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Informa LEI: 5493006VM2LKUPSEDU20 Identification Code: GB00BMJ6DW54
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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 | ||
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| 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 |
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Informa PLC Rupert Hopley, Group Company Secretary Richard Menzies-Gow, Director of Investor Relations |
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Informa PLC
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