IG Group Holdings plc Result of AGM (0086N)

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RNS Number : 0086N

IG Group Holdings plc

19 September 2019

IG Group Holdings plc

LEI No: 2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76

19 September 2019

Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

Results of AGM

The Board of IG Group Holdings plc (the "Company"), a global leader in online trading, is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held earlier today, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of the Meeting were duly passed. A poll was conducted on each resolution proposed at the Meeting. The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions and the number of votes withheld were as follows:

 
       RESOLUTIONS               VOTES         %        VOTES        %       VOTES         % of Issued      VOTES 
                                  FOR                    AGAINST              TOTAL         Share Capital    WITHHELD* 
                                                                                            Voted 
      To receive the accounts 
      for the 
      year ended 31 May 2019 
      and accompanying 
 1    reports                    303,885,061   100.00   0            0.00    303,885,061   82.26%           226,262 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
      To approve the 
      Directors' Remuneration 
 2    Report                     252,044,345   86.34    39,872,908   13.66   291,917,253   79.02%           12,194,069 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
      To declare a final 
      dividend of 
 3    30.24 pence per share      304,109,223   100.00   0            0.00    304,109,223   82.32%           2,100 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
      To re-elect June Felix 
 4    as a Director              292,163,080   96.08    11,935,184   3.92    304,098,264   82.31%           13,059 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
      To re-elect Stephen Hill 
 5    as a Director              266,378,119   87.59    37,725,837   12.41   304,103,956   82.31%           7,367 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
      To re-elect Malcolm Le 
      May as a 
 6    Director                   255,805,280   84.14    48,225,995   15.86   304,031,275   82.30%           80,047 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
      To re-elect Paul 
      Mainwaring as 
 7    a Director                 302,250,885   99.39    1,853,071    0.61    304,103,956   82.31%           7,367 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
      To re-elect Bridget 
      Messer as a 
 8    Director                   303,273,432   99.73    831,289      0.27    304,104,721   82.32%           6,602 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
      To re-elect Jim Newman 
 9    as a Director              266,379,022   87.59    37,725,699   12.41   304,104,721   82.32%           6,602 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
      To re-elect Jon Noble as 
 10   a Director                 303,205,855   99.70    897,871      0.30    304,103,726   82.31%           7,597 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
      To elect Sally-Ann 
      Hibberd as a 
 11   Director                   266,446,292   87.62    37,658,429   12.38   304,104,721   82.32%           6,602 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
      To elect Jonathan Moulds 
 12   as a Director              266,379,940   87.59    37,724,781   12.41   304,104,721   82.32%           6,602 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
      To re-appoint 
      PricewaterhouseCoopers 
      LLP as auditors of the 
 13   Company                    302,463,382   99.92    246,337      0.08    302,709,719   81.94%           1,401,603 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
 14   To authorise the Audit 
      Committee 
      of the Board to 
      determine the auditors' 
      remuneration               303,193,647   99.70    910,331      0.30    304,103,978   82.31%           7,345 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
      To authorise the 
      Directors to allot 
      shares pursuant to 
      section 551 
 15   of the Act                 287,047,764   94.39    17,058,135   5.61    304,105,899   82.32%           5,424 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
      To disapply the 
      statutory pre-emption 
      rights attaching to 
 16   shares                     296,929,038   99.99    23,199       0.01    296,952,237   80.38%           7,159,086 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
      To disapply the 
      statutory pre-emption 
      rights attaching to 
      shares for 
      the purposes of 
      acquisitions or 
      other capital 
 17   investments                269,293,029   90.69    27,659,207   9.31    296,952,236   80.38%           7,159,086 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
      To authorise the Company 
      to make 
      market purchases of its 
 18   own shares                 302,399,400   99.46    1,643,560    0.54    304,042,960   82.30%           68,362 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
      That a general meeting 
      (other than 
      an AGM) may be called on 
      not less 
      than 14 clear days' 
 19   notice                     292,759,040   96.27    11,347,822   3.73    304,106,862   82.32%           4,461 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ---------------  ----------- 
 

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution.

As at 6.00pm on Tuesday 17 September 2019, the time by which shareholders who wanted to attend, speak and vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, there were 369,439,455 ordinary shares in issue. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy 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 www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

For further information, please contact:

IG Group

   Liz Scorer                                             020 7573 0026 / 0727 

[e-mail]

IG Group Press

   Ramon Kaur                                       020 7573 0060 

[e-mail]

FTI Consulting

   Neil Doyle / Ed Berry                      020 3727 1141 / 1046 

About IG

IG empowers informed, decisive, adventurous people to access opportunities in over 16,000 financial markets. With a strong focus on innovation and technology, the Company puts client needs at the heart of everything it does.

IG's vision is to provide the world's best trading experience. Established in 1974 as the world's first financial derivatives firm, it continued leading the way by launching the world's first online and iPhone trading services.

IG is an award-winning, multi-platform trading Company, the world's No.1 provider of CFDs* and a global leader in forex. It provides leveraged services with the option of limited-risk guarantees and offers an execution-only stock trading service in the UK, Australia, Germany, France, Ireland, Austria and the Netherlands. IG has a range of affordable, fully managed investment portfolios, which provide a comprehensive offering to investors and active traders.

It is a member of the FTSE 250, with offices across Europe, including a Swiss bank, Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and the US, where it offers on-exchange limited risk derivatives via the Nadex brand.

*Based on revenue excluding FX (from published financial statements, June 2019).

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