REG - RELX PLC - Result of AGM
RNS Number : 3298WRELX PLC22 April 2021ISSUED ON BEHALF OF RELX PLC
Result of Annual General Meeting 2021
The Company held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") at 09:30am today, Thursday 22 April 2021.
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 2020 Annual Report
1,601,922,507
99.88
1,946,313
0.12
1,603,868,820
82.98%
12,859,150
2.
Approve Annual Remuneration Report
1,468,935,889
92.45
119,930,775
7.55
1,588,866,664
82.20%
27,861,306
3.
Declaration of 2020 Final Dividend
1,609,982,186
99.59
6,553,089
0.41
1,616,535,275
83.63%
192,695
4.
Re-appointment of auditors
1,605,394,061
99.31
11,110,978
0.69
1,616,505,039
83.63%
222,931
5.
Auditors' remuneration
1,615,416,016
99.93
1,074,223
0.07
1,616,490,239
83.63%
237,731
6.
Elect Paul Walker as a Director
1,603,010,080
99.16
13,506,567
0.84
1,616,516,647
83.63%
211,323
7.
Elect June Felix as a Director
1,615,513,153
99.94
1,004,708
0.06
1,616,517,861
83.63%
210,109
8.
Re-elect Erik Engstrom as a Director
1,615,946,103
99.96
574,159
0.04
1,616,520,262
83.63%
207,708
9.
Re-elect Wolfhart Hauser as a Director
1,569,795,344
97.11
46,727,556
2.89
1,616,522,900
83.63%
205,070
10.
Re-elect Charlotte Hogg as a Director
1,603,771,491
99.83
2,714,654
0.17
1,606,486,145
83.11%
10,241,825
11.
Re-elect Marike van Lier Lels as a Director
1,612,873,263
99.77
3,652,667
0.23
1,616,525,930
83.63%
202,040
12.
Re-elect Nick Luff as a Director
1,613,378,731
99.81
3,145,504
0.19
1,616,524,235
83.63%
203,735
13.
Re-elect Robert MacLeod as a Director
1,611,739,719
99.70
4,782,452
0.30
1,616,522,171
83.63%
205,799
14.
Re-elect Linda Sanford as a Director
1,604,614,192
99.26
11,911,484
0.74
1,616,525,676
83.63%
202,294
15.
Re-elect Andrew Sukawaty as a Director
1,616,406,736
99.99
101,648
0.01
1,616,508,384
83.63%
219,586
16.
Re-elect Suzanne Wood as a Director
1,528,380,691
94.55
88,138,429
5.45
1,616,519,120
83.63%
208,849
17.
Authority to allot shares
1,481,405,588
91.64
135,182,628
8.36
1,616,588,216
83.64%
139,754
18.
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
1,605,275,705
99.70
4,830,848
0.30
1,610,106,553
83.30%
6,621,417
19.
Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights
1,582,670,235
98.30
27,436,232
1.70
1,610,106,467
83.30%
6,621,503
20.
Authority to purchase own shares
1,594,692,983
98.74
20,286,503
1.26
1,614,979,486
83.55%
1,748,484
21.
Notice period for general meetings
1,495,564,627
92.52
120,941,810
7.48
1,616,506,437
83.63%
221,533
NOTES:
1. The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chair 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 20 April 2021 the total number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding Treasury shares, was 1,932,904,250.
5. The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual 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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