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IG Group Holdings plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
20 September 2023
The Board of IG Group Holdings plc (the "Company"), a leading global fintech 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earlier today, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of the Meeting, with the exception of Resolution 6 which was withdrawn, were duly passed. A poll was conducted on each resolution proposed at the Meeting.
The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions and the number of votes withheld were as follows:
|
RESOLUTIONS |
VOTES |
% |
VOTES |
% |
VOTES |
% of Issued Share Capital Voted |
VOTES |
1 |
To receive the Company's accounts and the reports of the Directors and the Auditor for the year ended 31 May 2023 |
311,514,645 |
99.73% |
842,775 |
0.27% |
312,357,420 |
78.32% |
1,158,130 |
2 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 May 2023 |
296,874,665 |
94.70% |
16,613,838 |
5.30% |
313,488,503 |
78.60% |
27,047 |
3 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy for the year ended 31 May 2023 |
305,233,966 |
97.37% |
8,253,416 |
2.63% |
313,487,382 |
78.60% |
28,168 |
4 |
To declare a final dividend of 31.94 pence per ordinary share |
312,661,119 |
99.73% |
841,595 |
0.27% |
313,502,714 |
78.61% |
12,836 |
5 |
To re-elect Mike McTighe as a Director of the Company |
263,025,846 |
83.90% |
50,459,386 |
16.10% |
313,485,232 |
78.60% |
30,318 |
6 |
To re-elect June Felix as a Director of the Company |
Resolution Withdrawn |
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7 |
To re-elect Charlie Rozes as a Director of the Company |
291,062,380 |
92.85% |
22,424,920 |
7.15% |
313,487,300 |
78.60% |
28,250 |
8 |
To re-elect Jon Noble as a Director of the Company |
291,894,448 |
93.11% |
21,591,554 |
6.89% |
313,486,002 |
78.60% |
29,548 |
9 |
To re-elect Jonathan Moulds as a Director of the Company |
284,730,295 |
90.83% |
28,754,151 |
9.17% |
313,484,446 |
78.60% |
31,104 |
10 |
To re-elect Rakesh Bhasin as a Director of the Company |
291,901,712 |
93.12% |
21,582,265 |
6.88% |
313,483,977 |
78.60% |
31,573 |
11 |
To re-elect Andrew Didham as a Director of the Company |
291,027,956 |
92.84% |
22,457,788 |
7.16% |
313,485,744 |
78.60% |
29,806 |
12 |
To re-elect Wu Gang as a Director of the Company |
285,590,880 |
91.10% |
27,889,671 |
8.90% |
313,480,551 |
78.60% |
34,999 |
13 |
To re-elect Sally-Ann Hibberd as a Director of the Company |
290,092,719 |
92.81% |
22,462,826 |
7.19% |
312,555,545 |
78.37% |
960,005 |
14 |
To re-elect Malcolm Le May as a Director of the Company |
270,719,595 |
86.77% |
41,261,610 |
13.23% |
311,981,205 |
78.23% |
1,534,345 |
15 |
To re-elect Susan Skerritt as a Director of the Company |
291,898,420 |
93.12% |
21,581,579 |
6.88% |
313,479,999 |
78.60% |
35,551 |
16 |
To re-elect Helen Stevenson as a Director of the Company |
284,720,625 |
90.83% |
28,759,374 |
9.17% |
313,479,999 |
78.60% |
35,551 |
17 |
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor of the Company |
289,899,239 |
99.02% |
2,874,107 |
0.98% |
292,773,346 |
73.41% |
20,742,204 |
18 |
To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the Auditor's remuneration |
307,866,722 |
99.57% |
1,329,301 |
0.43% |
309,196,023 |
77.53% |
4,319,527 |
19 |
To authorise the Directors to adopt the IG Group Long Term Incentive Plan 2023 |
310,256,464 |
98.98% |
3,212,133 |
1.02% |
313,468,597 |
78.60% |
46,953 |
20 |
To authorise the Directors to adopt the IG Group 2023 Sustained Performance Plan |
310,751,471 |
99.13% |
2,732,351 |
0.87% |
313,483,822 |
78.60% |
31,728 |
21 |
To authorise the Directors to adopt the IG Group 2023 Global Share Purchase Plan |
311,706,399 |
99.43% |
1,792,178 |
0.57% |
313,498,577 |
78.61% |
16,973 |
22 |
To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to s.551 of the Companies Act 2006 |
304,406,593 |
97.10% |
9,088,979 |
2.90% |
313,495,572 |
78.61% |
19,978 |
23 |
To disapply statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares |
296,643,531 |
95.79% |
13,028,323 |
4.21% |
309,671,854 |
77.65% |
3,843,696 |
24 |
To disapply statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares for the purposes of acquisitions or other capital investment |
282,511,555 |
91.23% |
27,162,755 |
8.77% |
309,674,310 |
77.65% |
3,841,240 |
25 |
To authorise the Company to make market purchases of it's own shares |
311,296,666 |
99.43% |
1,790,919 |
0.57% |
313,087,585 |
78.50% |
427,965 |
26 |
That a general meeting other than an AGM may be called on not less that 14 days clear notice |
303,895,884 |
96.94% |
9,604,351 |
3.06% |
313,500,235 |
78.61% |
15,315 |
27 |
To adopt new Articles of Association |
312,621,315 |
99.73% |
856,626 |
0.27% |
313,477,941 |
78.60% |
36,922 |
*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.
As at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, 18 September 2023, the time by which shareholders who wanted to vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, there were 398,816,228 ordinary shares in issue. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.
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: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
For further information, please contact:
IG Group Investors |
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Company Secretariat |
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Edward Berry / Katherine Bell |
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020 7573 0020 / 0099 |
020 7633 5382 / 5395 |
07703 330 199 / 079 7687 0961 |
020 7896 0011 |
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About IG
IG Group (LSEG:IGG) is an innovative, global fintech company that delivers dynamic online trading platforms and a robust educational ecosystem to power the pursuit of financial freedom for the ambitious. For nearly five decades, the Company has evolved its technology, risk management, financial products, content, and platforms to meet the needs of its retail and institutional clients. IG Group continues to innovate its offering for the new generation of tomorrow's investors through its IG, tastytrade, IG Prime, Spectrum, and DailyFX brands.
Established in 1974, IG Group is a London-headquartered FTSE 250 company offering its clients access to ~19,000 financial markets through its offices spread across Europe, North America, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.