Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9738L

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

24 April 2018

 

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC (the "Company")

24 APRIL 2018

RESULT OF AGM

All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 24 April 2018 were passed by shareholders.  Resolutions 1 - 22 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 23 - 26 as Special Resolutions.  

London Stock Exchange Group plc Annual General Meeting Poll Results

	RESOLUTION	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% OF RELEVANT SHARES IN ISSUE	VOTES WITHHELD
1	To receive the annual report and accounts	274,571,513	100.00	3,390	0.00	274,574,903	78.90%	867,816
2	To declare a dividend	275,431,057	100.00	632	0.00	275,431,689	79.15%	11,030
3	To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration and the annual statement of the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee	257,310,839	94.09	16,148,843	5.91	273,459,682	78.58%	1,983,063
4	To re-elect Jacques Aigrain as a Director	249,834,751	97.07	7,553,380	2.93	257,388,131	73.96%	18,054,588
5	To re-elect Donald Brydon CBE as a Director	223,819,048	83.74	43,459,986	16.26	267,279,034	76.81%	8,163,684
6	To re-elect Paul Heiden as a Director	241,665,720	88.19	32,365,409	11.81	274,031,129	78.75%	1,411,589
7	To re-elect Professor Lex Hoogduin as a Director	255,164,489	99.06	2,411,648	0.94	257,576,137	74.02%	17,866,582
8	To re-elect Raffaele Jerusalmi as a Director	273,057,058	99.17	2,296,007	0.83	275,353,065	79.13%	89,654
9	To re-elect David Nish as a Director	255,715,851	99.28	1,860,286	0.72	257,576,137	74.02%	17,866,582
10	To re-elect Stephen O'Connor as a Director	253,314,717	98.85	2,939,484	1.15	256,254,201	73.64%	19,188,517
11	To re-elect Mary Schapiro as a Director	253,300,115	98.85	2,954,086	1.15	256,254,201	73.64%	19,188,517
12	To re-elect Andrea Sironi as a Director	256,792,063	99.70	784,074	0.30	257,576,137	74.02%	17,866,582
13	To re-elect David Warren as a Director	272,289,102	98.89	3,063,963	1.11	275,353,065	79.13%	89,654
14	To elect Val Rahmani as a Director	256,812,192	99.70	763,644	0.30	257,575,836	74.02%	17,866,883
15	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors	275,270,160	99.97	86,303	0.03	275,356,463	79.13%	86,256
16	To authorise the Directors to approve the auditors' remuneration	275,343,921	100.00	5,475	0.00	275,349,396	79.13%	93,323
17	To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares	265,688,914	96.49	9,667,030	3.51	275,355,944	79.13%	86,775
18	To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure	238,645,782	99.61	935,816	0.39	239,581,598	68.85%	35,861,121
19	To approve the London Stock Exchange Group International Sharesave Plan 2018	273,871,925	99.43	1,556,972	0.57	275,428,897	79.15%	13,822
20	To approve the London Stock Exchange Group Restricted Share Award Plan 2018	268,803,005	98.26	4,756,365	1.74	273,559,370	78.61%	1,883,348
21	To approve the London Stock Exchange Group Share Incentive Plan 2018	274,406,567	99.63	1,021,432	0.37	275,427,999	79.15%	14,720
22	To approve the London Stock Exchange Group  International Share Incentive Plan 2018	274,406,576	99.63	1,021,724	0.37	275,428,300	79.15%	14,419
23	To dis-apply pre-emption rights in respect of an allotment of equity securities for cash	275,177,388	99.92	211,031	0.08	275,388,419	79.14%	54,300
24	To dis-apply pre-emption rights in respect of a further allotment of equity securities for cash, for the purposes of financing a transaction	269,315,571	97.79	6,073,054	2.21	275,388,625	79.14%	54,093
25	To grant the Directors' authority to purchase the Company's own shares	273,503,405	99.34	1,820,028	0.66	275,323,433	79.12%	119,285
26	That a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice	264,418,590	96.00	11,006,238	4.00	275,424,828	79.15%	17,891

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.      As at 6.30pm on 20 April 2018, the issued share capital of the Company consisted of 350,531,339 ordinary shares. At that time, the register of members of the Company recorded that 2,544,585 of those ordinary shares were held as treasury shares. Therefore, the total voting rights as at that time were 347,986,754.

3.      Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.

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

5.      In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the Annual General Meeting are being submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm 

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 / Lucie Holloway / Ramesh Chhabra	Media	[phone]
Paul Froud	Investor Relations	[phone]

 

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