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London Stock Exchange Group PLC

26 April 2017

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC (the "Company")

26 APRIL 2017

RESULT OF AGM

All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 26 April 2017 were passed by shareholders. Resolutions 1 - 19 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 20 - 23 as Special Resolutions.

London Stock Exchange Group plc Annual General Meeting Poll Results

 
      RESOLUTION            VOTES        %       VOTES      %        VOTES        % OF        VOTES 
                             FOR                AGAINST              TOTAL       RELEVANT    WITHHELD 
                                                                                  SHARES 
                                                                                 IN ISSUE 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To receive 
       the annual 
       report 
 1     and accounts      261,051,776   99.59   1,073,890   0.41   262,125,666    74.98%       44,182 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To declare 
 2     a dividend        262,063,028   99.98    63,556     0.02   262,126,584    74.98%       43,264 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To approve 
       the Annual 
       Report 
       on Remuneration 
       and the 
       annual 
       statement 
       of the 
       Chairman 
       of the 
       Remuneration 
 3     Committee         258,328,323   98.56   3,772,162   1.44   262,100,485    74.98%       68,763 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To approve 
       the Directors' 
       Remuneration 
 4     Policy            252,081,916   98.48   3,886,744   1.52   255,968,660    73.22%     6,200,579 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       Jacques 
       Aigrain 
 5     as a Director     256,973,985   98.14   4,873,715   1.86   261,847,700    74.90%      322,148 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       Donald 
       Brydon 
       CBE as 
 6     a Director        253,671,383   99.16   2,161,563   0.84   255,832,946    73.18%     6,336,902 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       Paul Heiden 
 7     as a Director     261,387,922   99.72    737,106    0.28   262,125,028    74.98%       44,820 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       Professor 
       Lex Hoogduin 
 8     as a Director     259,210,306   98.89   2,897,768   1.11   262,108,074    74.98%       61,774 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       Raffaele 
       Jerusalmi 
 9     as a Director     260,987,541   99.57   1,137,805   0.43   262,125,346    74.98%       44,502 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       David 
       Nish as 
 10    a Director        259,698,352   99.07   2,425,155   0.93   262,123,507    74.98%       46,341 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       Stephen 
       O'Connor 
 11    as a Director     259,775,691   99.10   2,347,816   0.90   262,123,507    74.98%       46,341 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       Xavier 
       Rolet 
       KBE as 
 12    a Director        260,874,415   99.52   1,251,691   0.48   262,126,106    74.98%       43,742 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       Mary Schapiro 
 13    as a Director     260,273,106   99.58   1,086,910   0.42   261,360,016    74.76%      809,832 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To re-elect 
       David 
       Warren 
 14    as a Director     260,245,966   99.28   1,877,541   0.72   262,123,507    74.98%       46,341 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To elect 
       Andrea 
       Sironi 
 15    as a Director     259,779,858   99.10   2,346,406   0.90   262,126,264    74.98%       43,584 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To re-appoint 
       Ernst 
       & Young 
       LLP as 
 16    auditors          262,003,633   99.95    122,128    0.05   262,125,761    74.98%       44,087 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To authorise 
       the Directors 
       to approve 
       the auditors' 
 17    remuneration      261,880,638   99.91    245,938    0.09   262,126,576    74.98%       43,272 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To renew 
       the Directors' 
       authority 
       to allot 
 18    shares            256,925,608   98.01   5,228,359   1.99   262,153,967    74.99%       15,881 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To authorise 
       the Company 
       to make 
       political 
       donations 
       and incur 
       political 
 19    expenditure       225,628,282   99.67    754,213    0.33   226,382,495    64.76%     35,790,537 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To disapply 
       pre-emption 
       rights 
       in respect 
       of an 
       allotment 
       of equity 
       securities 
 20    for cash          260,530,519   99.99    33,948     0.01   260,564,467    74.54%     1,605,380 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To disapply 
       pre-emption 
       rights 
       in respect 
       of a further 
       allotment 
       of equity 
       securities 
       for cash, 
       for the 
       purposes 
       of financing 
 21    a transaction     256,237,481   98.34   4,327,056   1.66   260,564,537    74.54%     1,605,313 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      To grant 
       the Directors 
       authority 
       to purchase 
       the Company's 
 22    own shares        260,601,856   99.50   1,310,642   0.50   261,912,498    74.92%      257,350 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
      That a 
       general 
       meeting 
       other 
       than an 
       annual 
       general 
       meeting 
       may be 
       called 
       on not 
       less than 
       14 clear 
       days' 
 23    notice            252,154,064   96.20   9,971,092   3.80   262,125,156    74.98%       44,691 
---  -----------------  ------------  ------  ----------  -----  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
 

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 24 April 2017, the issued share capital of the Company consisted of 350,435,902 ordinary shares. At that time, the register of members of the Company recorded that 856,870 of those ordinary shares were held as treasury shares. Therefore, the total voting rights as at that time were 349,579,032.

   3.      Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. 
   4.      The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places. 

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

Further information is available from:

London Stock Exchange Group plc

 
                                         +44 (0)20 7797 
 Gavin Sullivan    Media                  1222 
                                         +44 (0)20 7797 
 Paul Froud        Investor Relations     3322 
 

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