REG - IG Group Hldgs plc - Result of AGM

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19/09/2019 14:45

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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

FOR


%


VOTES

AGAINST


%


VOTES

TOTAL


% of Issued Share Capital Voted


VOTES

WITHHELD*




1


To receive the accounts for the year ended 31 May 2019 and accompanying reports


303,885,061


100.00


0


0.00


303,885,061


82.26%


226,262




2


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report


252,044,345


86.34


39,872,908


13.66


291,917,253


79.02%


12,194,069




3


To declare a final dividend of 30.24 pence per share


304,109,223


100.00


0


0.00


304,109,223


82.32%


2,100




4


To re-elect June Felix as a Director


292,163,080


96.08


11,935,184


3.92


304,098,264


82.31%


13,059




5


To re-elect Stephen Hill as a Director


266,378,119


87.59


37,725,837


12.41


304,103,956


82.31%


7,367




6


To re-elect Malcolm Le May as a Director


255,805,280


84.14


48,225,995


15.86


304,031,275


82.30%


80,047




7


To re-elect Paul Mainwaring as a Director


302,250,885


99.39


1,853,071


0.61


304,103,956


82.31%


7,367




8


To re-elect Bridget Messer as a Director


303,273,432


99.73


831,289


0.27


304,104,721


82.32%


6,602




9


To re-elect Jim Newman as a Director


266,379,022


87.59


37,725,699


12.41


304,104,721


82.32%


6,602




10


To re-elect Jon Noble as a Director


303,205,855


99.70


897,871


0.30


304,103,726


82.31%


7,597




11


To elect Sally-Ann Hibberd as a Director


266,446,292


87.62


37,658,429


12.38


304,104,721


82.32%


6,602




12


To elect Jonathan Moulds as a Director


266,379,940


87.59


37,724,781


12.41


304,104,721


82.32%


6,602




13


To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the 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




15


To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Act


287,047,764


94.39


17,058,135


5.61


304,105,899


82.32%


5,424




16


To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares


296,929,038


99.99


23,199


0.01


296,952,237


80.38%


7,159,086




17


To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares for the purposes of acquisitions or other capital investments


269,293,029


90.69


27,659,207


9.31


296,952,236


80.38%


7,159,086




18


To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares


302,399,400


99.46


1,643,560


0.54


304,042,960


82.30%


68,362




19


That a general meeting (other than an AGM) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' 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
 
investors@iggroup.com 
 
IG Group Press
Ramon Kaur                                       020 7573 0060
 
press@ig.com
 
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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