Result of AGM

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

27 April 2023

 

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC (the "Company" or "LSEG")

27 April 2023

RESULT OF AGM

All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 27 April 2023 were passed by shareholders.  Resolutions 1 - 21 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 22 - 26 as Special Resolutions.  

London Stock Exchange Group plc Annual General Meeting Poll Results

	RESOLUTION	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% OF TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS	VOTES WITHHELD
1.	To receive the annual report and accounts	435,216,543	100.00	1,195	0.00	435,217,738	85.87%	248,498
2.	To declare and pay a dividend	435,418,959	99.99	25,355	0.01	435,444,314	85.91%	21,922
3.	To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration and the annual statement of the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.	426,935,909	98.60	6,068,811	1.40	433,004,720	85.43%	2,461,514
4.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	422,134,892	97.49	10,868,858	2.51	433,003,750	85.43%	2,462,484
5.	To re-elect Dominic Blakemore as a Director	428,152,091	98.33	7,261,588	1.67	435,413,679	85.91%	52,556
6.	To re-elect Martin Brand as a Director	425,312,553	97.68	10,101,978	2.32	435,414,531	85.91%	51,704
7.	To re-elect Professor Kathleen DeRose as a Director	431,641,585	99.13	3,774,041	0.87	435,415,626	85.91%	50,610
8.	To re-elect Tsega Gebreyes as a Director	432,507,127	99.33	2,908,080	0.67	435,415,207	85.91%	51,029
9.	To re-elect Cressida Hogg CBE as a Director	428,675,963	98.98	4,419,975	1.02	433,095,938	85.45%	2,370,298
10.	To re-elect Anna Manz as a Director	433,170,671	99.48	2,250,012	0.52	435,420,683	85.91%	45,553
11.	To re-elect Dr Val Rahmani as a Director	423,157,193	97.18	12,257,183	2.82	435,414,376	85.91%	51,860
12.	To re-elect Don Robert as a Director	421,911,067	98.21	7,701,495	1.79	429,612,562	84.76%	5,853,674
13.	To re-elect David Schwimmer as a Director	433,769,290	99.62	1,667,739	0.38	435,437,029	85.91%	29,207
14.	To re-elect Douglas Steenland as a Director	425,473,739	97.72	9,940,965	2.28	435,414,704	85.91%	51,531
15.	To re-elect Ashok Vaswani as a Director	432,087,763	99.24	3,327,371	0.76	435,415,134	85.91%	51,102
16.	To elect Scott Guthrie as a Director	428,043,726	98.31	7,370,441	1.69	435,414,167	85.91%	52,068
17.	To elect William Vereker as a Director	435,291,055	99.97	123,218	0.03	435,414,273	85.91%	51,963
18.	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors	434,258,491	99.73	1,171,852	0.27	435,430,343	85.91%	35,893
19.	To authorise the Directors to approve the auditor's remuneration	435,378,350	99.99	50,379	0.01	435,428,729	85.91%	37,507
20.	To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares	424,082,483	97.39	11,344,091	2.61	435,426,574	85.91%	39,661
21.	To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure	431,251,890	99.06	4,096,904	0.94	435,348,794	85.89%	117,441
22.	To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of an allotment of equity securities for cash	402,216,353	92.40	33,060,338	7.60	435,276,691	85.88%	189,544
23.	To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of a further allotment of equity securities for cash, for the purposes of financing a transaction	399,374,415	91.82	35,572,621	8.18	434,947,036	85.82%	519,199
24.	To grant the Directors authority to purchase the Company's own shares	433,401,876	99.56	1,914,711	0.44	435,316,587	85.89%	143,948
25.	To authorise the Company to make off-market purchases of shares from the Consortium Shareholders	343,928,217	99.76	823,142	0.24	344,751,359	68.02%	183,821
26.	That a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice	424,047,776	97.39	11,361,833	2.61	435,409,609	85.91%	50,926

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 25 April 2023, the issued share capital of the Company consisted of a total of 552,851,953 ordinary shares made up of: (i) 501,727,576 voting ordinary shares of 6^79/86 pence each (excluding treasury shares), which carry one vote each; and (ii) 51,124,377 limited-voting ordinary shares of 6^79/86 pence each, which carry one-tenth of a vote each. The Company also holds 5,392,071 of its ordinary shares of 6^79/86 pence each in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in LSEG as at that time were 506,840,013.

3.   Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Limited-voting ordinary shareholders are entitled one-tenth of a vote per share.

4.   Under the Companies Act 2006, the Consortium Shareholders were not permitted to vote the ordinary shares to which Resolution 25 relates.

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

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

Further information is available from:

London Stock Exchange Group plc

Lucie Holloway, Rhiannon Davies (Media)	[phone]
Peregrine Riviere (Investors)	[e-mail]

 

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