GlobalData PLC Results of AGM (3479K)

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GlobalData PLC

21 April 2020

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:

 
                                      In Favour                      Against           Number                  Total 
                                                                                        of votes               votes 
                                                                                        withheld               cast 
                                        Number of        %       Number           % 
 Resolution                              votes                    of votes 
                             --------------------  -------  --------------  ------- 
        To receive the 
        directors' report 
        and accounts for 
        the financial year 
        ended 31 December 
        2019 and the 
        auditors' 
        report on the 
   1    accounts.                  96,798,775          100               0        0            0     96,798,775 
       --------------------  --------------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------  -------------------- 
        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 
   2    27 March 2020.             96,798,775          100               0        0            0     96,798,775 
       --------------------  --------------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------  -------------------- 
        To re-appoint 
        Bernard 
        Cragg as a director 
   3    of the Company             96,796,775        99.99           2,000     0.01            0     96,798,775 
       --------------------  --------------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------  -------------------- 
        To re-appoint 
        Michael 
        Danson as a 
        director 
   4    of the Company             96,798,775          100               0        0            0     96,798,775 
       --------------------  --------------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------  -------------------- 
        To re-appoint 
        Graham 
        Lilley as a 
        director 
   5    of the Company             96,796,775        99.99           2,000     0.01            0     96,798,775 
       --------------------  --------------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------  -------------------- 
        To re-appoint 
        Annette 
        Barnes as a 
        director 
   6    of the Company             96,796,775        99.99           2,000     0.01            0     96,798,775 
       --------------------  --------------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------  -------------------- 
        To re-appoint 
        Andrew 
        Day as a director 
   7    of the Company             96,796,775        99.99           2,000     0.01            0     96,798,775 
       --------------------  --------------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------  -------------------- 
        To reappoint Peter 
        Harkness as a 
        director 
   8    of the Company              84,766,300       88.32      11,206,595    11.68      825,880     96,798,775 
       --------------------  --------------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------  -------------------- 
        To re-appoint 
        Murray 
        Legg as a director 
   9    of the Company             96,796,775        99.99           2,000     0.01            0     96,798,775 
       --------------------  --------------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------  -------------------- 
        To appoint Deloitte 
         LLP as auditors 
   10    of the Company            96,798,775          100               0        0            0     96,798,775 
       --------------------  --------------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------  -------------------- 
 
 
        To authorise the 
         Audit Committee 
         to determine the 
         remuneration of 
   11    the auditors                96,796,775    99.99    2,000    0.01    0     96,798,775 
       -------------------------  -------------  -------  -------  ------  ---  ------------- 
        To authorise the 
         directors pursuant 
         to section 551 
         of the Companies 
         Act 2006 (the "Act") 
         to allot shares 
   12    in the Company              96,796,775    99.99    2,000    0.01    0     96,798,775 
       -------------------------  -------------  -------  -------  ------  ---  ------------- 
        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 
   13    any such allotment.         96,796,775    99.99    2,000    0.01    0     96,798,775 
       -------------------------  -------------  -------  -------  ------  ---  ------------- 
        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 
   14    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 
 

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