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RNS Number : 0729M  London Stock Exchange Group PLC  25 April 2024

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC (the "Company" or "LSEG")

 

25 April 2024

 

RESULT OF AGM

 

All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on
25 April 2024 were passed by shareholders.  Resolutions 1 - 20 were passed as
Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 21 - 25 as Special Resolutions.

 

London Stock Exchange Group plc Annual General Meeting Poll Results:

 

             RESOLUTION                                                                      VOTES        %       VOTES       %      VOTES        % OF TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS  VOTES

FOR
AGAINST
TOTAL
WITHHELD
 1.          To receive the annual report and accounts                                       448,421,981  99.99   45,718      0.01   448,467,699  83.52%                    238,462
 2.          To declare and pay a dividend                                                   448,668,368  100.00  17,681      0.00   448,686,049  83.56%                    20,112
 3.          To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration and the annual statement of the    437,331,831  97.48   11,316,907  2.52   448,648,738  83.55%                    57,422
             Chair of the Remuneration Committee
 4.          To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy                                   399,211,048  88.99   49,413,030  11.01  448,624,078  83.55%                    82,082
 5.          To re-elect Dominic Blakemore as a Director                                     439,613,043  98.00   8,990,298   2.00   448,603,341  83.54%                    81,820
 6.          To re-elect Martin Brand as a Director                                          429,354,266  95.70   19,270,260  4.30   448,624,526  83.55%                    60,635
 7.          To re-elect Professor Kathleen DeRose as a Director                             440,240,398  98.13   8,380,752   1.87   448,621,150  83.55%                    64,011
 8.          To re-elect Tsega Gebreyes as a Director                                        440,947,215  98.29   7,669,556   1.71   448,616,771  83.54%                    68,390
 9.          To re-elect Scott Guthrie as a Director                                         431,185,240  96.11   17,453,393  3.89   448,638,633  83.55%                    46,528
 10.         To re-elect Cressida Hogg CBE as a Director                                     440,870,614  98.27   7,772,825   1.73   448,643,439  83.55%                    41,722
 11.         To re-elect Dr Val Rahmani as a Director                                        440,875,132  98.27   7,763,629   1.73   448,638,761  83.55%                    46,400
 12.         To re-elect Don Robert as a Director                                            427,931,266  95.77   18,901,295  4.23   446,832,561  83.21%                    1,852,600
 13.         To re-elect David Schwimmer as a Director                                       444,614,920  99.11   3,993,014   0.89   448,607,934  83.54%                    77,227
 14.         To re-elect William Vereker as a Director                                       438,906,788  97.83   9,732,772   2.17   448,639,560  83.55%                    45,601
 15.         To elect Michel-Alain Proch as a Director                                       442,212,083  98.57   6,427,030   1.43   448,639,113  83.55%                    46,048
 16.         To appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors                                             447,793,799  99.80   881,063     0.20   448,674,862  83.56%                    31,299
 17.         To authorise the Audit Committee to approve the auditor's remuneration          448,563,659  99.98   74,031      0.02   448,637,690  83.55%                    47,471
 18.         To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares                               433,372,241  96.60   15,236,902  3.40   448,609,143  83.54%                    97,016
 19.         To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political        443,322,080  98.83   5,260,337   1.17   448,582,417  83.54%                    102,744
             expenditure
 20.         To approve the Equity Incentive Plan                                            431,113,331  96.11   17,456,676  3.89   448,570,007  83.54%                    136,153
 21.         To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of an allotment of equity securities  423,888,710  94.58   24,275,990  5.42   448,164,700  83.46%                    520,459
             for cash
 22.         To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of a further allotment of equity      418,816,525  93.54   28,906,917  6.46   447,723,442  83.38%                    982,716
             securities for cash, for the purposes of financing a transaction
 23.         To grant the Directors authority to purchase the Company's own shares           444,560,714  99.13   3,890,548   0.87   448,451,262  83.51%                    254,898
 24.         To authorise the Company to make off-market purchases of shares from the        414,406,934  99.56   1,841,851   0.44   416,248,785  77.52%                    55,591
             Consortium Shareholders
 25.         That a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on    434,885,538  96.93   13,772,157  3.07   448,657,695  83.55%                    48,465
             not less than 14 clear days' notice

 

 

 

Notes

 

1.   Please note a 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English law and is
not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.

 

2.   As at 6.30pm on 23 April 2024, the share capital of the Company
consisted of a total of 543,397,189 ordinary shares made up of: (i)
536,976,805 voting ordinary shares of 6(79/86) pence each (excluding treasury
shares), which carry one vote each; and (ii) 6,420,384 of its ordinary shares
of 6(79/86) pence each in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting
rights in LSEG as at that time were 536,976,805.

 

3.   Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.

 

4.   Under the Companies Act 2006, the Consortium Shareholders were not
permitted to vote the ordinary shares to which Resolution 24 relates.

 

5.   The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.

 

6.   Results of the poll will also be available shortly on the Company's
website:
 https://www.lseg.com/investor-relations/shareholder-services/agm-information
(https://www.lseg.com/investor-relations/shareholder-services/agm-information)

 

7.   In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies 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.

 

Further information is available from:

 

London Stock Exchange Group plc

 

 Lucie Holloway, Rhiannon Davies (Media)  +44 (0)20 7797 1222

 Peregrine Riviere (Investors)            ir@lseg.com

 

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