Result of AGM

IG Group Holdings plc

20 September 2023

 

LEI: 2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76

IG Group Holdings plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

20 September 2023

The Board of IG Group Holdings plc (the "Company"), a leading global fintech company, is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held earlier today, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of the Meeting, with the exception of Resolution 6 which was withdrawn, were duly passed. A poll was conducted on each resolution proposed at the Meeting. 

The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions and the number of votes withheld were as follows:

	RESOLUTIONS	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% of Issued Share Capital Voted	VOTES WITHHELD*
1	To receive the Company's accounts and the reports of the Directors and the Auditor for the year ended 31 May 2023	311,514,645	99.73%	842,775	0.27%	312,357,420	78.32%	1,158,130
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 May 2023	296,874,665	94.70%	16,613,838	5.30%	313,488,503	78.60%	27,047
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy for the year ended 31 May 2023	305,233,966	97.37%	8,253,416	2.63%	313,487,382	78.60%	28,168
4	To declare a final dividend of 31.94 pence per ordinary share	312,661,119	99.73%	841,595	0.27%	313,502,714	78.61%	12,836
5	To re-elect Mike McTighe as a Director of the Company	263,025,846	83.90%	50,459,386	16.10%	313,485,232	78.60%	30,318
6	To re-elect June Felix as a Director of the Company	Resolution Withdrawn
7	To re-elect Charlie Rozes as a Director of the Company	291,062,380	92.85%	22,424,920	7.15%	313,487,300	78.60%	28,250
8	To re-elect Jon Noble as a Director of the Company	291,894,448	93.11%	21,591,554	6.89%	313,486,002	78.60%	29,548
9	To re-elect Jonathan Moulds as a Director of the Company	284,730,295	90.83%	28,754,151	9.17%	313,484,446	78.60%	31,104
10	To re-elect Rakesh Bhasin as a Director of the Company	291,901,712	93.12%	21,582,265	6.88%	313,483,977	78.60%	31,573
11	To re-elect Andrew Didham as a Director of the Company	291,027,956	92.84%	22,457,788	7.16%	313,485,744	78.60%	29,806
12	To re-elect Wu Gang as a Director of the Company	285,590,880	91.10%	27,889,671	8.90%	313,480,551	78.60%	34,999
13	To re-elect Sally-Ann Hibberd as a Director of the Company	290,092,719	92.81%	22,462,826	7.19%	312,555,545	78.37%	960,005
14	To re-elect Malcolm Le May as a Director of the Company	270,719,595	86.77%	41,261,610	13.23%	311,981,205	78.23%	1,534,345
15	To re-elect Susan Skerritt as a Director of the Company	291,898,420	93.12%	21,581,579	6.88%	313,479,999	78.60%	35,551
16	To re-elect Helen Stevenson as a Director of the Company	284,720,625	90.83%	28,759,374	9.17%	313,479,999	78.60%	35,551
17	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor of the Company	289,899,239	99.02%	2,874,107	0.98%	292,773,346	73.41%	20,742,204
18	To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the Auditor's remuneration	307,866,722	99.57%	1,329,301	0.43%	309,196,023	77.53%	4,319,527
19	To authorise the Directors to adopt the IG Group Long Term Incentive Plan 2023	310,256,464	98.98%	3,212,133	1.02%	313,468,597	78.60%	46,953
20	To authorise the Directors to adopt the IG Group 2023 Sustained Performance Plan	310,751,471	99.13%	2,732,351	0.87%	313,483,822	78.60%	31,728
21	To authorise the Directors to adopt the IG Group 2023 Global Share Purchase Plan	311,706,399	99.43%	1,792,178	0.57%	313,498,577	78.61%	16,973
22	To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to s.551 of the Companies Act 2006	304,406,593	97.10%	9,088,979	2.90%	313,495,572	78.61%	19,978
23	To disapply statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares	296,643,531	95.79%	13,028,323	4.21%	309,671,854	77.65%	3,843,696
24	To disapply statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares for the purposes of acquisitions or other capital investment	282,511,555	91.23%	27,162,755	8.77%	309,674,310	77.65%	3,841,240
25	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of it's own shares	311,296,666	99.43%	1,790,919	0.57%	313,087,585	78.50%	427,965
26	That a general meeting other than an AGM may be called on not less that 14 days clear notice	303,895,884	96.94%	9,604,351	3.06%	313,500,235	78.61%	15,315
27	To adopt new Articles of Association	312,621,315	99.73%	856,626	0.27%	313,477,941	78.60%	36,922

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution.

As at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, 18 September 2023, the time by which shareholders who wanted to vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, there were 398,816,228 ordinary shares in issue. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

For further information, please contact:

IG Group Investors	IG Group Press	FTI Consulting	Company Secretariat
Martin Price / Simon Wright	Angela Warburton / Alayna Francis	Edward Berry / Katherine Bell	Aurelia Gibbs
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About IG

IG Group (LSEG:IGG) is an innovative, global fintech company that delivers dynamic online trading platforms and a robust educational ecosystem to power the pursuit of financial freedom for the ambitious. For nearly five decades, the Company has evolved its technology, risk management, financial products, content, and platforms to meet the needs of its retail and institutional clients. IG Group continues to innovate its offering for the new generation of tomorrow's investors through its IG, tastytrade, IG Prime, Spectrum, and DailyFX brands.

Established in 1974, IG Group is a London-headquartered FTSE 250 company offering its clients access to ~19,000 financial markets through its offices spread across Europe, North America, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.

 

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