REG - IG Group Hldgs plc - Result of AGM

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RNS Number : 1140N  IG Group Holdings plc  20 September 2023

 

LEI: 2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76

IG Group Holdings plc

 

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

20 September 2023

 

The Board of IG Group Holdings plc (the "Company"), a leading global fintech
company, 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Meeting, with the exception of Resolution 6 which was withdrawn, were duly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 Share Capital Voted  VOTES

FOR
AGAINST
TOTAL
WITHHELD*
 1   To receive the Company's accounts and the reports of the Directors and the      311,514,645  99.73%  842,775     0.27%   312,357,420  78.32%                           1,158,130
     Auditor for the year ended 31 May 2023
 2   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 May 2023    296,874,665  94.70%  16,613,838  5.30%   313,488,503  78.60%                           27,047
 3   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy for the year ended 31 May 2023    305,233,966  97.37%  8,253,416   2.63%   313,487,382  78.60%                           28,168
 4   To declare a final dividend of 31.94 pence per ordinary share                   312,661,119  99.73%  841,595     0.27%   313,502,714  78.61%                           12,836
 5   To re-elect Mike McTighe as a Director of the Company                           263,025,846  83.90%  50,459,386  16.10%  313,485,232  78.60%                           30,318
 6   To re-elect June Felix as a Director of the Company                             Resolution Withdrawn
 7   To re-elect Charlie Rozes as a Director of the Company                          291,062,380  92.85%  22,424,920  7.15%   313,487,300  78.60%                           28,250
 8   To re-elect Jon Noble as a Director of the Company                              291,894,448  93.11%  21,591,554  6.89%   313,486,002  78.60%                           29,548
 9   To re-elect Jonathan Moulds as a Director of the Company                        284,730,295  90.83%  28,754,151  9.17%   313,484,446  78.60%                           31,104
 10  To re-elect Rakesh Bhasin as a Director of the Company                          291,901,712  93.12%  21,582,265  6.88%   313,483,977  78.60%                           31,573
 11  To re-elect Andrew Didham as a Director of the Company                          291,027,956  92.84%  22,457,788  7.16%   313,485,744  78.60%                           29,806
 12  To re-elect Wu Gang as a Director of the Company                                285,590,880  91.10%  27,889,671  8.90%   313,480,551  78.60%                           34,999
 13  To re-elect Sally-Ann Hibberd as a Director of the Company                      290,092,719  92.81%  22,462,826  7.19%   312,555,545  78.37%                           960,005
 14  To re-elect Malcolm Le May as a Director of the Company                         270,719,595  86.77%  41,261,610  13.23%  311,981,205  78.23%                           1,534,345
 15  To re-elect Susan Skerritt as a Director of the Company                         291,898,420  93.12%  21,581,579  6.88%   313,479,999  78.60%                           35,551
 16  To re-elect Helen Stevenson as a Director of the Company                        284,720,625  90.83%  28,759,374  9.17%   313,479,999  78.60%                           35,551
 17  To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor of the Company              289,899,239  99.02%  2,874,107   0.98%   292,773,346  73.41%                           20,742,204
 18  To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the Auditor's        307,866,722  99.57%  1,329,301   0.43%   309,196,023  77.53%                           4,319,527
     remuneration
 19  To authorise the Directors to adopt the IG Group Long Term Incentive Plan 2023  310,256,464  98.98%  3,212,133   1.02%   313,468,597  78.60%                           46,953
 20  To authorise the Directors to adopt the IG Group 2023 Sustained Performance     310,751,471  99.13%  2,732,351   0.87%   313,483,822  78.60%                           31,728
     Plan
 21  To authorise the Directors to adopt the IG Group 2023 Global Share Purchase     311,706,399  99.43%  1,792,178   0.57%   313,498,577  78.61%                           16,973
     Plan
 22  To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to s.551 of the Companies   304,406,593  97.10%  9,088,979   2.90%   313,495,572  78.61%                           19,978
     Act 2006
 23  To disapply statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares                    296,643,531  95.79%  13,028,323  4.21%   309,671,854  77.65%                           3,843,696
 24  To disapply statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares for the purposes   282,511,555  91.23%  27,162,755  8.77%   309,674,310  77.65%                           3,841,240
     of acquisitions or other capital investment
 25  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of it's own shares            311,296,666  99.43%  1,790,919   0.57%   313,087,585  78.50%                           427,965
 26  That a general meeting other than an AGM may be called on not less that 14      303,895,884  96.94%  9,604,351   3.06%   313,500,235  78.61%                           15,315
     days clear notice
 27  To adopt new Articles of Association                                            312,621,315  99.73%  856,626     0.27%   313,477,941  78.60%                           36,922

 

*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 1:00 p.m. on Monday, 18 September 2023, the time by which shareholders
who wanted to vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register
of members, there were 398,816,228 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: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

For further information, please contact:

 IG Group Investors           IG Group Press                     FTI Consulting                                                      Company Secretariat
 Martin Price / Simon Wright  Angela Warburton / Alayna Francis  Edward Berry / Katherine Bell                                       Aurelia Gibbs
 020 7573 0020 / 0099         020 7633 5382 / 5395               07703 330 199 / 079 7687 0961                                       020 7896 0011
 investors@ig.com             press@ig.com                       iggroup.sc@fticonsulting.com (mailto:iggroup.sc@fticonsulting.com)  cosec@ig.com (mailto:cosec@ig.com)

 

About IG

IG Group (LSEG:IGG)
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is an innovative, global fintech company that delivers dynamic online trading
platforms and a robust educational ecosystem to power the pursuit of
financial freedom for the ambitious. For nearly five decades, the Company has
evolved its technology, risk management, financial products, content, and
platforms to meet the needs of its retail and institutional clients. IG Group
continues to innovate its offering for the new generation of tomorrow's
investors through its IG, tastytrade, IG Prime, Spectrum, and DailyFX brands.

Established in 1974, IG Group is a London-headquartered FTSE 250 company
offering its clients access to ~19,000 financial markets through its offices
spread across Europe, North America, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.

 

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