London Stock Exchange Group PLC Result of General Meeting (8142Z)
December 19 2017 - 9:17AM
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RNS Number : 8142Z
London Stock Exchange Group PLC
19 December 2017
19 December 2017
London Stock Exchange Group plc
Result of General Meeting
At London Stock Exchange Group plc's ("LSEG" or the "Company")
General Meeting held earlier today, a majority of shareholders
voted with the Board against the proposed resolution to remove
Donald Brydon.
Full details of the proposed resolution are set out in the
notice to the LSEG General Meeting contained in the circular posted
to LSEG shareholders on 30 November 2017.
The table below sets out the results of the poll at LSEG's
General Meeting on 19 December 2017. Each LSEG Shareholder, present
in person or by corporate representative or proxy, was entitled to
one vote per LSEG share held at the voting record time.
FOR AGAINST TOTAL WITHHELD
----------------- -------------------- --------------------- ------------------------ ----------
RESOLUTION Number % Number % Number % of Number
of Votes of of Votes of of Votes Relevant of Votes
Votes Votes Shares
in Issue
*
----------------- ----------- ------- ------------ ------- ------------ ---------- ----------
Ordinary
resolution
To remove
Donald
Brydon
as a director
of the
Company
with immediate
effect 56,193,422 20.93 212,350,852 79.07 268,544,274 77.45% 8,943,615
----------------- ----------- ------- ------------ ------- ------------ ---------- ----------
*based on total issued share capital (excluding 3,794,585
ordinary shares held in treasury)
Commenting on the result of the General Meeting, Donald Brydon,
Chairman of LSEG, said:
"The Board would like to thank shareholders for their support
today. The Board and I welcome the stability that this gives the
Group. The recruitment process for a new CEO is underway and we
will update our shareholders in due course."
David Warren, Interim CEO and CFO of LSEG, also said:
"The Group remains well positioned. The senior management team
and I continue to focus on executing on our clearly articulated
long-term growth strategy and targets in addition to our ambition
to drive global growth and further develop our customer partnership
approach. I look forward to updating shareholders again with LSEG's
Preliminary Results in March 2018."
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'
the resolution.
2. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.
3. As at 6.30pm on 15 December 2017, the issued share capital of
the Company consisted of 350,531,339 ordinary shares. At that time,
the register of members of the Company recorded that 3,794,585 of
those ordinary shares were held as treasury shares. Therefore, the
total voting rights as at that time were 346,736,754.
4. The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.
Results of the poll will also be available shortly on the
Company's website:
https://www.lseg.com/investor-relations/general-meeting-december-2017
Further information is available from:
London Stock Exchange Group plc
Lucie Holloway/ Ramesh +44 (0)20 7797
Chhabra Media 1222
+44 (0)20 7797
Paul Froud Investor Relations 3322
FTI Consulting
+44 (0) 20 3727
James Melville-Ross 1361
+44 (0) 20 3727
Charlie Palmer 1400
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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