Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1881A

Informa PLC

24 May 2019

 

Informa LEI: 5493006VM2LKUPSEDU20

24 May 2019

Informa PLC

Results of Annual General Meeting

London: Informa PLC (the "Company") held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") at 240 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8BF earlier today.  All resolutions put to the AGM were voted on by way of a poll and were passed by shareholders.  

Resolutions 5 and 10 were withdrawn following notifications by David Wei and Cindy Rose that they would not stand for election or re-election respectively and would therefore stand down from the Board at the conclusion of the AGM.

The results of the poll are set out below.

	RESOLUTION	FOR1		AGAINST		TOTAL	WITHHELD2
		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	Votes
1	Receive the Annual Report and audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2018	1,020,360,196	100.00	2,972	0.00	1,020,363,168	3,770,404
2	Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	899,746,980	90.17	98,111,823	9.83	997,858,803	26,275,623
3	To approve a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2018 of 14.85 pence per ordinary share	1,023,332,801	99.99	147,658	0.01	1,023,480,459	653,968
4	To elect Mary McDowell	1,023,063,013	99.96	397,635	0.04	1,023,460,648	673,779
5	To elect David Wei	RESOLUTION WITHDRAWN3
6	To re-elect Derek Mapp	964,708,781	94.64	54,617,114	5.36	1,019,325,895	4,808,531
7	To re-elect Stephen A. Carter	1,019,880,346	99.65	3,589,866	0.35	1,023,470,212	664,215
8	To re-elect Gareth Wright	1,020,664,778	99.73	2,805,088	0.27	1,023,469,866	664,561
9	To re-elect Gareth Bullock	1,009,339,198	98.62	14,129,714	1.38	1,023,468,912	665,515
10	To re-elect Cindy Rose	RESOLUTION WITHDRAWN3
11	To re-elect Helen Owers	1,023,031,050	99.96	399,522	0.04	1,023,430,572	703,855
12	To re-elect Stephen Davidson	585,151,309	64.42	323,235,054	35.58	908,386,363	115,748,064
13	To re-elect David Flaschen	1,009,340,851	98.62	14,125,354	1.38	1,023,466,205	668,222
14	To re-elect John Rishton	958,146,632	98.22	17,352,857	1.78	975,499,489	48,634,938
15	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid	970,096,136	94.78	53,376,831	5.22	1,023,472,967	660,747
16	To authorise the Audit Committee, for and on behalf of the Board, to determine the Auditor's remuneration	951,011,425	92.92	72,464,279	7.08	1,023,475,704	658,722

 

17	To authorise the Company to make limited political donations and political expenditure of not more than £30,000 in aggregate	1,012,117,887	99.35	6,670,610	0.65	1,018,788,497	5,345,593
18	To approve the Informa ShareSave Plan	1,015,014,204	99.11	9,066,772	0.89	1,024,080,976	53,010
19	To authorise the Directors to allot shares, up to a limited amount	1,020,638,022	99.66	3,447,967	0.34	1,024,085,989	48,438
20	To authorise the Directors to allot shares, and sell treasury shares for cash, without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders4	1,023,851,274	99.98	185,193	0.02	1,024,036,467	97,960
21	To authorise the Directors to allot additional shares, and sell treasury shares for cash, without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders in line with recommendations of the Pre-Emption Group4	974,945,555	95.21	49,091,430	4.79	1,024,036,985	97,442
22	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares4	1,016,022,454	99.35	6,624,261	0.65	1,022,646,715	1,487,711
23	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice4	931,790,835	91.41	87,584,853	8.59	1,019,375,688	4,758,738

¹    Where shareholders appointed the Chairman as their proxy with discretion as to voting, their votes were cast in favour of the resolutions.

²     A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.

³    As announced on Tuesday 21^st May, Cindy Rose and David Wei chose not to stand for re-election to the Board, so as to focus on their other professional commitments.

⁴     Special Resolution (75% majority required).

The Board is pleased that shareholders voted in support of all resolutions put to today's AGM. The Board remain committed to proactive engagement with the Company's shareholders in order to inform its approach and stay up to date with the latest thinking in relation to Board governance. The Board recognises that a minority of shareholders voted against Resolution 12, reflecting some concerns over multiple Board commitments. Whilst the full focus and commitment of all members of the Informa Board goes without question, these concerns have been duly noted and the Board will reflect on the feedback received.

The total voting rights of the Company as at 10.00pm on 22 May 2019 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 1,251,798,534 ordinary shares of 0.1p each.  The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.  Votes were cast in respect of 81.81% of the issued share capital.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the resolutions passed at the AGM, other than resolutions constituting ordinary business, will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism (www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm).  A copy of the poll results for the AGM will also shortly be available on the Informa website (www.informa.com/investors).

Enquiries
Informa PLC
Rupert Hopley, Group Company Secretary	[phone]
Richard Menzies-Gow, Director of Investor Relations	[phone]

 

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