Ascential PLC — AGM Information 2019

May 9, 2019

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RNS Number : 5665Y

Ascential PLC

09 May 2019

Ascential plc

Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

All 18 resolutions considered at the 2019 Annual General Meeting were passed on a poll.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of AGM dated 14 March 2019.  The total number of votes received for each resolutions is set out below.  The Company's issued share capital as at 9 May 2019 was 402,775,022 with voting rights. The Company does not hold any shares in Treasury at the date of this disclosure.

Resolution no.	Shares For	%	Shares Against	%	Shares marked as Votes Witheld/ Abstentions
AGM
1.     To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2018	359,839,761	100.00	516	0.00	234,180
2.     To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration contained in the Annual report and Accounts	256,656,145	99.15	3,072,116	0.85	346,196
3.     To declare a final dividend of 3.9p per share for the year ended 31 December 2019	360,072,909	100.00	0	0.00	1,548
4.     To elect Rita Clifton as a Director of the Company	351,080,739	97.50	8,990,106	2.50	3,612
5.     To elect Scott Forbes as a Director of the Company	329,960,730	94.69	18,519,144	5.31	11,594,583
6.     To elect Mandy Gradden as a Director of the Company	349,888,552	97.17	10,183,325	2.83	2,580
7.     To elect Paul Harrison as a Director of the Company	348,846,885	97.50	8,958,325	2.50	2,269,247
8.     To elect Gillian Kent as a Director of the Company	351,281,719	97.56	8,789,126	2.44	3,612
9.     To elect Duncan Painter as a Director of the Company	351,413,084	97.60	8,658,325	2.40	3,048
10.   To elect Judy Vezmar as a Director of the Company	350,617,506	97.47	9,111,209	2.53	345,742
11.   To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company	357,806,859	100.00	1,275	0.00	2,266,323
12.   To authorise the Board to determine the remuneration of the auditor	358,748,153	99.63	1,324,632	0.37	1,672
13.   To authorise the Company to make political donations	356,655,259	99.05	3,417,010	0.95	2,188
14.   To authorise the Company to allot relevant securities	344,708,523	95.73	15,364,005	4.27	1,929
15.   To authorise the Company to disapply pre-emption rights as per resolution 15 in the Notice of AGM	356,648,425	99.05	3,422,826	0.95	3,206
16.   To authorise the Company to additionally disapply pre-emption rights as per resolution 16 in the Notice of AGM	350,156,713	97.25	9,914,281	2.75	3,463
17.   To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	356,482,518	99.37	2,266,137	0.63	1,325,802
18.   To authorise the Company to call any general meeting of the Company other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	347,575,719	96.53	12,496,688	3.47	2,050

Notes

1.     AGM Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions.  AGM Resolutions 15 to 18 were passed as special resolutions.

2.     The number of shares 'For' includes discretionary votes.

3.     A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against a resolution

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