Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3434Z

IG Group Holdings plc

17 September 2020

 

IG Group Holdings plc
17 September 2020

LEI No: 2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76

Results 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 2020 and accompanying reports	311,517,244	99.80	617,414	0.20	312,134,658	84.29	1,637,478
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	268,201,211	88.10	36,220,555	11.90	304,421,766	82.21	9,350,370
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	301,681,032	96.19	11,955,948	3.81	313,636,980	84.70	135,156
4	To declare a final dividend of 30.24 pence per share	313,656,367	99.97	81,719	0.03	313,738,086	84.73	34,051
5	To re-elect June Felix as a Director	313,704,758	99.99	29,942	0.01	313,734,700	84.72	37,437
6	To re-elect Sally-Ann Hibberd as a Director	313,635,411	99.97	99,042	0.03	313,734,453	84.72	37,684
7	To re-elect Malcolm Le May as a Director	292,421,282	93.23	21,218,524	6.77	313,639,806	84.70	132,331
8	To re-elect Bridget Messer as a Director	313,699,499	99.99	35,757	0.01	313,735,206	84.72	36,931
9	To re-elect Jonathan Moulds as a Director	313,589,195	99.95	144,906	0.05	313,734,101	84.72	38,036
10	To re-elect Jim Newman as a Director	293,754,499	93.63	19,979,954	6.37	313,734,453	84.72	37,684
11	To re-elect Jon Noble as a Director	313,644,470	99.97	91,088	0.03	313,735,558	84.72	36,579
12	To elect Andrew Didham as a Director	313,669,349	99.98	66,209	0.02	313,735,558	84.72	36,579
13	To elect Mike McTighe as Director	313,557,426	99.94	178,132	0.06	313,735,558	84.72	36,579
14	To elect Helen Stevenson as a Director	313,717,160	99.99	18,398	0.01	313,735,558	84.72	36,579
15	To elect Charlie Rozes as a Director	312,084,173	99.47	1,651,385	0.53	313,735,558	84.72	36,579
16	To elect Rakesh Bhasin as a Director	313,669,349	99.98	66,209	0.02	313,735,558	84.72	36,579
17	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company	312,346,329	99.94	180,463	0.06	312,526,792	84.40	1,245,345
18	To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the auditors' remuneration	313,367,751	99.88	367,455	0.12	313,735,206	84.72	36,931
19	To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Act	299,026,644	95.30	14,732,581	4.70	313,759,225	84.73	12,912
20	To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares	304,443,595	99.99	17,191	0.01	304,460,786	82.22	9,311,351
21	To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares for the purposes of acquisitions or other capital investments	295,947,642	97.20	8,513,143	2.80	304,460,785	82.22	9,311,351
22	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares	311,610,195	99.37	1,975,174	0.63	313,585,369	84.68	186,767
23	That a general meeting (other than an AGM) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice	303,583,891	96.76	10,152,349	3,24	313,736,240	84.73	35,897
24	Relevant Dividends rectification and releases	311,804,403	99.42	1,830,024	0.58	313,634,427	84.70	137,709

*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 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday 15 September 2020, 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 370,299,455 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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

For further information, please contact:

IG Group:

Investors contact

Liz Scorer, Head of Investor Relations  [phone]

[e-mail]

Press contact

Ramon Kaur, Head of Communications  [phone]

[e-mail]

FTI Consulting

Ed Berry  [phone] / 1046

About IG

IG empowers informed, decisive, adventurous, people to access opportunities in over 17,000 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 one of the world's first providers of financial derivatives to retail traders, it continued leading the way by launching the world's first online and iPhone trading services.

IG is an award-winning, multi-product trading company which allows retail, professional and institutional clients to trade 24 hours a day, 7 days a week**. IG is 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.

IG is a member of the FTSE 250, with offices across Europe, including a Swiss bank, Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and North America. IG Group Holdings plc holds a long-term investment grade credit rating of BBB- with a stable outlook from Fitch Ratings.

**Excluding 10pm Friday (GMT) to 8am Saturday (GMT)

*** Based on revenue excluding FX (from published financial statements, June 2020)

 

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