Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5548U

IG Group Holdings plc

16 October 2014

 



IG Group Holdings plc
16 October 2014

Result of the Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

The Board of IG Group Holdings plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held earlier today, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of the Meeting were duly passed by shareholders.

Full details of the proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting for each resolution are given below.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy 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 www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do 

RESOLUTIONS		VOTES FOR		CHAIRMAN'S DISCRETION		VOTES AGAINST		VOTES WITHHELD*
		No. of Votes	% of Votes Received	No. of Votes	% of Votes Received	No. of Votes	% of Votes Received	No. of Votes
1.	To receive the Report and Accounts	302,647,684	99.62	277,287	0.09	887,153	0.29	385,549
2.	To approve the Remuneration Report	300,602,078	99.45	274,287	0.09	1,390,389	0.46	1,930,919
3.	To approve the Remuneration Policy	291,997,356	96.11	274,287	0.09	11,550,602	3.80	375,428
4.	To declare a Final Dividend	303,488,230	99.89	274,287	0.09	63,728	0.02	371,428
5.	To re-elect Peter Hetherington	302,370,976	99.52	274,287	0.09	1,176,008	0.39	376,402
6.	To re-elect Christopher Hill	302,325,200	99.51	274,287	0.09	1,221,784	0.40	376,402
7.	To re-elect Stephen Hill	303,149,518	99.78	274,287	0.09	397,466	0.13	376,402
8.	To re-elect Tim Howkins	302,639,707	99.61	274,287	0.09	907,277	0.30	376,402
9.	To re-elect Jim Newman	303,176,276	99.79	274,287	0.09	374,071	0.12	373,039
10.	To re-elect Samantha Tymms	303,183,070	99.79	274,287	0.09	367,277	0.12	373,039
11.	To re- elect Roger Yates	302,940,244	99.71	274,987	0.09	606,040	0.20	376,402
12.	To elect Andy Green	302,569,497	99.59	274,987	0.09	980,150	0.32	373,039
13.	To re-appoint the auditors	297,542,915	97.96	274,987	0.09	5,917,394	1.95	372,377
14.	To authorise the Audit Committee to set the remuneration of the auditors	301,657,275	99.32	274,987	0.09	1,803,483	0.59	371,928
15.	To approve the IG Group Long Term Incentive Plan	298,411,283	98.25	274,987	0.09	5,045,501	1.66	375,902
16.	To give authority to allot shares	285,883,714	94.34	274,987	0.09	16,886,315	5.57	1,062,657
17.	To disapply pre-emption rights	297,725,113	99.79	274,987	0.09	363,196	0.12	5,744,377
18.	To authorise the purchase of its own shares by the Company	303,436,662	99.90	274,987	0.09	24,596	0.01	371,428
19.	To authorise the Company to call a general meeting of Shareholders on not less than 14 clear days' notice	285,113,555	93.87	274,987	0.09	18,347,203	6.04	371,928

Jonathan Davie and Martin Jackson did not seek re-election at the 2014 Annual General Meeting after serving a term of 10 years and 9 years respectively on the Board of the Company.  Jonathan Davie and Martin Jackson therefore resigned from the Board at the conclusion of the meeting.

As previously announced in RNS Number 1912J published on 9 June 2014, following Jonathan Davie's retirement, Andy Green has now taken Chairmanship of the Company.

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution.

For further information, please contact:

IG Group

Kieran McKinney

Head of Investor Relations          020 7573 0026

FTI Consulting

Neil Doyle / Ed Berry     020 3727 1141 / 1046

IG is a global leader in online trading, providing fast and flexible access to over 10,000 financial markets - including shares, indices, forex, commodities and binaries.

Established in 1974 as the world's first financial spread betting firm, IG's aim is to become the default choice for active traders globally. It is already an award-winning multi-platform trading company, the world's No.1 provider of CFDs* and a global leader in forex, and it launched an execution-only stockbroking service in the UK and Ireland in September 2014.

It is a member of the FTSE 250, with offices across Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the US, where it offers limited risk derivatives contracts via the Nadex brand.

*Based on revenue excluding FX, published financial statements, July 2014.

 

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