Result of AGM

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ITV plc announced that all resolutions were passed at its Annual General Meeting on May 7, 2026, with significant shareholder support. The Report and Accounts received 99.99% approval, and the final dividend declaration also garnered 99.99% of votes. The Annual Report on Remuneration was approved by 92.37% of shareholders. Re-elections and appointments to the board, including Dawn Allen and Helen Ashton, received strong backing, generally above 95%. The re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor was approved by 99.89%. Resolutions concerning the authority to allot shares and the disapplication of pre-emption rights saw lower, though still majority, support, with 87.73% and 89.31% respectively for the allotment authority and 95.83% and 89.31% for pre-emption rights. The purchase of own shares was overwhelmingly approved with 99.98% of votes.

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ITV PLC
07 May 2026
 

ITV plc

Company Number 4967001

 

Result of Annual General Meeting 2026

 

At the Annual General Meeting of the members of ITV plc duly convened and held at The King's Fund, No. 11 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0AN on Thursday 7 May 2026 all resolutions were passed with majorities as set out below.  All resolutions were taken on a poll.

 

No.

Description

Votes for

%

Votes against

%

% of Issued share capital voted

 

Votes withheld

1

Report and Accounts

3,054,682,639

99.99%

297,398

0.01%

80.54%

1,254,214

2

Annual Report on Remuneration

2,549,584,459

92.37%

210,572,318

7.63%

72.77%

296,077,474

3

Declare a final dividend

3,055,836,982

99.99%

219,300

0.01%

80.57%

177,969

4

Re-elect Dawn Allen

3,047,394,993

99.74%

7,994,697

0.26%

80.55%

844,561

5

Elect Helen Ashton

3,047,429,924

99.74%

7,952,283

0.26%

80.55%

852,044

6

Re-elect Edward Bonham Carter

2,725,212,738

98.71%

35,749,281

1.29%

72.79%

295,272,232

7

Re-elect Graham Cooke

3,019,994,507

98.84%

35,396,497

1.16%

80.55%

843,247

8

Re-elect Andrew Cosslett

2,978,789,991

97.49%

76,647,488

2.51%

80.55%

796,772

9

Re-elect Margaret Ewing

2,925,672,563

95.75%

129,717,994

4.25%

80.55%

843,694

10

Re-elect Marjorie Kaplan

3,047,435,642

99.74%

7,944,064

0.26%

80.55%

854,545

11

Re-elect Gidon Katz

3,039,251,434

99.47%

16,132,474

0.53%

80.55%

850,343

12

Re-elect Chris Kennedy

3,037,476,972

99.41%

17,987,194

0.59%

80.55%

770,085

13

Re-elect Carolyn McCall

3,039,099,460

99.46%

16,463,887

0.54%

80.55%

670,904

14

Re-elect Sharmila Nebhrajani

2,883,118,132

94.36%

172,321,211

5.64%

80.55%

794,908

15

Re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor

3,051,415,211

99.89%

3,498,226

0.11%

80.54%

1,320,814

16

Auditors' remuneration

3,051,858,079

99.87%

4,001,014

0.13%

80.56%

375,158

17

Political Donations

2,740,769,093

99.25%

20,637,822

0.75%

72.80%

294,778,559

18

Authority to allot shares

2,680,838,486

87.73%

375,064,786

12.27%

80.56%

330,979

19

Disapplication of pre-emption rights (1)

2,927,725,215

95.83%

127,326,148

4.17%

80.54%

1,182,888

20

Disapplication of pre-emption rights (2)

2,729,160,898

89.31%

326,686,027

10.69%

80.56%

387,326

21

Purchase of own shares

3,054,977,346

99.98%

545,943

0.02%

80.55%

710,962

22

Notice period for General Meetings

2,926,308,042

95.76%

129,701,800

4.24%

80.57%

224,409

 

      Resolutions 19 to 22 were proposed as special resolutions.

 

The votes withheld are not a vote in law and are not counted in the overall voting figures.

 

Number of shares in issue: 3,793,189,219

 

Copies of the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

For further enquiries please contact:

 

Investor Relations

Pippa Foulds

Faye Dipnarine

 

Media Relations

Paul Moore

Laura Wootton

 

+44 7778 031097

+44 20 7157 6581

 

 

+44 7860 794444

+44 7917 862293

 

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