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RNS Number : 7348L  GlobalData PLC  23 April 2024

23 April 2024

 

GlobalData Plc

(AIM: DATA, GlobalData, 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 (23 April 2024) 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         671,777,638  100.00%          0           0.00%  671,777,638  79.50%                     3,000
         December 2023 together with the Reports of the Directors and Auditors.
 2       To declare a final dividend of 3.2 pence per ordinary share in respect of the    671,777,638  100.00%          0           0.00%  671,777,638  79.50%                     3,000
         year ended 31 December 2023, payable on 26 April 2024 to the holders of
         ordinary shares at close of business on 22 March 2024.
 3       To re-elect Murray Legg as a Director of the Company.                            653,747,902  99.79%           1,355,988   0.21%  655,103,890  77.52%                     16,676,748
 4       To re-elect Michael Danson as a Director of the Company.                         670,713,134  99.84%           1,064,504   0.16%  671,777,638  79.50%                     3,000
 5       To re-elect Graham Lilley as a Director of the Company.                          671,777,638  100.00%          0           0.00%  671,777,638  79.50%                     3,000
 6       To re-elect Annette Barnes as a Director of the Company.                         662,365,144  98.60%           9,412,494   1.40%  671,777,638  79.50%                     3,000
 7       To re-elect Andrew Day as a Director of the Company.                             670,713,134  99.84%           1,064,504   0.16%  671,777,638  79.50%                     3,000
 8       To re-elect Peter Harkness as a Director of the Company.                         669,677,638  99.69%           2,100,000   0.31%  671,777,638  79.50%                     3,000
 9       To re-elect Catherine Birkett as a Director of the Company.                      671,777,638  100.00%          0           0.00%  671,777,638  79.50%                     3,000
 10      To re-elect Julien Decot as a Director of the Company.                           670,993,134  99.88%           784,504     0.12%  671,777,638  79.50%                     3,000
 11      To approve the reappointment of Deloitte LLP as Auditors of the Company.         671,777,638  100.00%          0           0.00%  671,777,638  79.50%                     3,000
 12      To authorise the Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the Company's        671,777,638  100.00%          0           0.00%  671,777,638  79.50%                     3,000
         Auditors.
 13      To receive and approve the Directors' remuneration report contained on pages     658,421,723  98.32%           11,253,915  1.68%  669,675,638  79.25%                     2,105,000
         72 to 82 of the Company's report and accounts for the year ended 31 December
         2023.
 14      To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares in the Company.              671,777,638  100.00%          0           0.00%  671,777,638  79.50%                     3,000
 Special resolutions
 15      To renew the Directors' power to allot shares or grant rights to subscribe       659,528,438  98.18%           12,249,200  1.82%  671,777,638  79.50%                     3,000
         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.
 16      To give the Directors power to make non-pre-emptive issues of ordinary shares    658,168,934  97.97%           13,608,704  2.03%  671,777,638  79.50%                     3,000
         in connection with acquisitions and other capital investments as contemplated
         by the Pre-emption Principles.
 17      To renew the Company's authority to make market purchases of up to 84,502,770    671,775,638  100.00%          2,000       0.00%  671,777,638  79.50%                     3,000
         ordinary shares (being 10% of the Company's total issued ordinary share
         capital as at the date of this notice), either for cancellation or for placing
         into treasury at the determination of the Directors.

 

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 www.globaldata.com (http://www.globaldata.com) .

3.     Issued share capital as at 23 April 2024 is 845,027,700 ordinary
shares of 1/100 pence each in the capital of the Company.

 

 

 

 

ENQUIRIES

 

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

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

 Panmure Gordon (Joint Broker)                  0207 886 2500
 Rupert Dearden
 Dougie McLeod

 Numis Securities (Joint Broker)                0207 260 1000

 Nick Westlake

 Iqra Amin

 FTI Consulting (Financial PR)                  0203 727 1000
 Edward Bridges
 Dwight Burden
 Emma Hall

 

 

 

LEI: 2138005I669UO6PJXM24

 

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