Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5344L
RELX PLC
19 April 2018
 

ISSUED ON BEHALF OF RELX PLC

 

Results of Annual General Meeting 2018

 

 

The Annual General Meeting of RELX PLC was held on Thursday 19 April 2018.

 

The table below shows the results of the poll on all 21 resolutions. Each shareholder present in person, or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per share held.

 

 

 

Resolution

For

% votes cast For

Against

%

votes cast Against

Total votes cast

% of issued capital voted (excluding Treasury shares)

Withheld

1.  

Receive the 2017 Annual Report

841,941,398

99.95

399,431

0.05

842,340,829

80.00%

219,436

2.  

Approve Annual Remuneration Report

562,551,352

83.62

110,216,944

16.38

672,768,296

63.89%

169,795,175

3.  

Declaration of 2017 final dividend

840,815,440

100.00

8,206

0.00

840,823,646

79.85%

1,739,828

4.  

Re-appointment of auditors

839,994,426

99.70

2,488,126

0.30

842,482,552

80.01%

79,631

5.  

Auditors' remuneration

840,615,277

99.78

1,818,737

0.22

842,434,014

80.00%

129,460

6.  

Elect Suzanne Wood as a Director

842,235,484

99.97

272,010

0.03

842,507,494

80.01%

56,030

7.  

Re-elect Erik Engstrom as a Director

842,182,707

99.96

326,447

0.04

842,509,154

80.01%

54,370

8.  

Re-elect Sir Anthony Habgood as a Director

800,368,375

95.00

42,139,585

5.00

842,507,960

80.01%

55,564

9.  

Re-elect Wolfhart Hauser as a Director

787,485,577

93.47

55,020,167

6.53

842,505,744

80.01%

57,729

10. 

Re-elect Adrian Hennah as a Director

841,559,461

99.89

949,265

0.11

842,508,726

80.01%

55,386

11. 

Re-elect Marike van Lier Lels as a Director

841,570,264

99.89

936,934

0.11

842,507,198

80.01%

56,276

12. 

Re-elect Nick Luff as a Director

839,372,391

99.63

3,137,636

0.37

842,510,027

80.01%

53,497

13. 

Re-elect Robert MacLeod as a Director

806,537,452

95.73

35,971,957

4.27

842,509,409

80.01%

54,115

14. 

Re-elect Carol Mills as a Director

842,226,793

99.97

281,657

0.03

842,508,450

80.01%

55,074

15. 

Re-elect Linda Sanford as a Director

807,363,478

95.83

35,145,825

4.17

842,509,303

80.01%

54,171

16. 

Re-elect Ben van der Veer as a Director

838,483,521

99.52

4,020,366

0.48

842,503,887

80.01%

59,637

17. 

Authority to allot shares

799,569,915

94.90

42,927,830

5.10

842,497,745

80.01%

65,778

18. 

Disapplication of pre-emption rights

836,331,721

99.45

4,632,342

0.55

840,964,063

79.86%

1,599,461

19. 

Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights

810,171,278

96.34

30,787,744

3.66

840,959,022

79.86%

1,604,501

20. 

Authority to purchase own shares

827,096,939

98.22

15,004,893

1.78

842,101,832

79.97%

461,691

21. 

Notice period for general meetings

770,112,355

91.79

68,863,827

8.21

838,976,182

79.68%

3,587,342

 

 

NOTES:

 

1.   The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.

 

2.   Votes 'Withheld' are not votes in law and are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.

 

3.   Resolutions 18 to 21 are Special Resolutions.

 

4.   At the close of business on Tuesday 17 April 2018 the total number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding Treasury shares, was 1,052,983,708

 

5.   The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual of General Meeting, which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do and on the Company's website at www.relx.com.

 6.  As per Listing Rule 9.6.2 a copy of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism for inspection at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

 


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