Result of AGM

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London Stock Exchange Group PLC
21 April 2020
 

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC (the "Company")

 

21 April 2020

 

RESULT OF AGM

 

All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 21 April 2020 were passed by shareholders.  Resolutions 1 - 21 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 22 - 25 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

285,583,428

 

99.87

 

358,290

 

0.13

 

285,941,718

 

81.36%

 

1,370,401

 

2

To declare a dividend

287,222,495

 

99.97

 

73,239

 

0.03

 

287,295,734

 

81.75%

 

16,385

 

3

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

Remuneration Committee

280,907,965

 

97.78

 

6,384,799

 

2.22

 

287,292,764

 

81.75%

 

19,354

 

4

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

276,299,114

 

96.21

 

10,890,666

 

3.79

 

287,189,780

 

81.72%

 

122,331

 

5

To re-elect Jacques Aigrain as a Director

282,395,798

 

98.30

 

4,896,517

 

1.70

 

287,292,315

 

81.75%

 

19,803

 

6

To re-elect Marshall Bailey OBE as a Director

285,084,685

 

99.23

 

2,205,834

 

0.77

 

287,290,519

 

81.75%

 

21,599

 

7

To re-elect Professor Kathleen DeRose as a Director

286,312,642

99.66

979,591

0.34

287,292,233

81.75%

19,885

8

To re-elect Cressida Hogg CBE as a Director

286,121,964

99.59

1,170,494

0.41

287,292,458

81.75%

19,660

9

To re-elect Raffaele Jerusalmi as a Director

283,900,644

98.82

3,389,722

1.18

287,290,366

81.74%

21,753

10

To re-elect Stephen O'Connor as a Director

283,686,042

99.14

2,453,985

0.86

286,140,027

81.42%

1,172,091

11

To re-elect Dr Val Rahmani as a Director

286,110,697

99.59

1,183,373

0.41

287,294,070

81.75%

18,048

12

To re-elect Don Robert as a Director

281,867,007

98.47

4,378,017

1.53

286,245,024

81.45%

1,067,092

13

To re-elect David Schwimmer as a Director

284,788,829

99.53

1,354,115

0.47

286,142,944

81.42%

1,169,175

14

To re-elect Professor Andrea Sironi as a Director

284,856,022

99.15

2,438,050

0.85

287,294,072

81.75%

18,046

15

To re-elect David Warren as a Director

285,227,833

99.28

2,066,749

0.72

287,294,582

81.75%

17,537

16

To elect Dominic Blakemore as a Director

285,574,314

99.40

1,719,460

0.60

287,293,774

81.75%

18,345

17

To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors

286,018,447

99.96

122,646

0.04

286,141,093

81.42%

1,171,026

18

To authorise the Directors to approve the auditors' remuneration

287,175,323

99.96

119,701

0.04

287,295,024

81.75%

17,095

19

To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares

248,941,533

86.65

38,369,101

13.35

287,310,634

81.75%

1,484

20

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

285,145,632

99.27

2,089,514

0.73

287,235,146

81.73%

76,973

21

To approve the London Stock Exchange Group Deferred Bonus Plan

284,557,481

99.48

1,495,796

0.52

286,053,277

81.39%

1,258,842

22

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

286,483,312

99.85

441,856

0.15

286,925,168

81.64%

386,951

23

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

284,593,737

99.19

2,330,563

0.81

286,924,300

81.64%

387,819

24

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

284,673,163

99.16

2,414,853

0.84

287,088,016

81.69%

224,102

25

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

275,600,244

95.93

11,693,879

4.07

287,294,123

81.75%

17,995

 

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 17 April 2020, the issued share capital of the Company consisted of 351,447,122 ordinary shares. London Stock Exchange Group plc does not hold any ordinary shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights as at that time were 351,447,122.

 

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

 

+44 (0)20 7797 1222

 

Paul Froud

Investor Relations

+44 (0)20 7797 3322

 

 

 


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