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RNS Number : 2643C  GlobalData PLC  28 April 2026

28 April 2026

 

GlobalData Plc ('GlobalData' or 'the Company')

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

GlobalData Plc, a leading provider of industry intelligence, announces that at
the Company's Annual General Meeting held earlier today (28 April 2026) all
resolutions were duly passed.

A description on the subject matter of the poll and details on the votes are
set out below.

 Resolution                                                                              In Favour                     Against                                                Total           % of issued share capital  Number of votes withheld

votes validly

cast
         Number of votes                                                                 %            Number of votes  %
 Ordinary resolutions
 1       To receive the financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31        603,898,458  99.99%                               48,952                     0.01%   603,947,410     79.77%                     6,584
         December 2025 together with the Reports of the Directors and Auditors.
 2       To declare a final dividend of 1.2 pence per ordinary share in respect of the   603,924,453  99.99%                               25,823                     0.01%   603,950,276     79.77%                     3,718
         year ended 31 December 2025, payable on 1 May 2026 to the holders of ordinary
         shares at close of business on 27 March 2026.
 3       To re-elect Murray Legg as a Director of the Company.                           584,091,596  99.07%                         5,467,487                        0.93%   589,559,083     77.87%                     14,394,911
 4       To re-elect Michael Danson as a Director of the Company.                        603,213,797  99.88%                            713,030                       0.12%   603,926,827     79.76%                     27,167
 5       To re-elect Graham Lilley as a Director of the Company.                         603,772,880  99.97%                            153,947                       0.03%   603,926,827     79.76%                     27,167
 6       To re-elect Catherine Birkett as a Director of the Company.                     603,701,140  99.96%                            225,687                       0.04%   603,926,827     79.76%                     27,167
 7       To re-elect Julien Decot as a Director of the Company.                          601,796,611  99.65%                         2,130,216                        0.35%   603,926,827     79.76%                     27,167
 8       To re-elect Peter Harkness as a Director of the Company.                        603,586,103  99.94%                            340,724                       0.06%   603,926,827     79.76%                     27,167
 9       To elect Rachel Higham as a Director of the Company.                            603,819,229  99.98%                            114,598                       0.02%   603,933,827     79.77%                     20,167
 10      To elect Toby Walter as a Director of the Company.                              595,566,169  98.62%                         8,354,243                        1.38%   603,920,412     79.76%                     33,582
 11      To approve the reappointment of Deloitte LLP as Auditors of the Company.        603,839,349  99.98%                            105,635                       0.02%   603,944,984     79.77%                     9,010
 12      To authorise the Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the Company's       603,744,478  99.97%                            209,368                       0.03%   603,953,846     79.77%                     148
         Auditors.
 13      To approve the Directors' remuneration report contained on pages 85 to 101 of   510,050,817  84.45%                      93,900,472                          15.55%  603,951,289     79.77%                     2,705
         the Company's report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025.
 14      To approve the Directors' remuneration policy contained on pages 98 to 101 of   501,834,762  83.09%                    102,118,084                           16.91%  603,952,846     79.77%                     1,148
         the Company's report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025.
 15      To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares in the Company.             603,451,535  99.92%                            496,456                       0.08%   603,947,991     79.77%                     6,003
 Special resolutions
 16      To renew the Directors' power to allot shares or grant rights to subscribe      594,788,135  98.48%                         9,159,856                        1.52%   603,947,991     79.77%                     6,003
         for, or convert securities into, shares or sell treasury shares where they
         propose to do so for cash (other than pursuant to an employee share scheme)
         otherwise than to existing shareholders pro rata to their holdings (i.e. non
         pre-emptively), as permitted by the Articles.
 17      To give the Directors power to make non-pre-emptive issues of ordinary shares   594,058,391  98.36%                         9,889,600                        1.64%   603,947,991     79.77%                     6,003
         in connection with acquisitions and other capital investments as contemplated
         by the Pre-emption Principles.
 18      To renew the Company's authority to make market purchases of up to 75,721,663   602,315,365  99.73%                         1,619,156                        0.27%   603,934,521     79.77%                     19,473
         ordinary shares (being 10% of the Company's total issued ordinary share
         capital as at the date of the Notice of AGM), either for cancellation or for
         placing into treasury at the determination of the Directors.
 19      To approve a reduction of the length of notice for general meetings other than  602,778,312  99.81%                         1,171,257                        0.19%   603,949,569     79.77%                     4,425
         the Annual General Meeting.
 Independent resolutions
 3       To re-elect Murray Legg as a Director of the Company.                           158,779,073  96.67%           5,467,487                                      3.33%   164,246,560     21.69%                     14,394,911
 6       To re-elect Catherine Birkett as a Director of the Company.                     178,388,617  99.87%           225,687                                        0.13%   178,614,304     23.59%                     27,167
 7       To re-elect Julien Decot as a Director of the Company.                          176,484,088  98.81%           2,130,216                                      1.19%   178,614,304     23.59%                     27,167
 8       To re-elect Peter Harkness as a Director of the Company.                        178,273,580  99.81%           340,724                                        0.19%   178,614,304     23.59%                     27,167
 9       To elect Rachel Higham as a Director of the Company.                            178,506,706  99.94%           114,598                                        0.06%   178,621,304     23.59%                     20,167
 10      To elect Toby Walter as a Director of the Company.                              170,253,646  95.32%           8,354,243                                      4.68%   178,607,889     23.59%                     33,582

 

Notes:

1.     A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation proportion of the votes "for" or "against" a resolution.

2.     A copy of the AGM results will be available on the Company's
website at https://www.globaldata.com/ (https://www.globaldata.com/) .

3.     Issued share capital as at 28 April 2026 is 757,140,958 ordinary
shares of 1/100 pence each in the capital of the Company.

 

 

-ENDS-

 

     ENQUIRIES

 GlobalData Plc                          0207 936 6400
 Mike Danson, Chief Executive Officer
 Graham Lilley, Chief Financial Officer

 J.P. Morgan Cazenove (Joint Broker)     0203 493 8000
 Bill Hutchings
 Mose Adigun

 Panmure Liberum (Joint Broker)          0203 100 2000
 Rupert Dearden
 James Sinclair-Ford

 Investec Bank plc (Joint Broker)        0207 597 5970

 Henry Reast
 Virginia Bull

 FTI Consulting (Financial PR)           0203 727 1000
 Edward Bridges                          globaldata@fticonsulting.com (mailto:globaldata@fticonsulting.com)
 Dwight Burden
 Emma Hall

 

LEI: 2138005I669UO6PJXM24

A copy of this announcement will be available on the Company's website at
https://www.globaldata.com/ (https://www.globaldata.com/) . Neither the
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forms part of, this announcement nor, unless previously published by means of
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reaching a decision as to whether or not to acquire, continue to hold, or
dispose of, securities in the Company.

 

 

 

 

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