Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8293P

Informa PLC

12 June 2020

 

Informa LEI: 5493006VM2LKUPSEDU20 Identification Code: GB00BMJ6DW54

Informa PLC

12 June 2020

Results of Annual General Meeting

London: Informa PLC (the "Company") held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") at 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG earlier today.  All resolutions put to the AGM were voted on by way of a poll and passed by shareholders . 

The results of the poll are set out below.

	RESOLUTION	FOR1		AGAINST		TOTAL	WITHHELD2
		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	Votes
1	To re-elect Derek Mapp	1,213,713,815	97.48%	31,410,032	2.52%	1,245,123,847	4,168,249
2	To re-elect Stephen A Carter	1,248,297,621	99.95%	599,633	0.05%	1,248,897,254	394,845
3	To re-elect Gareth Wright	1,245,519,782	99.73%	3,376,757	0.27%	1,248,896,539	395,559
4	To re-elect Gareth Bullock	1,140,578,555	91.33%	108,314,719	8.67%	1,248,893,274	398,824
5	To re-elect Stephen Davidson	1,125,957,229	90.16%	122,938,136	9.84%	1,248,895,365	396,733
6	To re-elect David Flaschen	1,242,011,742	99.45%	6,877,445	0.55%	1,248,889,187	402,910
7	To re-elect Mary McDowell	1,141,154,695	91.37%	107,737,072	8.63%	1,248,891,767	400,332
8	To re-elect Helen Owers	1,141,155,990	91.37%	107,739,484	8.63%	1,248,895,474	396,625
9	To re-elect John Rishton	1,171,708,780	99.08%	10,857,221	0.92%	1,182,566,001	66,726,097
10	To elect Gill Whitehead	1,248,491,504	99.97%	402,347	0.03%	1,248,893,851	398,249
11	To receive the Annual Report and audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2019	1,246,931,419	99.91%	1,141,906	0.09%	1,248,073,325	1,218,774
12	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	1,193,382,105	97.48%	30,858,424	2.52%	1,224,240,529	25,051,568
13	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	755,328,579	64.87%	409,053,205	35.13%	1,164,381,784	84,910,314
14	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid	1,224,169,535	98.02%	24,721,074	1.98%	1,248,890,609	401,489
15	To authorise the Audit Committee, for and on behalf of the Board, to determine the Auditor's remuneration	1,241,596,671	99.42%	7,297,997	0.58%	1,248,894,668	397,430
16	To authorise the Company to make limited political donations and political expenditure of not more than 30,000 in aggregate	1,234,875,919	98.91%	13,582,867	1.09%	1,248,458,786	826,417
17	To authorise the Directors to allot shares, up to a limited amount	1,149,984,652	97.21%	32,956,869	2.79%	1,182,941,521	66,350,578
18	To authorise the Directors to allot shares, and sell treasury shares for cash, without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders3	1,247,464,667	99.90%	1,217,790	0.10%	1,248,682,457	609,641
19	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 Group3	1,236,454,126	99.02%	12,224,516	0.98%	1,248,678,642	613,455
20	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares3	1,234,744,536	98.94%	13,227,794	1.06%	1,247,972,330	1,319,767
21	To adopt new Articles of Association3	1,248,862,390	100.00%	25,243	0.00%	1,248,887,633	404,466
22	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice3	1,128,044,864	90.32%	120,856,648	9.68%	1,248,901,512	390,588

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  Special Resolution (75% majority required).

The Board has a consistent track record of annual and detailed proactive engagement with the Company's shareholders. This regular and annual engagement informs its approach and keeps it up to date with the latest thinking in relation to Board governance. The Board is pleased that shareholders voted in support of all the resolutions at today's AGM, noting a minority of shareholders voted against one resolution, Resolution 13. The Board intends to address the questions raised through a planned consultation.

The total voting rights of the Company as at 10.00pm on 10 June 2020 (the time by which shareholders wanting to vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 1,502,130,410 ordinary shares of 0.1p each.  The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.  Votes were cast in respect of 83.14% 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 ( https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism ).  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 C ompany Secretary Richard Menzies-Gow , Director of Investor Relations	[phone]

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