Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9738L
London Stock Exchange Group PLC
24 April 2018
 

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC (the "Company")

 

24 APRIL 2018

 

RESULT OF AGM

 

All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 24 April 2018 were passed by shareholders.  Resolutions 1 - 22 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 23 - 26 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

274,571,513

100.00

3,390

0.00

274,574,903

78.90%

867,816

2

To declare a dividend

275,431,057

100.00

632

0.00

275,431,689

79.15%

11,030

3

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

Remuneration Committee

257,310,839

94.09

16,148,843

5.91

273,459,682

78.58%

1,983,063

4

To re-elect Jacques Aigrain as a Director

249,834,751

97.07

7,553,380

2.93

257,388,131

73.96%

18,054,588

5

To re-elect Donald Brydon CBE as a Director

223,819,048

83.74

43,459,986

16.26

267,279,034

76.81%

8,163,684

6

To re-elect Paul Heiden as a Director

241,665,720

88.19

32,365,409

11.81

274,031,129

78.75%

1,411,589

7

To re-elect Professor Lex Hoogduin as a Director

255,164,489

99.06

2,411,648

0.94

257,576,137

74.02%

17,866,582

8

To re-elect Raffaele Jerusalmi as a Director

273,057,058

99.17

2,296,007

0.83

275,353,065

79.13%

89,654

9

To re-elect David Nish as a Director

255,715,851

99.28

1,860,286

0.72

257,576,137

74.02%

17,866,582

10

To re-elect Stephen O'Connor as a Director

253,314,717

98.85

2,939,484

1.15

256,254,201

73.64%

19,188,517

11

To re-elect Mary Schapiro as a Director

253,300,115

98.85

2,954,086

1.15

256,254,201

73.64%

19,188,517

12

To re-elect Andrea Sironi as a Director

256,792,063

99.70

784,074

0.30

257,576,137

74.02%

17,866,582

13

To re-elect David Warren as a Director

272,289,102

98.89

3,063,963

1.11

275,353,065

79.13%

89,654

14

To elect Val Rahmani as a Director

256,812,192

99.70

763,644

0.30

257,575,836

74.02%

17,866,883

15

To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors

275,270,160

99.97

86,303

0.03

275,356,463

79.13%

86,256

16

To authorise the Directors to approve the auditors' remuneration

275,343,921

100.00

5,475

0.00

275,349,396

79.13%

93,323

17

To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares

265,688,914

96.49

9,667,030

3.51

275,355,944

79.13%

86,775

18

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

238,645,782

99.61

935,816

0.39

239,581,598

68.85%

35,861,121

19

To approve the London Stock Exchange Group International Sharesave Plan 2018

273,871,925

99.43

1,556,972

0.57

275,428,897

79.15%

13,822

20

To approve the London Stock Exchange Group Restricted Share Award Plan 2018

268,803,005

98.26

4,756,365

1.74

273,559,370

78.61%

1,883,348

21

To approve the London Stock Exchange Group Share Incentive Plan 2018

274,406,567

99.63

1,021,432

0.37

275,427,999

79.15%

14,720

22

To approve the London Stock Exchange Group  International Share Incentive Plan 2018

274,406,576

99.63

1,021,724

0.37

275,428,300

79.15%

14,419

23

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

275,177,388

99.92

211,031

0.08

275,388,419

79.14%

54,300

24

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

269,315,571

97.79

6,073,054

2.21

275,388,625

79.14%

54,093

25

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

273,503,405

99.34

1,820,028

0.66

275,323,433

79.12%

119,285

26

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

264,418,590

96.00

11,006,238

4.00

275,424,828

79.15%

17,891

 

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 20 April 2018, the issued share capital of the Company consisted of 350,531,339 ordinary shares. At that time, the register of members of the Company recorded that 2,544,585 of those ordinary shares were held as treasury shares. Therefore, the total voting rights as at that time were 347,986,754.

 

3.      Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.

 

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

 

5.      In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the Annual General Meeting are being submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm 

 

 

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 / Ramesh Chhabra

Media

 

+44 (0)20 7797 1222

 

Paul Froud

Investor Relations

+44 (0)20 7797 3322

 

 

 


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