London Stock Exchange Group PLC Result of AGM (9738L)

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RNS Number : 9738L

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

24 April 2018

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC (the "Company")

24 APRIL 2018

RESULT OF AGM

All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 24 April 2018 were passed by shareholders. Resolutions 1 - 22 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 23 - 26 as Special Resolutions.

London Stock Exchange Group plc Annual General Meeting Poll Results

 
      RESOLUTION            VOTES        %        VOTES        %        VOTES        % OF        VOTES 
                             FOR                  AGAINST               TOTAL       RELEVANT    WITHHELD 
                                                                                     SHARES 
                                                                                    IN ISSUE 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To receive 
       the annual 
       report 
 1     and accounts      274,571,513   100.00        3,390    0.00   274,574,903      78.90%      867,816 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To declare 
 2     a dividend        275,431,057   100.00          632    0.00   275,431,689      79.15%       11,030 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To approve 
       the Annual 
       Report 
       on Remuneration 
       and the 
       annual 
       statement 
       of the 
       Chairman 
       of the 
       Remuneration 
 3     Committee         257,310,839    94.09   16,148,843    5.91   273,459,682      78.58%    1,983,063 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       Jacques 
       Aigrain 
 4     as a Director     249,834,751    97.07    7,553,380    2.93   257,388,131      73.96%   18,054,588 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       Donald 
       Brydon 
       CBE as 
 5     a Director        223,819,048    83.74   43,459,986   16.26   267,279,034      76.81%    8,163,684 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       Paul Heiden 
 6     as a Director     241,665,720    88.19   32,365,409   11.81   274,031,129      78.75%    1,411,589 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       Professor 
       Lex Hoogduin 
 7     as a Director     255,164,489    99.06    2,411,648    0.94   257,576,137      74.02%   17,866,582 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       Raffaele 
       Jerusalmi 
 8     as a Director     273,057,058    99.17    2,296,007    0.83   275,353,065      79.13%       89,654 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       David 
       Nish as 
 9     a Director        255,715,851    99.28    1,860,286    0.72   257,576,137      74.02%   17,866,582 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       Stephen 
       O'Connor 
 10    as a Director     253,314,717    98.85    2,939,484    1.15   256,254,201      73.64%   19,188,517 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       Mary Schapiro 
 11    as a Director     253,300,115    98.85    2,954,086    1.15   256,254,201      73.64%   19,188,517 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       Andrea 
       Sironi 
 12    as a Director     256,792,063    99.70      784,074    0.30   257,576,137      74.02%   17,866,582 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       David 
       Warren 
 13    as a Director     272,289,102    98.89    3,063,963    1.11   275,353,065      79.13%       89,654 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To elect 
       Val Rahmani 
 14    as a Director     256,812,192    99.70      763,644    0.30   257,575,836      74.02%   17,866,883 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To re-appoint 
       Ernst 
       & Young 
       LLP as 
 15    auditors          275,270,160    99.97       86,303    0.03   275,356,463      79.13%       86,256 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To authorise 
       the Directors 
       to approve 
       the auditors' 
 16    remuneration      275,343,921   100.00        5,475    0.00   275,349,396      79.13%       93,323 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To renew 
       the Directors' 
       authority 
       to allot 
 17    shares            265,688,914    96.49    9,667,030    3.51   275,355,944      79.13%       86,775 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To authorise 
       the Company 
       to make 
       political 
       donations 
       and incur 
       political 
 18    expenditure       238,645,782    99.61      935,816    0.39   239,581,598      68.85%   35,861,121 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To approve 
       the London 
       Stock 
       Exchange 
       Group 
       International 
       Sharesave 
 19    Plan 2018         273,871,925    99.43    1,556,972    0.57   275,428,897      79.15%       13,822 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To approve 
       the London 
       Stock 
       Exchange 
       Group 
       Restricted 
       Share 
       Award 
 20    Plan 2018         268,803,005    98.26    4,756,365    1.74   273,559,370      78.61%    1,883,348 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To approve 
       the London 
       Stock 
       Exchange 
       Group 
       Share 
       Incentive 
 21    Plan 2018         274,406,567    99.63    1,021,432    0.37   275,427,999      79.15%       14,720 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To approve 
       the London 
       Stock 
       Exchange 
       Group 
       International 
       Share 
       Incentive 
 22    Plan 2018         274,406,576    99.63    1,021,724    0.37   275,428,300      79.15%       14,419 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To dis-apply 
       pre-emption 
       rights 
       in respect 
       of an 
       allotment 
       of equity 
       securities 
 23    for cash          275,177,388    99.92      211,031    0.08   275,388,419      79.14%       54,300 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To dis-apply 
       pre-emption 
       rights 
       in respect 
       of a further 
       allotment 
       of equity 
       securities 
       for cash, 
       for the 
       purposes 
       of financing 
 24    a transaction     269,315,571    97.79    6,073,054    2.21   275,388,625      79.14%       54,093 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To grant 
       the Directors' 
       authority 
       to purchase 
       the Company's 
 25    own shares        273,503,405    99.34    1,820,028    0.66   275,323,433      79.12%      119,285 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      That a 
       general 
       meeting 
       other 
       than an 
       annual 
       general 
       meeting 
       may be 
       called 
       on not 
       less than 
       14 clear 
       days' 
 26    notice            264,418,590    96.00   11,006,238    4.00   275,424,828      79.15%       17,891 
---  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
 

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 20 April 2018, the issued share capital of the Company consisted of 350,531,339 ordinary shares. At that time, the register of members of the Company recorded that 2,544,585 of those ordinary shares were held as treasury shares. Therefore, the total voting rights as at that time were 347,986,754.

   3.      Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. 
   4.      The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places. 

5. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the Annual General Meeting are being submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm

Results of the poll will also be available shortly on the Company's website: http://www.lseg.com/investor-relations/shareholder-services/agm-information

Further information is available from:

London Stock Exchange Group plc

 
 Gavin Sullivan / 
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  Ramesh Chhabra      Media                  1222 
                                            [phone] 
 Paul Froud           Investor Relations     3322 
 

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