REG - RELX PLC - Result of AGM
RNS Number : 6736KRELX PLC23 April 2020ISSUED ON BEHALF OF RELX PLC
Results of Annual General Meeting 2020
In accordance with the arrangements announced on 8 April 2020, the Company held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") at 10:00 am today, Thursday 23 April 2020.
All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the meeting.
The table below shows the results of the poll on all 21 resolutions.
Resolution
For
% votes cast For
Against
%
votes cast Against
Total votes cast (excluding votes withheld)
% of issued capital voted (excluding Treasury shares)
Withheld
1.
Receive the 2019 Annual Report
1,600,150,352
99.88
2,000,601
0.12
1,602,150,953
82.95%
12,415,497
2.
Approve Director's Remuneration Policy
1,507,700,939
93.42
106,174,539
6.58
1,613,875,478
83.56%
690,971
3.
Approve Annual Remuneration Report
1,543,028,740
97.02
47,378,046
2.98
1,590,406,786
82.34%
24,159,663
4.
Declaration of 2019 Final Dividend
1,611,006,699
99.94
972,405
0.06
1,611,979,104
83.46%
2,587,346
5.
Re-appointment of auditors
1,613,777,570
99.97
533,997
0.03
1,614,311,567
83.58%
254,883
6.
Auditors' remuneration
1,613,736,662
99.97
560,666
0.03
1,614,297,328
83.58%
269,122
7.
Elect Charlotte Hogg as a Director
1,604,249,502
99.92
1,343,261
0.08
1,605,592,763
83.13%
8,973,687
8.
Re-elect Erik Engstrom as a Director
1,613,070,804
99.92
1,236,350
0.08
1,614,307,154
83.58%
259,296
9.
Re-elect Sir Anthony Habgood as a Director
1,577,488,217
98.60
22,390,878
1.40
1,599,879,095
82.83%
14,687,355
10.
Re-elect Wolfhart Hauser as a Director
1,595,450,874
98.84
18,673,908
1.16
1,614,124,782
83.57%
441,668
11.
Re-elect Marike van Lier Lels as a Director
1,598,393,305
99.55
7,197,376
0.45
1,605,590,681
83.13%
8,975,769
12.
Re-elect Nick Luff as a Director
1,609,865,207
99.72
4,440,308
0.28
1,614,305,515
83.58%
260,935
13.
Re-elect Robert MacLeod as a Director
1,594,570,011
99.31
11,016,386
0.69
1,605,586,397
83.13%
8,980,053
14.
Re-elect Linda Sanford as a Director
1,606,459,783
99.51
7,850,114
0.49
1,614,309,897
83.58%
256,553
15.
Re-elect Andrew Sukawaty as a Director
1,611,380,289
99.82
2,928,453
0.18
1,614,308,742
83.58%
257,708
16.
Re-elect Suzanne Wood as a Director
1,614,068,569
99.99
240,652
0.01
1,614,309,221
83.58%
257,229
17.
Authority to allot shares
1,511,400,636
93.62
103,018,146
6.38
1,614,418,782
83.58%
147,668
18.
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
1,598,337,780
99.37
10,065,891
0.63
1,608,403,671
83.27%
6,162,779
19.
Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights
1,585,552,743
98.58
22,844,382
1.42
1,608,397,125
83.27%
6,169,325
20.
Authority to purchase own shares
1,595,801,043
98.97
16,653,242
1.03
1,612,454,285
83.48%
2,112,164
21.
Notice period for general meetings
1,472,652,676
91.22
141,656,179
8.78
1,614,308,855
83.58%
257,594
NOTES:
1. The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.
2. Votes 'Withheld' are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
3. Resolutions 18 to 21 are Special Resolutions.
4. At the close of business on Tuesday 21 April 2020 the total number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding Treasury shares, was 1,931,496,294
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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism 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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
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