Result of AGM

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

25 April 2024

 

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

25 April 2024

RESULT OF AGM

All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 25 April 2024 were passed by shareholders.  Resolutions 1 - 20 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 21 - 25 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	448,421,981	99.99	45,718	0.01	448,467,699	83.52%	238,462
2.	To declare and pay a dividend	448,668,368	100.00	17,681	0.00	448,686,049	83.56%	20,112
3.	To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration and the annual statement of the Chair of the Remuneration Committee	437,331,831	97.48	11,316,907	2.52	448,648,738	83.55%	57,422
4.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	399,211,048	88.99	49,413,030	11.01	448,624,078	83.55%	82,082
5.	To re-elect Dominic Blakemore as a Director	439,613,043	98.00	8,990,298	2.00	448,603,341	83.54%	81,820
6.	To re-elect Martin Brand as a Director	429,354,266	95.70	19,270,260	4.30	448,624,526	83.55%	60,635
7.	To re-elect Professor Kathleen DeRose as a Director	440,240,398	98.13	8,380,752	1.87	448,621,150	83.55%	64,011
8.	To re-elect Tsega Gebreyes as a Director	440,947,215	98.29	7,669,556	1.71	448,616,771	83.54%	68,390
9.	To re-elect Scott Guthrie as a Director	431,185,240	96.11	17,453,393	3.89	448,638,633	83.55%	46,528
10.	To re-elect Cressida Hogg CBE as a Director	440,870,614	98.27	7,772,825	1.73	448,643,439	83.55%	41,722
11.	To re-elect Dr Val Rahmani as a Director	440,875,132	98.27	7,763,629	1.73	448,638,761	83.55%	46,400
12.	To re-elect Don Robert as a Director	427,931,266	95.77	18,901,295	4.23	446,832,561	83.21%	1,852,600
13.	To re-elect David Schwimmer as a Director	444,614,920	99.11	3,993,014	0.89	448,607,934	83.54%	77,227
14.	To re-elect William Vereker as a Director	438,906,788	97.83	9,732,772	2.17	448,639,560	83.55%	45,601
15.	To elect Michel-Alain Proch as a Director	442,212,083	98.57	6,427,030	1.43	448,639,113	83.55%	46,048
16.	To appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors	447,793,799	99.80	881,063	0.20	448,674,862	83.56%	31,299
17.	To authorise the Audit Committee to approve the auditor's remuneration	448,563,659	99.98	74,031	0.02	448,637,690	83.55%	47,471
18.	To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares	433,372,241	96.60	15,236,902	3.40	448,609,143	83.54%	97,016
19.	To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure	443,322,080	98.83	5,260,337	1.17	448,582,417	83.54%	102,744
20.	To approve the Equity Incentive Plan	431,113,331	96.11	17,456,676	3.89	448,570,007	83.54%	136,153
21.	To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of an allotment of equity securities for cash	423,888,710	94.58	24,275,990	5.42	448,164,700	83.46%	520,459
22.	To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of a further allotment of equity securities for cash, for the purposes of financing a transaction	418,816,525	93.54	28,906,917	6.46	447,723,442	83.38%	982,716
23.	To grant the Directors authority to purchase the Company's own shares	444,560,714	99.13	3,890,548	0.87	448,451,262	83.51%	254,898
24.	To authorise the Company to make off-market purchases of shares from the Consortium Shareholders	414,406,934	99.56	1,841,851	0.44	416,248,785	77.52%	55,591
25.	That a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice	434,885,538	96.93	13,772,157	3.07	448,657,695	83.55%	48,465

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 23 April 2024, the share capital of the Company consisted of a total of 543,397,189 ordinary shares made up of: (i) 536,976,805 voting ordinary shares of 6^79/86 pence each (excluding treasury shares), which carry one vote each; and (ii) 6,420,384 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 536,976,805.

3.   Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.

4.   Under the Companies Act 2006, the Consortium Shareholders were not permitted to vote the ordinary shares to which Resolution 24 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

7.   In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies 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.

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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