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RNS Number : 8961C  Informa PLC  15 June 2023

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Informa PLC Press Release

15 June 2023

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

London: Informa PLC (the "Company") held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") at
240 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8BF earlier today.  All resolutions put to
the AGM were voted on by way of a poll and the results of the poll are set out
below.

     RESOLUTION                                                                      FOR(1)                 AGAINST                TOTAL            WITHHELD(2)
                                                                                     Votes          %       Votes          %       Votes            Votes
 1   To elect Andrew Ransom                                                          1,106,999,623  99.91%  962,443        0.09%    1,107,962,066    5,535,562
 2   To re-elect John Rishton                                                        1,013,496,586  91.37%  95,666,863     8.63%    1,109,163,449    4,334,179
 3   To re-elect Stephen A Carter                                                    1,111,891,454  99.91%  983,225        0.09%    1,112,874,679    622,951
 4   To re-elect Gareth Wright                                                       1,108,997,121  99.65%  3,869,045      0.35%    1,112,866,166    631,462
 5   To re-elect Mary McDowell                                                       1,094,385,791  98.34%   18,477,401    1.66%    1,112,863,192    634,437
 6   To re-elect Gill Whitehead                                                      1,094,223,579  98.33%   18,637,991    1.67%    1,112,861,570    636,059
 7   To re-elect Louise Smalley                                                      1,093,610,763  98.27%   19,248,072    1.73%    1,112,858,835    638,794
 8   To re-elect David Flaschen                                                      1,093,287,888  98.24%   19,572,290    1.76%    1,112,860,178    637,452
 9   To re-elect Joanne Wilson                                                       1,093,993,736  98.30%   18,867,913    1.70%    1,112,861,649    635,980
 10  To re-elect Zheng Yin                                                           1,093,139,356  98.23%   19,725,401    1.77%    1,112,864,757    633,226
 11  To re-elect Patrick Martell                                                     1,110,661,666  99.80%   2,201,349     0.20%    1,112,863,015    634,614
 12  To receive the Annual Report and audited financial statements of the Company    1,111,907,254  99.99%  139,554        0.01%    1,112,046,808    1,450,575
     for the year ended 31 December 2022
 13  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                   1,041,586,861  94.54%   60,174,201    5.46%    1,101,761,062    11,736,567
 14  To approve a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2022 of 6.8 pence    1,082,851,569  97.30%   30,028,935    2.70%    1,112,880,504    617,125
     per ordinary share
 15  To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company until the       1,107,424,418  99.51%   5,446,332     0.49%    1,112,870,750    626,879
     conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid
 16  To authorise the Audit Committee, for and on behalf of the Board, to determine  1,111,687,927  99.89%   1,187,015     0.11%    1,112,874,942    622,687
     the Auditor's remuneration
 17  To authorise the Company to make limited political donations and political      1,101,112,161  99.35%   7,190,610     0.65%    1,108,302,771    5,194,640
     expenditure of not more than £30,000 in aggregate
 18  To authorise the Directors to allot shares, up to a limited amount              1,011,195,227  90.86%   101,672,420   9.14%    1,112,867,647    629,983
 19  To authorise the Directors to allot shares, and sell treasury shares for cash,  1,041,371,214  93.58%   71,466,407    6.42%    1,112,837,621    660,009
     without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders(3)
 20  To authorise the Directors to allot additional shares, and sell treasury        926,381,703    83.51%   182,915,485   16.49%   1,109,297,188    4,200,441
     shares for cash, without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders in line
     with recommendations of the Pre-Emption Group(3)
 21  To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares(3)                          1,107,303,286  99.52%   5,316,367     0.48%    1,112,619,653    877,977
 22  To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general      1,009,665,565  90.73%   103,216,461   9.27%    1,112,882,026    615,603
     meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice(3)

(1        ) Where shareholders appointed the Chair 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 total voting rights of the Company as at 10.00pm on 13 June 2023 (the time
by which shareholders wanting to vote at the AGM were required to be entered
on the register) was 1,406,447,748 ordinary shares of 0.1p each.  The
Company does not hold any shares in treasury.  Votes were cast in respect of
79% 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 via the Financial Conduct Authority's Electronic
Submission System at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

The poll results for the AGM will also shortly be available on the Informa
website (informa.com/investors (http://www.informa.com/investors) ).

 

 Enquiries
 Informa PLC

 Heledd Hanscomb, Deputy Company Secretary   +44 (0) 20 8052 0400

 

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