REG - RELX PLC - Result of AGM
ISSUED ON BEHALF OF RELX PLC
Results of Annual General Meeting 2018
The Annual General Meeting of RELX PLC was held on Thursday 19 April 2018.
The table below shows the results of the poll on all 21 resolutions. Each shareholder present in person, or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per share held.
Resolution
For
% votes cast For
Against
%
votes cast Against
Total votes cast
% of issued capital voted (excluding Treasury shares)
Withheld
1.
Receive the 2017 Annual Report
841,941,398
99.95
399,431
0.05
842,340,829
80.00%
219,436
2.
Approve Annual Remuneration Report
562,551,352
83.62
110,216,944
16.38
672,768,296
63.89%
169,795,175
3.
Declaration of 2017 final dividend
840,815,440
100.00
8,206
0.00
840,823,646
79.85%
1,739,828
4.
Re-appointment of auditors
839,994,426
99.70
2,488,126
0.30
842,482,552
80.01%
79,631
5.
Auditors' remuneration
840,615,277
99.78
1,818,737
0.22
842,434,014
80.00%
129,460
6.
Elect Suzanne Wood as a Director
842,235,484
99.97
272,010
0.03
842,507,494
80.01%
56,030
7.
Re-elect Erik Engstrom as a Director
842,182,707
99.96
326,447
0.04
842,509,154
80.01%
54,370
8.
Re-elect Sir Anthony Habgood as a Director
800,368,375
95.00
42,139,585
5.00
842,507,960
80.01%
55,564
9.
Re-elect Wolfhart Hauser as a Director
787,485,577
93.47
55,020,167
6.53
842,505,744
80.01%
57,729
10.
Re-elect Adrian Hennah as a Director
841,559,461
99.89
949,265
0.11
842,508,726
80.01%
55,386
11.
Re-elect Marike van Lier Lels as a Director
841,570,264
99.89
936,934
0.11
842,507,198
80.01%
56,276
12.
Re-elect Nick Luff as a Director
839,372,391
99.63
3,137,636
0.37
842,510,027
80.01%
53,497
13.
Re-elect Robert MacLeod as a Director
806,537,452
95.73
35,971,957
4.27
842,509,409
80.01%
54,115
14.
Re-elect Carol Mills as a Director
842,226,793
99.97
281,657
0.03
842,508,450
80.01%
55,074
15.
Re-elect Linda Sanford as a Director
807,363,478
95.83
35,145,825
4.17
842,509,303
80.01%
54,171
16.
Re-elect Ben van der Veer as a Director
838,483,521
99.52
4,020,366
0.48
842,503,887
80.01%
59,637
17.
Authority to allot shares
799,569,915
94.90
42,927,830
5.10
842,497,745
80.01%
65,778
18.
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
836,331,721
99.45
4,632,342
0.55
840,964,063
79.86%
1,599,461
19.
Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights
810,171,278
96.34
30,787,744
3.66
840,959,022
79.86%
1,604,501
20.
Authority to purchase own shares
827,096,939
98.22
15,004,893
1.78
842,101,832
79.97%
461,691
21.
Notice period for general meetings
770,112,355
91.79
68,863,827
8.21
838,976,182
79.68%
3,587,342
NOTES:
1. The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.
2. Votes 'Withheld' are not votes in law and are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
3. Resolutions 18 to 21 are Special Resolutions.
4. At the close of business on Tuesday 17 April 2018 the total number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding Treasury shares, was 1,052,983,708
5. The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual of General Meeting, which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do and on the Company's website at www.relx.com.
6. As per Listing Rule 9.6.2 a copy of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism for inspection at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
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