Results of Annual General Meeting 2019
The Annual General Meeting of RELX PLC was held on Thursday 25 April 2019.
The table below shows the results of the poll on all 23 resolutions. Each shareholder present in person, or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per share held.
|
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 2018 Annual Report
|
1,550,913,162
|
99.99
|
197,017
|
0.01
|
1,551,110,179
|
79.30
|
2,338,816
|
|
2.
|
Approve Annual Remuneration Report
|
1,356,104,243
|
93.60
|
92,695,095
|
6.40
|
1,448,799,338
|
74.06
|
104,649,672
|
|
3.
|
Declaration of 2018 Final Dividend
|
1,552,739,436
|
100.00
|
2,141
|
0.00
|
1,552,741,577
|
79.38
|
707,434
|
|
4.
|
Re-appointment of auditors
|
1,516,603,075
|
98.46
|
23,746,115
|
1.54
|
1,540,349,190
|
78.74
|
13,097,839
|
|
5.
|
Auditors’ remuneration
|
1,530,086,285
|
98.55
|
22,580,291
|
1.45
|
1,552,666,576
|
79.37
|
782,435
|
|
6.
|
Elect Andrew Sukawaty as a Director
|
1,551,533,268
|
99.92
|
1,174,083
|
0.08
|
1,552,707,351
|
79.38
|
739,452
|
|
7.
|
Re-elect Erik Engstrom as a Director
|
1,552,375,405
|
99.98
|
347,600
|
0.02
|
1,552,723,005
|
79.38
|
726,006
|
|
8.
|
Re-elect Sir Anthony Habgood as a Director
|
1,461,341,074
|
94.11
|
91,421,666
|
5.89
|
1,552,762,740
|
79.38
|
716,935
|
|
9.
|
Re-elect Wolfhart Hauser as a Director
|
1,413,748,076
|
94.22
|
86,736,713
|
5.78
|
1,500,484,789
|
76.71
|
52,965,086
|
|
10.
|
Re-elect Adrian Hennah as a Director
|
1,539,268,520
|
99.13
|
13,452,727
|
0.87
|
1,552,721,247
|
79.38
|
727,764
|
|
11.
|
Re-elect Marike van Lier Lels as a Director
|
1,542,895,373
|
99.37
|
9,832,947
|
0.63
|
1,552,728,320
|
79.38
|
720,691
|
|
12.
|
Re-elect Nick Luff as a Director
|
1,548,496,353
|
99.73
|
4,226,712
|
0.27
|
1,552,723,065
|
79.38
|
726,811
|
|
13.
|
Re-elect Robert MacLeod as a Director
|
1,474,295,911
|
95.71
|
66,090,390
|
4.29
|
1,540,386,301
|
78.75
|
13,063,574
|
|
14.
|
Re-elect Linda Sanford as a Director
|
1,491,560,518
|
96.06
|
61,165,433
|
3.94
|
1,552,725,951
|
79.38
|
723,060
|
|
15.
|
Re-elect Suzanne Wood as a Director
|
1,546,258,448
|
99.58
|
6,465,769
|
0.42
|
1,552,724,217
|
79.38
|
723,451
|
|
16.
|
Authority to allot shares
|
1,461,941,704
|
94.12
|
91,298,413
|
5.88
|
1,553,240,117
|
79.40
|
207,248
|
|
17.
|
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
|
1,536,826,627
|
99.37
|
9,739,556
|
0.63
|
1,546,566,183
|
79.06
|
6,865,084
|
|
18.
|
Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights
|
1,509,230,762
|
97.59
|
37,332,755
|
2.41
|
1,546,563,517
|
79.06
|
6,867,749
|
|
19.
|
Authority to purchase own shares
|
1,531,423,221
|
98.69
|
20,312,163
|
1.31
|
1,551,735,384
|
79.33
|
1,714,491
|
|
20.
|
Notice period for general meetings
|
1,423,520,612
|
92.09
|
122,345,564
|
7.91
|
1,545,866,176
|
79.03
|
7,583,700
|
|
21.
|
Adopt new Articles of Association
|
1,552,574,782
|
100.00
|
37,206
|
0.00
|
1,552,611,988
|
79.37
|
837,888
|
|
22.
|
Approve capitalisation issue
|
1,545,845,195
|
100.00
|
48,238
|
0.00
|
1,545,893,433
|
79.03
|
7,554,112
|
|
23.
|
Approve capital reduction
|
1,552,019,792
|
99.93
|
1,109,523
|
0.07
|
1,553,129,315
|
79.40
|
320,561
|
NOTES:
- The ‘For’ vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.
- Votes ‘Withheld’ are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a resolution.
- Resolutions 17 to 21 and 23 are Special Resolutions.
- At the close of business on Tuesday 23 April 2019 the total number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding Treasury shares, was 1,956,125,711
- 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 and on the Company's website.
- 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.