Last checked at 26 Apr 2022 12:32
26 April 2022
GlobalData Plc
("GlobalData" or the "Company")
Results of AGM
The Company is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions put to Shareholders at the Annual General Meeting which took place earlier today were duly passed.
A summary of the votes lodged by proxy at the Annual General Meeting is set out below:
Resolution | In Favour | Against | Number of votes withheld | Totalvotescast | |||
Number of votes | % | Number of votes | % | ||||
1 | To receive the directors' report and accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2021 and the auditors' report on the accounts | 97,864,502 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 97,864,502 |
2 | To declare a final dividend of 13.2 pence per ordinary share in respect of the year ended 31 December 2021, payable on 29 April 2022 to ordinary shareholders whose names appear in the register of members at close of business on 1 April 2022 | 97,859,488 | 99.99 | 5,014 | 0.01 | 0 | 97,864,502 |
3 | To re-appoint Murray Legg as a director of the Company | 95,768,236 | 99.63 | 351,131 | 0.37 | 1,745,135 | 97,864,502 |
4 | To re-appoint Michael Danson as a director of the Company | 97,864,502 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 97,864,502 |
5 | To re-appoint Graham Lilley as a director of the Company | 97,171,302 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 693,200 | 97,864,502 |
6 | To re-appoint Annette Marie Barnes as a director of the Company | 95,920,655 | 98.01 | 1,943,847 | 1.99 | 0 | 97,864,502 |
7 | To re-appoint Andrew Day as a director of the Company | 97,518,385 | 99.65 | 346,117 | 0.35 | 0 | 97,864,502 |
8 | To re-appoint Peter Harkness as a director of the Company | 97,712,083 | 99.84 | 152,419 | 0.16 | 0 | 97,864,502 |
9 | To re-appoint Catherine Birkett as a director of the Company | 97,864,502 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 97,864,502 |
10 | To appoint Julien Decot as a director of the Company | 97,864,502 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 97,864,502 |
11 | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the auditors of the Company | 97,864,502 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 97,864,502 |
12 | To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors | 97,864,502 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 97,864,502 |
13 | To receive and approve the Directors' remuneration report (excluding the Directors' remuneration policy) contained on pages 55 to 61 of the Company's report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021 | 82,867,638 | 84.88 | 14,758,064 | 15.12 | 238,800 | 97,864,502 |
14 | To generally and unconditionally authorise the directors pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to allot shares in the Company | 97,864,284 | 99.99 | 218 | 0.01 | 0 | 97,864,502 |
15 | Subject to the passing of Resolution 14, to generally and unconditionally authorise the directors pursuant to section 570 of the Act to allot equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 of the Act) for cash pursuant to the authority granted by resolution 14 above as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment | 97,864,255 | 99.99 | 247 | 0.01 | 0 | 97,864,502 |
16 | To generally and unconditionally authorise the Company for the purposes of section 701 of the Act to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Act) of its ordinary shares | 97,716,879 | 99.85 | 147,623 | 0.15 | 0 | 97,864,502 |
ENQUIRIES:
GlobalData Plc
Mike Danson, Chief Executive Officer 0207 936 6400
Graham Lilley, Chief Financial Officer
Brokers
Bill Hutchings/ Mose Adigun - J.P. Morgan Cazenove (Nomad and joint broker) 0207 742 4000
Erik Anderson/ Alina Vaskina - Panmure Gordon (Joint Broker) 0207 886 2500
Hudson Sandler
Nick Lyon 0207 796 4133