Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7735X

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

01 May 2019

 

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC (the "Company")

1 May 2019

RESULT OF AGM

All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 1 May 2019 were passed by shareholders.  Resolutions 1 - 20 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 21 - 24 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	287,275,267	100.00	4,002	0.00	287,279,269	82.18%	154,330
2	To declare a dividend	287,423,146	100.00	1,385	0.00	287,424,531	82.22%	9,068
3	To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration and the annual statement of the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee	277,931,612	96.70	9,475,798	3.30	287,407,410	82.22%	26,188
4	To re-elect Jacques Aigrain as a Director	284,367,847	98.94	3,050,223	1.06	287,418,070	82.22%	15,529
5	To re-elect Paul Heiden as a Director	285,941,428	99.49	1,477,238	0.51	287,418,666	82.22%	14,932
6	To re-elect Raffaele Jerusalmi as a Director	284,606,800	99.02	2,813,215	0.98	287,420,015	82.22%	13,584
7	To re-elect Stephen O'Connor as a Director	287,100,590	99.89	317,264	0.11	287,417,854	82.22%	15,745
8	To re-elect Val Rahmani as a Director	287,101,729	99.89	319,696	0.11	287,421,425	82.22%	12,174
9	To re-elect Andrea Sironi as a Director	285,575,123	99.36	1,845,488	0.64	287,420,611	82.22%	12,987
10	To re-elect David Warren as a Director	285,472,522	99.32	1,945,508	0.68	287,418,030	82.22%	15,569
11	To elect Marshall Bailey OBE as a Director	284,050,152	98.83	3,367,192	1.17	287,417,344	82.22%	16,255
12	To elect Professor Kathleen DeRose as a Director	287,411,353	100.00	9,647	0.00	287,421,000	82.22%	12,599
13	To elect Cressida Hogg CBE as a Director	287,269,913	100.00	8,712	0.00	287,278,625	82.18%	154,974
14	To elect Don Robert as a Director	284,619,241	99.03	2,799,176	0.97	287,418,417	82.22%	15,181
15	To elect David Schwimmer as a Director	286,496,749	99.68	923,655	0.32	287,420,404	82.22%	13,195
16	To elect Ruth Wandhöfer as a Director	287,411,838	100.00	8,349	0.00	287,420,187	82.22%	13,412
17	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors	287,407,466	100.00	13,382	0.00	287,420,848	82.22%	12,751
18	To authorise the Directors to approve the auditors' remuneration	287,414,466	100.00	7,107	0.00	287,421,573	82.22%	12,026
19	To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares	254,577,571	88.57	32,842,728	11.43	287,420,299	82.22%	13,300
20	To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure	250,657,369	99.62	963,880	0.38	251,621,249	71.98%	35,812,350
21	To dis-apply pre-emption rights in respect of an allotment of equity securities for cash	286,910,117	99.82	510,650	0.18	287,420,767	82.22%	12,832
22	To dis-apply pre-emption rights in respect of a further allotment of equity securities for cash, for the purposes of financing a transaction	279,988,503	97.41	7,432,128	2.59	287,420,631	82.22%	12,967
23	To grant the Directors authority to purchase the Company's own shares	285,153,562	99.29	2,042,970	0.71	287,196,532	82.16%	237,066
24	That a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice	275,522,790	95.86	11,900,066	4.14	287,422,856	82.22%	11,423

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 29 April 2019, the issued share capital of the Company consisted of 350,604,102 ordinary shares. At that time, the register of members of the Company recorded that 1,034,685 of those ordinary shares were held as treasury shares. Therefore, the total voting rights as at that time were 349,569,417.

3.      Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.

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

5.      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 / Lucie Holloway	Media	[phone]
Paul Froud	Investor Relations	[phone]

 

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