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Pearson PLC — AGM Information 2015
Apr 24, 2015
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RNS Number : 3038L
Pearson PLC
24 April 2015
24 April 2015
Pearson plc
(the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting 2015
Pearson plc held its annual general meeting for shareholders at 12 noon today. All resolutions set out in the Company's Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 20 March 2015 were proposed and approved on a poll.
The total number of votes received for each resolution is set out below. The Company's issued share capital on 22 April 2015 was 820,288,100 ordinary shares of 25p each. The proportion of the Company's issued share capital represented by those votes cast is approximately 70.96%.
| Resolution No. (as noted on the proxy form) | Shares For and Discretionary | Shares Against | Shares marked as Votes Withheld/ Abstentions* |
| 1. To receive the 2014 report and accounts | 581,104,506 | 990,644 | 4,099,396 |
| 2. To declare a final dividend | 582,107,583 | 17,577 | 4,069,386 |
| 3. To re-elect Vivienne Cox | 581,053,644 | 1,030,637 | 4,110,265 |
| 4. To re-elect John Fallon | 581,943,560 | 151,235 | 4,099,751 |
| 5. To re-elect Robin Freestone | 579,726,345 | 2,368,319 | 4,099,882 |
| 6. To re-elect Josh Lewis | 581,963,791 | 106,340 | 4,124,415 |
| 7. To re-elect Linda Lorimer | 581,979,974 | 102,745 | 4,111,827 |
| 8. To re-elect Harish Manwani | 543,812,740 | 5,350,921 | 37,030,884 |
| 9. To re-elect Glen Moreno | 571,331,103 | 10,347,488 | 4,515,955 |
| 10. To reappoint Elizabeth Corley | 581,058,864 | 1,023,948 | 4,111,734 |
| 11. To reappoint Tim Score | 579,201,139 | 2,856,876 | 4,136,530 |
| 12. To approve the annual remuneration report | 536,330,506 | 40,883,235 | 8,980,804 |
| 13. To reappoint the auditors | 563,038,635 | 14,796,238 | 8,359,672 |
| 14. To determine the remuneration of the auditors | 573,892,487 | 4,280,400 | 8,021,659 |
| 15. To authorise the company to allot ordinary shares | 558,776,532 | 22,304,488 | 5,113,526 |
| 16. To waive the pre-emption rights | 571,872,939 | 10,199,120 | 4,122,487 |
| 17. To authorise the company to purchase its own shares | 581,003,629 | 1,065,034 | 4,125,883 |
* Votes withheld are not legal votes.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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