Last checked at 21 Apr 2020 11:05
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 | Total votes cast | |||
Number of votes | % | Number of votes | % | ||||
1 | To receive the directors' report and accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2019 and the auditors' report on the accounts. |
96,798,775 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
96,798,775 |
2 | To declare a final dividend of 10 pence per ordinary share in respect of the year ended 31 December 2019, payable on 9 June 2020 to ordinary shareholders whose names appear in the register of members at close of business on 27 March 2020. |
96,798,775 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
96,798,775 |
3 | To re-appoint Bernard Cragg as a director of the Company |
96,796,775 |
99.99 |
2,000 |
0.01 |
0 |
96,798,775 |
4 | To re-appoint Michael Danson as a director of the Company |
96,798,775 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
96,798,775 |
5 | To re-appoint Graham Lilley as a director of the Company |
96,796,775 |
99.99 |
2,000 |
0.01 |
0 |
96,798,775 |
6 | To re-appoint Annette Barnes as a director of the Company |
96,796,775 |
99.99 |
2,000 |
0.01 |
0 |
96,798,775 |
7 | To re-appoint Andrew Day as a director of the Company |
96,796,775 |
99.99 |
2,000 |
0.01 |
0 |
96,798,775 |
8 | To reappoint Peter Harkness as a director of the Company |
84,766,300 |
88.32 |
11,206,595 |
11.68 |
825,880 |
96,798,775 |
9 | To re-appoint Murray Legg as a director of the Company |
96,796,775 |
99.99 |
2,000 |
0.01 |
0 |
96,798,775 |
10 | To appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the Company |
96,798,775 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
96,798,775 |
11 | To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors |
96,796,775 |
99.99 |
2,000 |
0.01 |
0 |
96,798,775 |
12 | To authorise the directors pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to allot shares in the Company |
96,796,775 |
99.99 |
2,000 |
0.01 |
0 |
96,798,775 |
13 | Subject to the passing of Resolution 12, 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 12 above as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment. |
96,796,775 |
99.99 |
2,000 |
0.01 |
0 |
96,798,775 |
14 | To unconditionally and generally authorise the directors 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 |
96,796,775 |
99.99 |
2,000 |
0.01 |
0 |
96,798,775 |
Enquiries:
GlobalData Plc Graham Lilley, Chief Financial Officer | 020 7936 6400 |
N+1 Singer James Maxwell | 020 7496 3000 |
Hudson Sandler Nick Lyon | 020 7796 4133 |