Informa PLC

AGM Information • Jun 21, 2024

Informa PLC Press Release

21 June 2024

Results of Annual General Meeting

London: Informa PLC (the "Company") held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") at 240 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8BF 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 re-elect John Rishton	969,672,065	94.89%	52,255,755	5.11%	1,021,927,820	2,302,796
2	To re-elect Stephen A. Carter C.B.E.	1,021,193,169	99.93%	743,730	0.07%	1,021,936,899	2,293,719
3	To re-elect Mary McDowell	1,001,766,518	98.03%	20,159,012	1.97%	1,021,925,530	2,305,086
4	To re-elect Gareth Wright	1,015,665,830	99.39%	6,262,738	0.61%	1,021,928,568	2,302,050
5	To re-elect Gill Whitehead	985,703,550	96.52%	35,582,423	3.48%	1,021,285,973	2,944,642
6	To re-elect Lousie Smalley	997,022,107	97.56%	24,903,421	2.44%	1,021,925,528	2,305,088
7	To re-elect Patrick Martell	1,021,018,594	99.91%	912,351	0.09%	1,021,930,945	2,299,673
8	To re-elect Joanne Wilson	1,000,781,081	97.93%	21,144,648	2.07%	1,021,925,729	2,304,887
9	To re-elect Zheng Yin	1,001,244,735	97.98%	20,677,673	2.02%	1,021,922,408	2,308,208
10	To re-elect Andrew Ransom	996,239,036	97.92%	21,191,229	2.08%	1,017,430,265	6,800,351
11	To receive the Annual Report and audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2023	1,021,163,403	100.00%	5,239	0.00%	1,021,168,642	3,061,977
12	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	964,583,606	96.65%	33,430,219	3.35%	998,013,825	26,216,793
13	To adopt the Directors' Remuneration Policy to take effect from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting at which it is passed	936,112,080	93.81%	61,737,898	6.19%	997,849,978	26,380,640
14	To approve a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2023 of 12.2 pence per ordinary share	1,021,951,810	100.00%	1,594	0.00%	1,021,953,404	2,277,215

15	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid	1,017,276,500	99.54%	4,673,409	0.46%	1,021,949,909	2,280,810
16	To authorise the Audit Committee, for and on behalf of the Board, to set the Auditor's remuneration	1,021,899,872	100.00%	50,813	0.00%	1,021,950,685	2,279,934
17	To authorise the Company to make limited political donations and political expenditure of not more than £30,000 in aggregate	1,012,287,241	99.23%	7,860,100	0.77%	1,020,147,341	4,046,814
18	To authorise the Directors to allot shares, up to a limited amount	912,728,001	89.31%	109,194,982	10.69%	1,021,922,983	2,307,633
19	To authorise the Directors to allot shares, and sell treasury shares for cash, without making a pre emptive offer to shareholders3	983,222,074	96.22%	38,673,403	3.78%	1,021,895,477	2,333,800
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	865,832,111	85.03%	152,472,730	14.97%	1,018,304,841	5,925,775
21	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares3	1,016,954,485	99.54%	4,739,341	0.46%	1,021,693,826	2,536,793
22	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice3	922,894,348	90.31%	99,044,185	9.69%	1,021,938,533	2,292,084

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 19 June 2024 (the time by which shareholders wanting to vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 1,345,435,432 ordinary shares of 0.1p each. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury. Votes were cast in respect of 75.96% of the issued share capital.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 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