Result of AGM
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GlobalData Plc, a leading provider of industry intelligence, announces that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held earlier today (29 April 2025) all resolutions were duly passed.
A description on the subject matter of the poll and details on the votes are set out below.
| Number of votes | % | Number of votes | % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary resolutions | ||||||||
| 1 | To receive the financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2024 together with the Reports of the Directors and Auditors. | 653,890,427 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 653,890,427 | 80.49% | 24,332 |
| 2 | To declare a final dividend of 1.0 pence per ordinary share in respect of the year ended 31 December 2024, payable on 2 May 2025 to the holders of ordinary shares at close of business on 21 March 2025. | 653,034,493 | 99.87% | 877,917 | 0.13% | 653,912,410 | 80.49% | 2,349 |
| 3 | To re-elect Murray Legg as a Director of the Company. | 579,731,880 | 93.53% | 40,109,027 | 6.47% | 619,840,907 | 76.30% | 34,073,852 |
| 4 | To re-elect Michael Danson as a Director of the Company. | 652,386,322 | 99.77% | 1,525,088 | 0.23% | 653,911,410 | 80.49% | 3,349 |
| 5 | To re-elect Graham Lilley as a Director of the Company. | 651,694,021 | 99.66% | 2,217,389 | 0.34% | 653,911,410 | 80.49% | 3,349 |
| 6 | To re-elect Annette Barnes as a Director of the Company. | 629,748,246 | 96.30% | 24,163,164 | 3.70% | 653,911,410 | 80.49% | 3,349 |
| 7 | To re-elect Andrew Day as a Director of the Company. | 639,701,875 | 97.83% | 14,209,535 | 2.17% | 653,911,410 | 80.49% | 3,349 |
| 8 | To re-elect Peter Harkness as a Director of the Company. | 643,923,515 | 98.47% | 9,987,895 | 1.53% | 653,911,410 | 80.49% | 3,349 |
| 9 | To re-elect Catherine Birkett as a Director of the Company. | 653,905,608 | 100.00% | 5,802 | 0.00% | 653,911,410 | 80.49% | 3,349 |
| 10 | To re-elect Julien Decot as a Director of the Company. | 653,811,031 | 99.98% | 100,379 | 0.02% | 653,911,410 | 80.49% | 3,349 |
| 11 | To approve the reappointment of Deloitte LLP as Auditors of the Company. | 653,910,188 | 100.00% | 1,222 | 0.00% | 653,911,410 | 80.49% | 3,349 |
| 12 | To authorise the Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the Company's Auditors. | 653,910,710 | 100.00% | 700 | 0.00% | 653,911,410 | 80.49% | 3,349 |
| 13 | To receive and approve the Directors' remuneration report contained on pages 77 to 88 of the Company's report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024. | 628,759,289 | 96.15% | 25,145,930 | 3.85% | 653,905,219 | 80.49% | 9,540 |
| 14 | To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares in the Company. | 653,060,565 | 99.87% | 850,845 | 0.13% | 653,911,410 | 80.49% | 3,349 |
| Special resolutions | ||||||||
| 15 | To renew the Directors' power to allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for, or convert securities into, shares or sell treasury shares where they propose to do so for cash (other than pursuant to an employee share scheme) otherwise than to existing shareholders pro rata to their holdings (i.e. non pre-emptively), as permitted by the Articles. | 643,572,799 | 98.42% | 10,338,611 | 1.58% | 653,911,410 | 80.49% | 3,349 |
| 16 | To give the Directors power to make non-pre-emptive issues of ordinary shares in connection with acquisitions and other capital investments as contemplated by the Pre-emption Principles. | 642,178,324 | 98.21% | 11,733,086 | 1.79% | 653,911,410 | 80.49% | 3,349 |
| 17 | To renew the Company's authority to make market purchases of up to 81,433,474 ordinary shares (being 10% of the Company's total issued ordinary share capital as at the date of this notice), either for cancellation or for placing into treasury at the determination of the Directors. | 652,135,012 | 99.73% | 1,775,807 | 0.27% | 653,910,819 | 80.49% | 3,940 |
| 18 | To approve the adoption of new articles of association. | 653,910,119 | 100.00% | 700 | 0.00% | 653,910,819 | 80.49% | 3,940 |
Notes:
- A copy of the AGM results will be available on the Company's website at www.globaldata.com.
- Issued share capital as at 29 April 2025 is 812,388,905 ordinary shares of 1/100 pence each in the capital of the Company.
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