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LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC (the "Company" or "LSEG")
23 April 2026
RESULT OF AGM
All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 23 April 2026 were passed by shareholders. Resolutions 1 - 18 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 19 - 24 as Special Resolutions.
London Stock Exchange Group plc Annual General Meeting Poll Results:
| RESOLUTION | VOTESFOR | % | VOTESAGAINST | % | VOTESTOTAL | % OF TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS | VOTESWITHHELD |
1. | To receive the annual report and accounts | 420,987,158 | 99.99 | 47,052 | 0.01 | 421,034,210 | 85.01% | 625,360 |
2. | To declare and pay a dividend | 420,822,306 | 99.85 | 640,271 | 0.15 | 421,462,577 | 85.10% | 196,993 |
3. | To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration and the annual statement of the Chair of the Remuneration Committee | 391,831,848 | 93.19 | 28,646,921 | 6.81 | 420,478,769 | 84.90% | 1,180,801 |
4. | To re-elect Professor Kathleen DeRose as a Director | 415,442,370 | 98.58 | 5,999,039 | 1.42 | 421,441,409 | 85.09% | 218,161 |
5. | To re-elect Tsega Gebreyes as a Director | 415,486,536 | 98.59 | 5,952,369 | 1.41 | 421,438,905 | 85.09% | 220,665 |
6. | To re-elect Scott Guthrie as a Director | 404,541,629 | 95.99 | 16,897,941 | 4.01 | 421,439,570 | 85.09% | 220,000 |
7. | To re-elect Cressida Hogg CBE as a Director | 414,973,267 | 98.47 | 6,465,318 | 1.53 | 421,438,585 | 85.09% | 220,985 |
8. | To re-elect Lloyd Pitchford as a Director | 413,610,939 | 98.14 | 7,828,860 | 1.86 | 421,439,799 | 85.09% | 219,771 |
9. | To re-elect Michel-Alain Proch as a Director | 419,125,735 | 99.45 | 2,309,313 | 0.55 | 421,435,048 | 85.09% | 224,522 |
10. | To re-elect Dr Val Rahmani as a Director | 414,605,957 | 98.38 | 6,834,225 | 1.62 | 421,440,182 | 85.09% | 219,388 |
11. | To re-elect Don Robert CBE as a Director | 410,421,047 | 97.97 | 8,485,341 | 2.03 | 418,906,388 | 84.58% | 2,753,182 |
12. | To re-elect David Schwimmer as a Director | 420,250,414 | 99.72 | 1,185,375 | 0.28 | 421,435,789 | 85.09% | 223,781 |
13. | To re-elect William Vereker as a Director | 405,648,319 | 96.25 | 15,804,410 | 3.75 | 421,452,729 | 85.09% | 206,841 |
14. | To elect Dame Elizabeth Corley as a Director | 419,381,917 | 99.51 | 2,059,157 | 0.49 | 421,441,074 | 85.09% | 218,496 |
15. | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor | 421,281,836 | 99.96 | 156,098 | 0.04 | 421,437,934 | 85.09% | 221,636 |
16. | To authorise the Audit Committee to approve the auditor's remuneration | 421,291,956 | 99.96 | 161,012 | 0.04 | 421,452,968 | 85.09% | 206,602 |
17. | To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares | 406,331,266 | 96.41 | 15,108,803 | 3.59 | 421,440,069 | 85.09% | 219,501 |
18. | To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure | 415,098,036 | 98.51 | 6,273,489 | 1.49 | 421,371,525 | 85.08% | 288,045 |
19. | To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of an allotment of equity securities for cash | 401,874,267 | 95.38 | 19,478,039 | 4.62 | 421,352,306 | 85.07% | 307,264 |
20. | To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of a further allotment of equity securities for cash, for the purposes of financing a transaction | 391,332,905 | 92.87 | 30,022,596 | 7.13 | 421,355,501 | 85.07% | 304,069 |
21. | To grant the Directors authority to purchase the Company's own shares | 420,554,353 | 99.84 | 693,629 | 0.16 | 421,247,982 | 85.05% | 411,588 |
22. | That a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 400,538,290 | 95.04 | 20,894,718 | 4.96 | 421,433,008 | 85.09% | 226,562 |
23. | To authorise the capitalisation of an amount of the Company's merger relief reserve and the allotment and issue of the Capital Reduction Share | 421,271,101 | 99.98 | 91,739 | 0.02 | 421,362,840 | 85.08% | 296,730 |
24. | To authorise the cancellation of the Capital Reduction Share and the Company's share premium account | 421,303,387 | 99.98 | 63,431 | 0.02 | 421,366,818 | 85.08% | 292,752 |
Notes
1. Please note a 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.
2. As at 6.30pm on 21 April 2026, the share capital of the Company consisted of a total of 516,731,514 ordinary shares made up of: (i) 495,279,915 ordinary shares of 679/86 pence each (excluding treasury shares), which carry one vote each; and (ii) 21,451,599 of its ordinary shares of 679/86 pence each in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in LSEG as at that time were 495,279,915.
3. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.
4. The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.
5. Results of the poll will also be available shortly on the Company's website: https://www.lseg.com/en/investor-relations/annual-general-meeting
6. In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, copies 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.
7. Resolution 23 authorises the capitalisation of all or part of the Company's merger relief reserve to increase the amount of distributable reserves available, with such amount to be applied to pay up in full one B ordinary share (the "Capital Reduction Share"). Resolution 24 authorises, subject to the confirmation of the Court, the cancellation of the Capital Reduction Share and the cancellation of the amount standing to the credit of the Company's share premium account, and that the amount of such reductions be credited to the retained earnings reserve of the Company.
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