GlobalData PLC Results of AGM (0349W)

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RNS Number : 0349W

GlobalData PLC

20 April 2021

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 votes 
                                                                                    of votes         cast 
                                                                                    withheld 
                                        Number of      %       Number         % 
Resolution                                  votes               of votes 
                                     ------------  -----  --------------  ----- 
        To receive the 
         directors' report 
         and accounts for 
         the financial year 
         ended 31 December 
         2020 and the auditors' 
   1     report on the accounts.       72,808,386  80.77      17,336,121  19.23    1,822,215   91,966,722 
       ----------------------------  ------------  -----  --------------  -----  -----------  ----------- 
        To declare a final 
         dividend of 11.6 
         pence per ordinary 
         share in respect 
         of the year ended 
         31 December 2020, 
         payable on 23 April 
         2021 to ordinary 
         shareholders whose 
         names appear in 
         the register of 
         members at close 
         of business on 
   2     26 March 2021.                91,966,722    100               0   0.00            0   91,966,722 
       ----------------------------  ------------  -----  --------------  -----  -----------  ----------- 
        To re-appoint Michael 
         Danson as a director 
         of 
   3     the Company                   91,966,722    100               0   0.00            0   91,966,722 
       ----------------------------  ------------  -----  --------------  -----  -----------  ----------- 
        To re-appoint Graham 
         Lilley as a director 
         of the 
   4     Company                       91,966,722    100               0   0.00            0   91,966,722 
       ----------------------------  ------------  -----  --------------  -----  -----------  ----------- 
        To re-appoint Annette 
         Barnes as a director 
         of 
   5     the Company                   91,966,722    100               0   0.00            0   91,966,722 
       ----------------------------  ------------  -----  --------------  -----  -----------  ----------- 
        To re-appoint Andrew 
         Day as a director 
   6     of the Company                91,806,885  99.83         159,837   0.17            0   91,966,722 
       ----------------------------  ------------  -----  --------------  -----  -----------  ----------- 
        To re-appoint Peter 
         Harkness as a director 
   7     of the Company                78,978,348  87.61      11,166,159  12.39    1,822,215   91,966,722 
       ----------------------------  ------------  -----  --------------  -----  -----------  ----------- 
        To re-appoint Murray 
         Legg as a director 
   8     of the Company                91,806,885  99.83         159,837   0.17            0   91,966,722 
       ----------------------------  ------------  -----  --------------  -----  -----------  ----------- 
        To appoint Catherine 
         Birkett as a director 
   9     of the Company                91,966,722    100               0   0.00            0   91,966,722 
       ----------------------------  ------------  -----  --------------  -----  -----------  ----------- 
        To appoint Elizabeth 
         Pritchard as a 
         director of the 
   10    Company                       91,806,885  99.83         159,837   0.17            0   91,966,722 
       ----------------------------  ------------  -----  --------------  -----  -----------  ----------- 
        To appoint Deloitte 
         LLP as auditors 
   11    of the Company                91,806,885  99.83         159,837   0.17            0   91,966,722 
       ----------------------------  ------------  -----  --------------  -----  -----------  ----------- 
        To authorise the 
         Audit Committee 
         to determine the 
         remuneration of 
   12    the auditors                  91,966,722    100               0   0.00            0   91,966,722 
       ----------------------------  ------------  -----  --------------  -----  -----------  ----------- 
        To authorise the 
         directors pursuant 
         to section 551 
         of the Companies 
         Act 2006 (the "Act") 
         to allot shares 
   13    in the Company                91,806,885  99.83         159,837   0.17            0   91,966,722 
       ----------------------------  ------------  -----  --------------  -----  -----------  ----------- 
        Subject to the 
         passing of Resolution 
         13, 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 
   14    any such allotment.           91,966,722    100               0   0.00            0   91,966,722 
       ----------------------------  ------------  -----  --------------  -----  -----------  ----------- 
        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 
   15    its ordinary shares           91,806,885  99.83         159,837   0.17            0   91,966,722 
       ----------------------------  ------------  -----  --------------  -----  -----------  ----------- 
        To provide directors 
         of the Company 
         with the requisite 
         authority to allot 
         deferred shares 
         in the Company 
         by way of a capitalisation 
 16      issue                         91,966,722    100               0   0.00            0   91,966,722 
       ----------------------------  ------------  -----  --------------  -----  -----------  ----------- 
       Subject to the 
        passing of Resolution 
        16, to provide 
        directors of the 
        Company with the 
        requisite authority 
        to reduce the share 
        capital of the 
        Company by the 
        cancellation of 
 17     the deferred shares            91,966,553  99.99             169   0.01            0   91,966,722 
       ----------------------------  ------------  -----  --------------  -----  -----------  ----------- 
       To release the 
        directors, shareholders 
        and GlobalData 
        EBT Trustees Limited 
        from claims by 
        the Company in 
        respect of the 
        distributions made 
 18     by the Company                 91,966,722    100               0   0.00            0   91,966,722 
       ----------------------------  ------------  -----  --------------  -----  -----------  ----------- 
 

ENQUIRIES:

GlobalData Plc

Mike Danson, Chief Executive Officer

0207 936 6400

Graham Lilley, Chief Financial Officer

Brokers

Bill Hutchings/ Mose Adigun - J.P. Morgan Cazenove (Nomad and Joint Broker) 0207 742 4000

Sam Barnett - HSBC (Joint broker)

0207 991 8888

Erik Anderson/ Alina Vaskina - Panmure Gordon (Joint Broker) 020 7886 2500

Hudson Sandler

Nick Lyon

0207 796 4133

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