REG - Informa PLC - Result of AGM

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12/06/2020 11:25

RNS Number : 8293P
  
Informa PLC
  
12 June 2020
  
 





Informa LEI: 5493006VM2LKUPSEDU20
Identification Code: GB00BMJ6DW54
 




 
Informa PLC 
12 June 2020
Results of Annual General Meeting
 
London: Informa PLC (the "Company") held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") at 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG earlier today.  All resolutions put to the AGM were voted on by way of a poll and passed by shareholders.  
The results of the poll are set out below.




 


RESOLUTION


FOR1


AGAINST


TOTAL


WITHHELD2




 


 


Votes


%


Votes


%


Votes


Votes




1


To re-elect Derek Mapp 


1,213,713,815


97.48%


31,410,032


2.52%


1,245,123,847


4,168,249




2


To re-elect Stephen A Carter 


1,248,297,621


99.95%


599,633


0.05%


1,248,897,254


394,845




3


To re-elect Gareth Wright 


1,245,519,782


99.73%


3,376,757


0.27%


1,248,896,539


395,559




4


To re-elect Gareth Bullock 


1,140,578,555


91.33%


108,314,719


8.67%


1,248,893,274


398,824




5


To re-elect Stephen Davidson 


1,125,957,229


90.16%


122,938,136


9.84%


1,248,895,365


396,733




6


To re-elect David Flaschen


1,242,011,742


99.45%


6,877,445


0.55%


1,248,889,187


402,910




7


To re-elect Mary McDowell


1,141,154,695


91.37%


107,737,072


8.63%


1,248,891,767


400,332




8


To re-elect Helen Owers 


1,141,155,990


91.37%


107,739,484


8.63%


1,248,895,474


396,625




9


To re-elect John Rishton 


1,171,708,780


99.08%


10,857,221


0.92%


1,182,566,001


66,726,097




10


To elect Gill Whitehead


1,248,491,504


99.97%


402,347


0.03%


1,248,893,851


398,249




11


To receive the Annual Report and audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2019


1,246,931,419


99.91%


1,141,906


0.09%


1,248,073,325


1,218,774




12


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report


1,193,382,105


97.48%


30,858,424


2.52%


1,224,240,529


25,051,568




13


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy


755,328,579


64.87%


409,053,205


35.13%


1,164,381,784


84,910,314




14


To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid


1,224,169,535


98.02%


24,721,074


1.98%


1,248,890,609


401,489




15


To authorise the Audit Committee, for and on behalf of the Board, to determine the Auditor's remuneration 


1,241,596,671


99.42%


7,297,997


0.58%


1,248,894,668


397,430




16


To authorise the Company to make limited political donations and political expenditure of not more than £30,000 in aggregate


1,234,875,919


98.91%


13,582,867


1.09%


1,248,458,786


826,417




17


To authorise the Directors to allot shares, up to a limited amount


1,149,984,652


97.21%


32,956,869


2.79%


1,182,941,521


66,350,578




18


To authorise the Directors to allot shares, and sell treasury shares for cash, without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders3


1,247,464,667


99.90%


1,217,790


0.10%


1,248,682,457


609,641




19


To authorise the Directors to allot additional shares, and sell treasury shares for cash, without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders in line with recommendations of the Pre-Emption Group3


1,236,454,126


99.02%


12,224,516


0.98%


1,248,678,642


613,455




20


To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares3


1,234,744,536


98.94%


13,227,794


1.06%


1,247,972,330


1,319,767




21


To adopt new Articles of Association3


1,248,862,390


100.00%


25,243


0.00%


1,248,887,633


404,466




22


To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice3


1,128,044,864


90.32%


120,856,648


9.68%


1,248,901,512


390,588




1        Where shareholders appointed the Chairman as their proxy with discretion as to voting, their votes were cast in favour of the resolutions.
2     A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
3        Special Resolution (75% majority required).
 
The Board has a consistent track record of annual and detailed proactive engagement with the Company's shareholders. This regular and annual engagement informs its approach and keeps it up to date with the latest thinking in relation to Board governance. The Board is pleased that shareholders voted in support of all the resolutions at today's AGM, noting a minority of shareholders voted against one resolution, Resolution 13. The Board intends to address the questions raised through a planned consultation.
The total voting rights of the Company as at 10.00pm on 10 June 2020 (the time by which shareholders wanting to vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 1,502,130,410 ordinary shares of 0.1p each.  The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.  Votes were cast in respect of 83.14% of the issued share capital.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the resolutions passed at the AGM, other than resolutions  constituting ordinary business, will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism (https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism).  A copy of the poll results for the AGM will also shortly be available on the Informa website (www.informa.com/investors).
 




Enquiries


 




Informa PLC
Rupert Hopley, Group Company Secretary
Richard Menzies-Gow, Director of Investor Relations


 
+44 (0)20 7017 5000




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