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RNS Number : 2922H  Pearson PLC  02 May 2025

2 May 2025

 

Pearson plc

("Pearson" or the "Company")

 

Results of Annual General Meeting 2025

 

Pearson plc held its annual general meeting ("AGM") at 10:30am today. All
resolutions set out in the Company's Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 27
March 2025 were proposed and approved on a poll.

 

The table below shows the results of the poll for each resolution. As at
6.30pm on 30 April 2025, the Company's issued share capital was 661,685,614
ordinary shares of 25p each. The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in
Treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company were 661,685,614.
The proportion of the Company's issued share capital represented by those
votes cast is approximately 79.44%.

 

 

     Resolution                                                           For and Discretionary  % votes cast For and Discretionary  Against     % votes        Total votes cast (excluding votes withheld)  % of issued capital voted  Withheld/

                                                                                                                                                 cast Against                                                                           Abstentions*
 1   To receive the 2024 report and accounts                              525,108,863            99.99                               73,280      0.01           525,182,143                                  79.37%                     712,057
 2   To declare a final dividend                                          520,514,099            99.02                               5,159,881   0.98           525,673,980                                  79.44%                     220,221
 3   To re-elect Omar Abbosh                                              525,579,955            99.98                               86,908      0.02           525,666,863                                  79.44%                     227,338
 4   To re-elect Sherry Coutu                                             499,873,806            95.09                               25,792,261  4.91           525,666,067                                  79.44%                     228,133
 5   To re-elect Alison Dolan                                             520,095,364            99.42                               3,057,934   0.58           523,153,298                                  79.06%                     2,740,903
 6   To re-elect Alex Hardiman                                            525,571,009            99.98                               91,301      0.02           525,662,310                                  79.44%                     231,891
 7   To re-elect Sally Johnson                                            524,286,473            99.74                               1,371,988   0.26           525,658,461                                  79.44%                     235,740
 8   To re-elect Omid Kordestani                                          524,009,139            99.69                               1,655,282   0.31           525,664,421                                  79.44%                     229,780
 9   To re-elect Esther Lee                                               523,636,938            99.62                               2,008,625   0.38           525,645,563                                  79.44%                     248,638
 10  To re-elect Graeme Pitkethly                                         524,331,575            99.75                               1,329,033   0.25           525,660,608                                  79.44%                     233,593
 11  To re-elect Annette Thomas                                           524,489,800            99.78                               1,176,507   0.22           525,666,307                                  79.44%                     227,894
 12  To re-elect Lincoln Wallen                                           515,466,071            98.06                               10,195,310  1.94           525,661,381                                  79.44%                     232,728
 13  To approve the annual remuneration report                            485,861,331            92.43                               39,779,388  7.57           525,640,719                                  79.44%                     253,482
 14  To re-appoint the auditors                                           525,573,211            99.98                               95,026      0.02           525,668,237                                  79.44%                     225,964
 15  To determine the remuneration of the auditors                        525,582,453            99.99                               74,198      0.01           525,656,651                                  79.44%                     237,459
 16  To authorise the company to allot ordinary shares                    497,356,326            94.62                               28,262,253  5.38           525,618,579                                  79.44%                     269,101
 17  To waive the pre-emption rights                                      519,036,238            99.29                               3,725,142   0.71           522,761,380                                  79.00%                     3,126,301
 18  To waive the pre-emption rights - additional percentage              517,718,420            99.04                               5,021,944   0.96           522,740,364                                  79.00%                     3,147,317
 19  To authorise the company to purchase its own shares                  518,733,869            98.69                               6,865,162   1.31           525,599,031                                  79.43%                     288,650
 20  To approve the holding of general meetings on 14 clear days' notice  504,125,370            95.91                               21,480,882  4.09           525,606,252                                  79.43%                     287,949

 

* Votes withheld are not legal votes.

 

In accordance with the Listing Rules, copies of the resolutions that do not
constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will shortly be
available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism which is located
at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

 

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