Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7627E

Experian plc

20 July 2016

 

Experian plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

20 July 2016 - 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	673,596,290	98.69%	8,973,804	1.31%	3,806,483
2	Receipt of the Report on directors' remuneration	563,276,137	82.92%	116,027,752	17.08%	7,072,687
3	To elect Luiz Fleury as a director	678,121,874	98.83%	8,052,781	1.17%	205,472
4	To re-elect Brian Cassin as a director	673,662,836	98.18%	12,503,214	1.82%	214,077
5	To re-elect Roger Davis as a director	668,429,016	98.09%	13,037,534	1.91%	4,913,577
6	To re-elect Deirdre Mahlan as a director	676,116,293	98.53%	10,061,416	1.47%	202,418
7	To re-elect Lloyd Pitchford as a director	673,448,721	98.15%	12,708,352	1.85%	223,053
8	To re-elect Don Robert as a director	631,743,582	92.80%	49,025,395	7.20%	5,611,149
9	To re-elect George Rose as a director	665,848,186	97.10%	19,919,254	2.90%	609,137
10	To re-elect Paul Walker as a director	667,310,058	97.25%	18,864,381	2.75%	202,137
11	To re-elect Kerry Williams as a director	673,455,173	98.15%	12,706,723	1.85%	214,680
12	To appoint KPMG LLP as auditor	677,491,969	98.71%	8,835,824	1.29%	48,784
13	Directors' authority to determine the auditors' remuneration	676,228,272	98.53%	10,105,252	1.47%	43,053
14	Directors' authority to allot relevant securities	662,428,418	96.52%	23,867,774	3.48%	80,385
	Special resolutions:
15	Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights	667,198,605	97.22%	19,074,408	2.78%	103,564
16	Directors' additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights	644,679,380	93.94%	41,589,780	6.06%	107,417
17	Directors' authority to purchase the Company's own shares	675,145,310	99.02%	6,679,523	0.98%	4,551,744

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 AGM on 20 July 2016

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 95,985,092 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) or, from 3 July 2016, Commission-adopted Regulatory Technical Standards pursuant to Article 5(6) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU No.596/2014);

(iv)     the authority hereby conferred shall expire on the earlier of 19 October 2017 and the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2017 (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 Andrew Simms

Director of Investor Relations Head of Investor Relations

[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 2015, we were named by Forbes magazine as one of the 'World's Most Innovative Companies'.

We employ approximately 17,000 people in 37 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 31 March 2016 was US$4.6 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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