All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 27 April 2016 were passed by shareholders. Resolutions 1 - 18 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 19 - 21 as Special Resolutions.
London Stock Exchange Group plc Annual General Meeting Poll Results
|
RESOLUTION |
VOTES |
% |
VOTES |
% |
VOTES |
% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED |
VOTES |
1 |
To receive the annual report and accounts |
254,385,839 |
99.67 |
837,626 |
0.33 |
255,223,465 |
73.23% |
5,598,112 |
2 |
To declare a dividend |
260,783,101 |
100.00 |
2,632 |
0.00 |
260,785,733 |
74.82% |
35,844 |
3 |
To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration and the annual statement of the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee |
251,541,604 |
96.86 |
8,155,140 |
3.14 |
259,696,744 |
74.51% |
1,124,831 |
4 |
To re-elect Jacques Aigrain as a Director |
257,401,933 |
98.82 |
3,077,644 |
1.18 |
260,479,577 |
74.74% |
342,000 |
5 |
To re-elect Paul Heiden as a Director |
257,100,616 |
99.34 |
1,697,459 |
0.66 |
258,798,075 |
74.25% |
2,023,502 |
6 |
To re-elect Raffaele Jerusalmi as a Director |
259,677,550 |
99.58 |
1,104,980 |
0.42 |
260,782,530 |
74.82% |
39,047 |
7 |
To re-elect Andrea Munari as a Director |
224,098,539 |
86.41 |
35,246,331 |
13.59 |
259,344,870 |
74.41% |
1,476,704 |
8 |
To re-elect Stephen O'Connor as a Director |
257,504,973 |
98.74 |
3,277,537 |
1.26 |
260,782,510 |
74.82% |
39,067 |
9 |
To re-elect Xavier R Rolet as a Director |
259,717,242 |
99.59 |
1,065,288 |
0.41 |
260,782,530 |
74.82% |
39,047 |
10 |
To re-elect David Warren as a Director |
258,871,672 |
99.27 |
1,910,858 |
0.73 |
260,782,530 |
74.82% |
39,047 |
11 |
To elect Donald Brydon CBE as a Director |
258,171,314 |
99.00 |
2,610,493 |
1.00 |
260,781,807 |
74.82% |
39,769 |
12 |
To elect Professor Lex Hoogduin as a Director |
259,616,995 |
99.55 |
1,165,276 |
0.45 |
260,782,271 |
74.82% |
39,306 |
13 |
To elect David Nish as a Director |
260,622,268 |
99.94 |
159,961 |
0.06 |
260,782,229 |
74.82% |
39,348 |
14 |
To elect Mary Schapiro as a Director |
259,689,617 |
99.58 |
1,092,131 |
0.42 |
260,781,748 |
74.82% |
39,829 |
15 |
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors |
260,677,796 |
99.95 |
128,828 |
0.05 |
260,806,624 |
74.83% |
14,953 |
16 |
To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration |
260,736,338 |
99.97 |
72,450 |
0.03 |
260,808,788 |
74.83% |
12,789 |
17 |
To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares |
256,407,991 |
98.38 |
4,213,286 |
1.62 |
260,621,277 |
74.78% |
200,300 |
18 |
To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure |
219,758,447 |
98.79 |
2,683,673 |
1.21 |
222,442,120 |
63.82% |
38,379,406 |
19 |
To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of an allotment of equity securities for cash |
248,287,843 |
98.14 |
4,706,913 |
1.86 |
252,994,756 |
72.59% |
7,826,820 |
20 |
To grant the Directors authority to purchase the Company's own shares |
259,380,713 |
99.46 |
1,417,218 |
0.54 |
260,797,931 |
74.83% |
23,645 |
21 |
That a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on 14 clear days' notice |
246,396,247 |
94.49 |
14,371,654 |
5.51 |
260,767,901 |
74.82% |
53,675 |
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. Shares in issue: 348,537,371
3. The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.
Results of the poll will also be available shortly on the Company's website: http://www.lseg.com/investor-relations/shareholder-services/agm-information