RNS Number : 6085N
Informa PLC
19 June 2025
 

Informa LEI: 5493006VM2LKUPSEDU20

Identification Code: GB00BMJ6DW54

 

Informa PLC Press Release

19 June 2025

Results of 2025 Annual General Meeting

 

London: Informa PLC (the "Company") held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") at Maison Albar Hotel, 6 avenue de Suède, 06000 Nice, France earlier today.  All resolutions put to the AGM were voted on by way of a poll and the results of the poll are set out below.

RESOLUTION

FOR1

AGAINST

TOTAL

WITHHELD2


 

Votes

%

Votes

%

Votes

Votes

1

To elect Maria Kyriacou

1,070,286,166

99.88%

1,286,089

0.12%

1,071,572,255

250,666

2

To elect Catherine Levene

1,070,507,127

99.90%

1,064,741

0.10%

1,071,571,868

251,053

3

To re-elect John Rishton

1,033,824,207

96.86%

33,568,448

3.14%

1,067,392,655

4,430,266

4

To re-elect Stephen A. Carter C.B.E.

1,040,921,438

97.13%

30,750,166

2.87%

1,071,671,604

39,317

5

To re-elect Lousie Smalley

1,040,743,643

97.11%

31,024,319

2.89%

1,071,767,962

54,959

6

To re-elect Gareth Wright

1,067,910,886

99.64%

3,860,306

0.36%

1,071,771,192

51,729

7

To re-elect Gill Whitehead

1,053,077,825

98.26%

18,687,949

1.74%

1,071,765,774

57,147

8

To re-elect Patrick Martell

1,070,593,295

99.91%

997,220

0.09%

1,071,590,515

232,406

9

To re-elect Joanne Wilson

1,052,553,259

98.21%

19,217,494

1.79%

1,071,770,753

52,168

10

To re-elect Zheng Yin

1,050,129,037

97.98%

21,640,432

2.02%

1,071,769,469

53,452

11

To re-elect Andy Ransom

1,048,300,277

97.81%

23,467,192

2.19%

1,071,767,469

55,452

12

To receive the Annual Report and audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2024

1,065,755,969

99.56%

4,688,094

0.44%

1,070,444,063

1,378,858

13

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

1,040,420,001

97.07%

31,351,673

2.93%

1,071,771,674

51,247

14

To approve a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2024 of 13.6 pence per ordinary share

1,071,336,695

99.96%

464,389

0.04%

1,071,801,084

21,837

15

To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid

1,060,393,068

98.94%

11,391,126

1.06%

1,071,784,194

38,727

16

To authorise the Audit Committee, for and on behalf of the Board, to set the Auditor's remuneration

1,053,912,562

98.33%

17,864,054

1.67%

1,071,776,616

46,305

17

To authorise the Company to make limited political donations and political expenditure of not more than £30,000 in aggregate

1,055,826,379

98.87%

12,048,449

1.13%

1,067,874,828

3,947,766

18

To authorise the Directors to allot shares, up to a limited amount

964,064,018

90.09%

106,053,926

9.91%

1,070,117,944

44,689

19

To authorise the Directors to allot shares, and sell treasury shares for cash, without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders3

1,000,129,725

93.32%

71,609,320

6.68%

1,071,739,045

83,876

20

To authorise the Directors to allot additional shares, and sell treasury shares for cash, without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders in line with recommendations of the Pre-Emption Group3

889,994,365

83.21%

179,553,633

16.79%

1,069,547,998

2,274,923

21

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares3

1,070,654,291

99.92%

851,447

0.08%

1,071,505,738

317,183

22

To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice3

996,303,805

92.96%

75,490,081

7.04%

1,071,793,886

29,035

1        Where shareholders appointed the Chair as their proxy with discretion as to voting, their votes were cast in favour of the resolutions.

2        A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.

3        Special Resolution (75% majority required).

The total voting rights of the Company as at 10.00pm on 17 June 2025 (the time by which shareholders wanting to vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 1,309,015,993 ordinary shares of 0.1p each.  The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.  Votes were cast in respect of 81.88% of the issued share capital.

In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2 copies of the resolutions passed at the AGM, other than resolutions constituting ordinary business, will shortly be available for inspection via the Financial Conduct Authority's Electronic Submission System at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

The poll results for the AGM will also shortly be available on the Informa website (informa.com/investors).

Enquiries


Informa PLC

Heledd Hanscomb, Deputy Company Secretary

 

 

+44 (0) 20 8052 0400

 

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