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IG Group Holdings plc (the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
22 September 2021
The Board of IG Group Holdings plc (the "Company"), a global leader in online trading, is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held earlier today, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of the Meeting were duly passed. A poll was conducted on each resolution proposed at the Meeting.
The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions and the number of votes withheld were as follows:
|
|
RESOLUTIONS |
VOTES |
% |
VOTES |
% |
VOTES |
% of Issued Share Capital Voted |
VOTES |
|
1 |
To receive the accounts for the year ended 31 May 2021 and accompanying reports |
358,074,898 |
100.00% |
9,588 |
0.00% |
358,084,486 |
82.97% |
294,186 |
|
2 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
350,242,395 |
97.77% |
7,998,914 |
2.23% |
358,241,309 |
83.01% |
137,363 |
|
3 |
To declare a final dividend of 30.24 pence per share |
358,325,453 |
100.00% |
498 |
0.00% |
358,325,951 |
83.03% |
55,891 |
|
4 |
To re-elect June Felix as a Director |
358,159,081 |
99.96% |
157,742 |
0.04% |
358,316,823 |
83.03% |
65,019 |
|
5 |
To re-elect Sally-Ann Hibberd as a Director |
358,291,500 |
99.99% |
21,484 |
0.01% |
358,312,984 |
83.02% |
68,858 |
|
6 |
To re-elect Malcolm Le May as a Director |
358,121,022 |
99.95% |
192,308 |
0.05% |
358,313,330 |
83.02% |
68,512 |
|
7 |
To re-elect Jonathan Moulds as a Director |
358,146,332 |
99.95% |
166,997 |
0.05% |
358,313,329 |
83.02% |
68,513 |
|
8 |
To re-elect Jon Noble as a Director |
358,297,560 |
100.00% |
13,736 |
0.00% |
358,311,296 |
83.02% |
70,546 |
|
9 |
To re-elect Andrew Didham as a Director |
358,287,428 |
99.99% |
25,901 |
0.01% |
358,313,329 |
83.02% |
68,513 |
|
10 |
To re-elect Mike McTighe as Director |
358,144,172 |
99.95% |
166,688 |
0.05% |
358,310,860 |
83.02% |
203,692 |
|
11 |
To re-elect Helen Stevenson as a Director |
358,023,051 |
99.96% |
156,933 |
0.04% |
358,179,984 |
82.99% |
139,813 |
|
12 |
To re-elect Charlie Rozes as a Director |
356,924,126 |
99.63% |
1,330,892 |
0.37% |
358,255,018 |
83.01% |
64,779 |
|
13 |
To re-elect Rakesh Bhasin as a Director |
358,228,731 |
99.99% |
25,723 |
0.01% |
358,254,454 |
83.01% |
68,513 |
|
14 |
To elect Wu Gang as a Director |
358,087,536 |
99.95% |
166,573 |
0.05% |
358,254,109 |
83.01% |
68,858 |
|
15 |
To elect Susan Skerritt as a Director |
332,462,275 |
92.80% |
25,787,679 |
7.20% |
358,249,954 |
83.01% |
73,013 |
|
16 |
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company |
349,804,309 |
97.64% |
8,449,781 |
2.36% |
358,254,090 |
83.01% |
68,877 |
|
17 |
To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the auditors' remuneration |
351,311,064 |
98.06% |
6,954,004 |
1.94% |
358,265,068 |
83.01% |
57,899 |
|
18 |
To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Act |
344,742,610 |
96.22% |
13,543,606 |
3.78% |
358,286,216 |
83.02% |
36,751 |
|
19 |
To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares |
349,544,365 |
97.56% |
8,740,833 |
2.44% |
358,285,198 |
83.02% |
37,769 |
|
20 |
To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares for the purposes of acquisitions or other capital investments |
330,575,436 |
92.27% |
27,705,664 |
7.73% |
358,281,100 |
83.02% |
41,867 |
|
21 |
To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares |
356,366,410 |
99.50% |
1,791,016 |
0.50% |
358,157,426 |
82.99% |
221,246 |
|
22 |
To adopt new Articles of Association |
358,240,013 |
99.98% |
61,550 |
0.02% |
358,301,563 |
83.02% |
77,109 |
|
23 |
That a general meeting (other than an AGM) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice |
350,066,329 |
97.69% |
8,262,205 |
2.31% |
358,328,534 |
83.03% |
50,138 |
*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution.
As at 14:00 p.m. on Monday, 20 September 2021, the time by which shareholders who wanted to vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, there were 431,574,455 ordinary shares in issue. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
For further information, please contact:
IG Group:
Investors contact
Liz Scorer, Head of Investor Relations +44 20 7573 0727
Press contact
Ramon Kaur, Head of Communications +44 20 7573 0060
FTI Consulting
Ed Berry +44 20 3727 1141 / 1046
About IG
IG Group has been at the forefront of trading innovation since 1974. Since then, we've evolved into a global fintech company incorporating the IG, tastytrade, IG Prime, Spectrum, Nadex and DailyFX brands, with a presence in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.
Our award-winning products and platforms empower ambitious people the world over to unlock opportunities around the clock, giving them access to over 19,000 financial markets. Today, more than 400,000 clients call IG Group home.
IG Group Holdings plc is an established member of the FTSE 250 and holds a long-term investment grade credit rating of BBB- with a stable outlook from Fitch Ratings.
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