Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0086N

IG Group Holdings plc

19 September 2019

 

IG Group Holdings plc

LEI No: 2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76
19 September 2019

Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

Results of AGM

The Board of IG Group Holdings plc (the "Company"), a global leader in online trading, 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 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 accounts for the year ended 31 May 2019 and accompanying reports	303,885,061	100.00	0	0.00	303,885,061	82.26%	226,262
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	252,044,345	86.34	39,872,908	13.66	291,917,253	79.02%	12,194,069
3	To declare a final dividend of 30.24 pence per share	304,109,223	100.00	0	0.00	304,109,223	82.32%	2,100
4	To re-elect June Felix as a Director	292,163,080	96.08	11,935,184	3.92	304,098,264	82.31%	13,059
5	To re-elect Stephen Hill as a Director	266,378,119	87.59	37,725,837	12.41	304,103,956	82.31%	7,367
6	To re-elect Malcolm Le May as a Director	255,805,280	84.14	48,225,995	15.86	304,031,275	82.30%	80,047
7	To re-elect Paul Mainwaring as a Director	302,250,885	99.39	1,853,071	0.61	304,103,956	82.31%	7,367
8	To re-elect Bridget Messer as a Director	303,273,432	99.73	831,289	0.27	304,104,721	82.32%	6,602
9	To re-elect Jim Newman as a Director	266,379,022	87.59	37,725,699	12.41	304,104,721	82.32%	6,602
10	To re-elect Jon Noble as a Director	303,205,855	99.70	897,871	0.30	304,103,726	82.31%	7,597
11	To elect Sally-Ann Hibberd as a Director	266,446,292	87.62	37,658,429	12.38	304,104,721	82.32%	6,602
12	To elect Jonathan Moulds as a Director	266,379,940	87.59	37,724,781	12.41	304,104,721	82.32%	6,602
13	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company	302,463,382	99.92	246,337	0.08	302,709,719	81.94%	1,401,603
14	To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the auditors' remuneration	303,193,647	99.70	910,331	0.30	304,103,978	82.31%	7,345
15	To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Act	287,047,764	94.39	17,058,135	5.61	304,105,899	82.32%	5,424
16	To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares	296,929,038	99.99	23,199	0.01	296,952,237	80.38%	7,159,086
17	To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares for the purposes of acquisitions or other capital investments	269,293,029	90.69	27,659,207	9.31	296,952,236	80.38%	7,159,086
18	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares	302,399,400	99.46	1,643,560	0.54	304,042,960	82.30%	68,362
19	That a general meeting (other than an AGM) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice	292,759,040	96.27	11,347,822	3.73	304,106,862	82.32%	4,461

*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 6.00pm on Tuesday 17 September 2019, the time by which shareholders who wanted to attend, speak and vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, there were 369,439,455 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 www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM 

For further information, please contact:

IG Group

Liz Scorer                                             020 7573 0026 / 0727

[e-mail] 

IG Group Press

Ramon Kaur                                       020 7573 0060

[e-mail]

FTI Consulting

Neil Doyle / Ed Berry                      020 3727 1141 / 1046

About IG

IG empowers informed, decisive, adventurous people to access opportunities in over 16,000 financial markets. With a strong focus on innovation and technology, the Company puts client needs at the heart of everything it does.

IG's vision is to provide the world's best trading experience. Established in 1974 as the world's first financial derivatives firm, it continued leading the way by launching the world's first online and iPhone trading services.

IG is an award-winning, multi-platform trading Company, the world's No.1 provider of CFDs* and a global leader in forex. It provides leveraged services with the option of limited-risk guarantees and offers an execution-only stock trading service in the UK, Australia, Germany, France, Ireland, Austria and the Netherlands. IG has a range of affordable, fully managed investment portfolios, which provide a comprehensive offering to investors and active traders.

It is a member of the FTSE 250, with offices across Europe, including a Swiss bank, Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and the US, where it offers on-exchange limited risk derivatives via the Nadex brand.

*Based on revenue excluding FX (from published financial statements, June 2019).

 

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