ISSUED 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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