Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3749K

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

21 April 2020

 

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC (the "Company")

21 April 2020

RESULT OF AGM

All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 21 April 2020 were passed by shareholders.  Resolutions 1 - 21 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 22 - 25 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	285,583,428	99.87	358,290	0.13	285,941,718	81.36%	1,370,401
2	To declare a dividend	287,222,495	99.97	73,239	0.03	287,295,734	81.75%	16,385
3	To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration and the annual statement of the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee	280,907,965	97.78	6,384,799	2.22	287,292,764	81.75%	19,354
4	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	276,299,114	96.21	10,890,666	3.79	287,189,780	81.72%	122,331
5	To re-elect Jacques Aigrain as a Director	282,395,798	98.30	4,896,517	1.70	287,292,315	81.75%	19,803
6	To re-elect Marshall Bailey OBE as a Director	285,084,685	99.23	2,205,834	0.77	287,290,519	81.75%	21,599
7	To re-elect Professor Kathleen DeRose as a Director	286,312,642	99.66	979,591	0.34	287,292,233	81.75%	19,885
8	To re-elect Cressida Hogg CBE as a Director	286,121,964	99.59	1,170,494	0.41	287,292,458	81.75%	19,660
9	To re-elect Raffaele Jerusalmi as a Director	283,900,644	98.82	3,389,722	1.18	287,290,366	81.74%	21,753
10	To re-elect Stephen O'Connor as a Director	283,686,042	99.14	2,453,985	0.86	286,140,027	81.42%	1,172,091
11	To re-elect Dr Val Rahmani as a Director	286,110,697	99.59	1,183,373	0.41	287,294,070	81.75%	18,048
12	To re-elect Don Robert as a Director	281,867,007	98.47	4,378,017	1.53	286,245,024	81.45%	1,067,092
13	To re-elect David Schwimmer as a Director	284,788,829	99.53	1,354,115	0.47	286,142,944	81.42%	1,169,175
14	To re-elect Professor Andrea Sironi as a Director	284,856,022	99.15	2,438,050	0.85	287,294,072	81.75%	18,046
15	To re-elect David Warren as a Director	285,227,833	99.28	2,066,749	0.72	287,294,582	81.75%	17,537
16	To elect Dominic Blakemore as a Director	285,574,314	99.40	1,719,460	0.60	287,293,774	81.75%	18,345
17	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors	286,018,447	99.96	122,646	0.04	286,141,093	81.42%	1,171,026
18	To authorise the Directors to approve the auditors' remuneration	287,175,323	99.96	119,701	0.04	287,295,024	81.75%	17,095
19	To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares	248,941,533	86.65	38,369,101	13.35	287,310,634	81.75%	1,484
20	To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure	285,145,632	99.27	2,089,514	0.73	287,235,146	81.73%	76,973
21	To approve the London Stock Exchange Group Deferred Bonus Plan	284,557,481	99.48	1,495,796	0.52	286,053,277	81.39%	1,258,842
22	To dis-apply pre-emption rights in respect of an allotment of equity securities for cash	286,483,312	99.85	441,856	0.15	286,925,168	81.64%	386,951
23	To dis-apply pre-emption rights in respect of a further allotment of equity securities for cash, for the purposes of financing a transaction	284,593,737	99.19	2,330,563	0.81	286,924,300	81.64%	387,819
24	To grant the Directors authority to purchase the Company's own shares	284,673,163	99.16	2,414,853	0.84	287,088,016	81.69%	224,102
25	That a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice	275,600,244	95.93	11,693,879	4.07	287,294,123	81.75%	17,995

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 17 April 2020, the issued share capital of the Company consisted of 351,447,122 ordinary shares. London Stock Exchange Group plc does not hold any ordinary shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights as at that time were 351,447,122.

3.  Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.

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

5.  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	Media	[phone]
Paul Froud	Investor Relations	[phone]

 

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