Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7929T

Experian plc

22 July 2015

 



Experian plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

22 July 2015 - Experian plc, the global information services company, hereby notifies the market that, at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all the resolutions contained in the notice of meeting were duly passed and the results of the poll are as follows:

No.	Description	Votes For*	% Cast	Votes Against	% Cast	Votes Withheld**
	Ordinary resolutions:
1	Receipt of the Annual report and financial statements	658,328,928	98.63	9,157,666	1.37	5,714,232
2	Receipt of the Report on directors' remuneration	437,388,518	81.36	100,228,541	18.64	135,583,766
3	To elect Lloyd Pitchford as a director	663,578,103	98.86	7,630,174	1.14	1,992,549
4	To elect Kerry Williams as a director	659,831,016	98.30	11,378,385	1.70	1,991,425
5	To re-elect Fabiola Arredondo as a director	662,405,875	98.69	8,809,020	1.31	1,985,931
6	To re-elect Jan Babiak as a director	662,392,373	98.69	8,806,607	1.31	2,001,846
7	To re-elect Brian Cassin as a director	659,814,243	98.30	11,395,482	1.70	1,991,101
8	To re-elect Roger Davis as a director	659,850,457	98.31	11,362,850	1.69	1,987,519
9	To re-elect Deirdre Mahlan as a director	660,286,601	98.37	10,929,134	1.63	1,985,091
10	To re-elect Don Robert as a director	615,314,628	92.37	50,797,937	7.63	7,088,261
11	To re-elect George Rose as a director	638,135,439	95.07	33,074,687	4.93	1,990,700
12	To re-elect Judith Sprieser as a director	664,942,490	99.07	6,269,234	0.93	1,989,102
13	To re-elect Paul Walker as a director	655,925,502	97.72	15,269,972	2.28	2,005,362
14	Re-appointment of the auditors	645,636,643	97.35	17,541,093	2.65	10,023,100
15	Directors' authority to determine the auditors' remuneration	642,221,330	96.14	25,806,802	3.86	5,173,260
16	Directors' authority to allot relevant securities	646,637,230	96.32	24,704,289	3.68	1,861,211
17	To approve the Experian Performance Share Plan	619,156,836	92.49	50,289,702	7.51	3,754,287
18	To approve the Experian Co-Investment Plan	560,991,791	83.88	107,822,039	16.12	4,386,995
19	To approve the Experian Share Option Plan	644,521,030	96.03	26,668,596	3.97	2,011,263
20	To approve the Experian UK Tax-Qualified Sharesave Plan	665,099,039	99.24	5,068,659	0.76	3,033,497
21	To approve the Experian UK Tax-Qualified All-Employee Plan	670,810,054	99.94	374,043	0.06	2,017,480
22	To approve the Experian Free Share Plan	658,380,679	98.09	12,787,855	1.91	2,033,845
	Special resolutions:
23	Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights	653,282,837	97.31	18,039,367	2.69	1,877,150
24	Directors' authority to purchase the Company's own shares	671,212,806	99.98	122,178	0.02	1,866,927

Notes:

*        Includes discretionary votes.

**       A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.

Documents regarding resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting on 22 July 2015

In accordance with Listing Rule LR9.6.2R, a copy of all resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will shortly be forwarded to the FCA and will be available via the National Storage Facility, located at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Authority to purchase own shares

Included among the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting was the following:

"To authorise the Company, generally and unconditionally:

(a)     pursuant to Article 57 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, to make market purchases of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company on the London Stock Exchange on behalf of the Company on such terms and in such manner as the directors may from time to time determine, provided that:

(i)      the maximum number of ordinary shares which may be purchased under this authority is 98,516,227 ordinary shares of 10 US cents each;

(ii)      the minimum price (not including expenses) which may be paid for each ordinary share is 10 US cents;

(iii)     the maximum price (not including expenses) which may be paid for each ordinary share is an amount equal to the higher of: (a) 105% of the average market value of the Company's ordinary shares as derived from The London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the relevant share is purchased; and (b) the price stipulated by Article 5 (1) of the Buy-back and Stabilisation Regulation (EC No. 2273/2003);

(iv)     the authority hereby conferred shall expire on the earlier of 21 October 2016 and the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2016 (except that the Company shall be entitled, at any time prior to the expiry of this authority, to make a contract to purchase which would or might be executed wholly or partly after such expiry and to purchase shares in accordance with such contract as if the authority conferred had not expired) unless such authority is renewed prior to such time; and

(b)     pursuant to Article 58A of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, and if approved by the directors, to hold as treasury shares any ordinary shares purchased pursuant to the authority conferred by paragraph (a) of this resolution."

Contact:

Experian

Nadia Ridout-Jamieson James Russell

Director of Investor Relations Director of Corporate Communications

[phone]

Finsbury

Rollo Head Jenny Davey

[phone]

About Experian 

We are the leading global information services company, providing data and analytical tools to our clients around the world. We help businesses to manage credit risk, prevent fraud, target marketing offers and automate decision making. We also help people to check their credit report and credit score, and protect against identity theft.  In 2014, we were named by Forbes magazine as one of the 'World's Most Innovative Companies'.

We employ approximately 17,000 people in 39 countries and our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland, with operational headquarters in Nottingham, UK; California, US; and São Paulo, Brazil.

Experian plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN) and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 index. Total revenue for the year ended March 31, 2015, was US$4.8 billion.

To find out more about our company, please visit http://www.experianplc.com or watch our documentary, 'Inside Experian'.

Neither the content of the Company's website, nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website), is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.

 

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