Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6589M

IG Group Holdings plc

22 September 2021

 

LEI: 2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76

IG Group Holdings plc (the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

22 September 2021

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 2021 and accompanying reports	358,074,898	100.00%	9,588	0.00%	358,084,486	82.97%	294,186
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	350,242,395	97.77%	7,998,914	2.23%	358,241,309	83.01%	137,363
3	To declare a final dividend of 30.24 pence per share	358,325,453	100.00%	498	0.00%	358,325,951	83.03%	55,891
4	To re-elect June Felix as a Director	358,159,081	99.96%	157,742	0.04%	358,316,823	83.03%	65,019
5	To re-elect Sally-Ann Hibberd as a Director	358,291,500	99.99%	21,484	0.01%	358,312,984	83.02%	68,858
6	To re-elect Malcolm Le May as a Director	358,121,022	99.95%	192,308	0.05%	358,313,330	83.02%	68,512
7	To re-elect Jonathan Moulds as a Director	358,146,332	99.95%	166,997	0.05%	358,313,329	83.02%	68,513
8	To re-elect Jon Noble as a Director	358,297,560	100.00%	13,736	0.00%	358,311,296	83.02%	70,546
9	To re-elect Andrew Didham as a Director	358,287,428	99.99%	25,901	0.01%	358,313,329	83.02%	68,513
10	To re-elect Mike McTighe as Director	358,144,172	99.95%	166,688	0.05%	358,310,860	83.02%	203,692
11	To re-elect Helen Stevenson as a Director	358,023,051	99.96%	156,933	0.04%	358,179,984	82.99%	139,813
12	To re-elect Charlie Rozes as a Director	356,924,126	99.63%	1,330,892	0.37%	358,255,018	83.01%	64,779
13	To re-elect Rakesh Bhasin as a Director	358,228,731	99.99%	25,723	0.01%	358,254,454	83.01%	68,513
14	To elect Wu Gang as a Director	358,087,536	99.95%	166,573	0.05%	358,254,109	83.01%	68,858
15	To elect Susan Skerritt as a Director	332,462,275	92.80%	25,787,679	7.20%	358,249,954	83.01%	73,013
16	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company	349,804,309	97.64%	8,449,781	2.36%	358,254,090	83.01%	68,877
17	To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the auditors' remuneration	351,311,064	98.06%	6,954,004	1.94%	358,265,068	83.01%	57,899
18	To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Act	344,742,610	96.22%	13,543,606	3.78%	358,286,216	83.02%	36,751
19	To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares	349,544,365	97.56%	8,740,833	2.44%	358,285,198	83.02%	37,769
20	To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares for the purposes of acquisitions or other capital investments	330,575,436	92.27%	27,705,664	7.73%	358,281,100	83.02%	41,867
21	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares	356,366,410	99.50%	1,791,016	0.50%	358,157,426	82.99%	221,246
22	To adopt new Articles of Association	358,240,013	99.98%	61,550	0.02%	358,301,563	83.02%	77,109
23	That a general meeting (other than an AGM) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice	350,066,329	97.69%	8,262,205	2.31%	358,328,534	83.03%	50,138

*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 14:00 p.m. on Monday, 20 September 2021, 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 431,574,455 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 Group has been at the forefront of trading innovation since 1974. Since then, we've evolved into a global fintech company incorporating the IG, tastytrade, IG Prime, Spectrum, Nadex and DailyFX brands, with a presence in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.

Our award-winning products and platforms empower ambitious people the world over to unlock opportunities around the clock, giving them access to over 19,000 financial markets. Today, more than 400,000 clients call IG Group home.

IG Group Holdings plc is an established member of the FTSE 250 and holds a long-term investment grade credit rating of BBB- with a stable outlook from Fitch Ratings.

 

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