RELX N.V. announces that the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (EGM), held at the Hilton Amsterdam Airport Hotel at Schiphol Airport on 28 June 2018, approved the cross-border merger between RELX N.V. and RELX PLC.
The results of the voting on the resolutions are set out below:
| Resolution |
For |
% |
Against |
% |
Total votes cast* |
Votes
withheld |
| 2. Amendment of the Company’s articles of association in connection with the merger proposed under agenda item 3 |
701,974,610 |
99.99 |
9,964 |
0.001 |
701,984,574 |
4,249,835 |
| 3. Cross-border merger between the Company and RELX PLC |
701,999,907 |
99.99 |
12,907 |
0.002 |
702,012,814 |
4,221,595 |
| 4a. Release from liability of the executive directors |
695,278,171 |
98.58 |
9,985,372 |
1.42 |
705,263,543 |
970,866 |
| 4b. Release from liability of the non-executive directors |
695,278,977 |
98.58 |
9,984,562 |
1.42 |
705,263,539 |
970,870 |
*Note: Excluding votes ‘withheld’.
The shares represented 706,234,409 votes, which is 75.7% of our issued share capital entitled to vote. Each share confers the right to cast one vote.