Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5356W

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

27 April 2016

 

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC

27 APRIL 2016

RESULT OF AGM

All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 27 April 2016 were passed by shareholders.  Resolutions 1 - 18 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 19 - 21 as Special Resolutions.  

London Stock Exchange Group plc Annual General Meeting Poll Results

	RESOLUTION	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
1	To receive the annual report and accounts	254,385,839	99.67	837,626	0.33	255,223,465	73.23%	5,598,112
2	To declare a dividend	260,783,101	100.00	2,632	0.00	260,785,733	74.82%	35,844
3	To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration and the annual statement of the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee	251,541,604	96.86	8,155,140	3.14	259,696,744	74.51%	1,124,831
4	To re-elect Jacques Aigrain as a Director	257,401,933	98.82	3,077,644	1.18	260,479,577	74.74%	342,000
5	To re-elect Paul Heiden as a Director	257,100,616	99.34	1,697,459	0.66	258,798,075	74.25%	2,023,502
6	To re-elect Raffaele Jerusalmi as a Director	259,677,550	99.58	1,104,980	0.42	260,782,530	74.82%	39,047
7	To re-elect Andrea Munari as a Director	224,098,539	86.41	35,246,331	13.59	259,344,870	74.41%	1,476,704
8	To re-elect Stephen O'Connor as a Director	257,504,973	98.74	3,277,537	1.26	260,782,510	74.82%	39,067
9	To re-elect Xavier R Rolet as a Director	259,717,242	99.59	1,065,288	0.41	260,782,530	74.82%	39,047
10	To re-elect David Warren as a Director	258,871,672	99.27	1,910,858	0.73	260,782,530	74.82%	39,047
11	To elect Donald Brydon CBE as a Director	258,171,314	99.00	2,610,493	1.00	260,781,807	74.82%	39,769
12	To elect Professor Lex Hoogduin as a Director	259,616,995	99.55	1,165,276	0.45	260,782,271	74.82%	39,306
13	To elect David Nish as a Director	260,622,268	99.94	159,961	0.06	260,782,229	74.82%	39,348
14	To elect Mary Schapiro as a Director	259,689,617	99.58	1,092,131	0.42	260,781,748	74.82%	39,829
15	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors	260,677,796	99.95	128,828	0.05	260,806,624	74.83%	14,953
16	To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	260,736,338	99.97	72,450	0.03	260,808,788	74.83%	12,789
17	To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares	256,407,991	98.38	4,213,286	1.62	260,621,277	74.78%	200,300
18	To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure	219,758,447	98.79	2,683,673	1.21	222,442,120	63.82%	38,379,406
19	To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of an allotment of equity securities for cash	248,287,843	98.14	4,706,913	1.86	252,994,756	72.59%	7,826,820
20	To grant the Directors authority to purchase the Company's own shares	259,380,713	99.46	1,417,218	0.54	260,797,931	74.83%	23,645
21	That a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on 14 clear days' notice	246,396,247	94.49	14,371,654	5.51	260,767,901	74.82%	53,675

Notes

1.      Please note a 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.

2.      Shares in issue: 348,537,371

3.      The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.

Results of the poll will also be available shortly on the Company's website:  http://www.lseg.com/investor-relations/shareholder-services/agm-information

Further information is available from:

London Stock Exchange Group plc

Gavin Sullivan	Media	[phone]
Paul Froud	Investor Relations	[phone]

 

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