re-elect Jacques Aigrain as a Director

256,973,985

98.14

4,873,715

1.86

261,847,700

74.90%

322,148

6

To re-elect Donald Brydon CBE as a Director

253,671,383

99.16

2,161,563

0.84

255,832,946

73.18%

6,336,902

7

To re-elect Paul Heiden as a Director

261,387,922

99.72

737,106

0.28

262,125,028

74.98%

44,820

8

To re-elect Professor Lex Hoogduin as a Director

259,210,306

98.89

2,897,768

1.11

262,108,074

74.98%

61,774

9

To re-elect Raffaele Jerusalmi as a Director

260,987,541

99.57

1,137,805

0.43

262,125,346

74.98%

44,502

10

To re-elect David Nish as a Director

259,698,352

99.07

2,425,155

0.93

262,123,507

74.98%

46,341

11

To re-elect Stephen O'Connor as a Director

259,775,691

99.10

2,347,816

0.90

262,123,507

74.98%

46,341

12

To re-elect Xavier  Rolet KBE as a Director

260,874,415

99.52

1,251,691

0.48

262,126,106

74.98%

43,742

13

To re-elect Mary Schapiro as a Director

260,273,106

99.58

1,086,910

0.42

261,360,016

74.76%

809,832

14

To re-elect David Warren as a Director

260,245,966

99.28

1,877,541

0.72

262,123,507

74.98%

46,341

15

To elect Andrea Sironi as a Director

259,779,858

99.10

2,346,406

0.90

262,126,264

74.98%

43,584

16

To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors

262,003,633

99.95

122,128

0.05

262,125,761

74.98%

44,087

17

To authorise the Directors to approve the auditors' remuneration

261,880,638

99.91

245,938

0.09

262,126,576

74.98%

43,272

18

To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares

256,925,608

98.01

5,228,359

1.99

262,153,967

74.99%

15,881

19

To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure

225,628,282

99.67

754,213

0.33

226,382,495

64.76%

35,790,537

20

To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of an allotment of equity securities for cash

260,530,519

99.99

33,948

0.01

260,564,467

74.54%

1,605,380

21

To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of a further allotment of equity securities for cash, for the purposes of financing a transaction

256,237,481

98.34

4,327,056

1.66

260,564,537

74.54%

1,605,313

22

To grant the Directors authority to purchase the Company's own shares

260,601,856

99.50

1,310,642

0.50

261,912,498

74.92%

257,350

23

That a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice

252,154,064

96.20

9,971,092

3.80

262,125,156

74.98%

44,691

 

Notes

 

1.      Please note a 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.

 

2.      As at 6.30pm on 24 April 2017, the issued share capital of the Company consisted of 350,435,902 ordinary shares. At that time, the register of members of the Company recorded that 856,870 of those ordinary shares were held as treasury shares. Therefore, the total voting rights as at that time were 349,579,032.

 

3.      Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.

 

4.      The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.

 

Results of the poll will also be available shortly on the Company's website:  http://www.lseg.com/investor-relations/shareholder-services/agm-information

 

 

Further information is available from:

 

London Stock Exchange Group plc

 

Gavin Sullivan

Media

 

+44 (0)20 7797 1222

 

Paul Froud

Investor Relations

+44 (0)20 7797 3322

 

 

 


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