Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)
April 29 2016 - 1:17PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of April 2016
PEARSON plc
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
N/A
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
80 Strand
London, England WC2R 0RL
44-20-7010-2000
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Yes No X
29 April 2016
Pearson plc
(the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting 2016
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 29 April 2016 all of the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 23 March 2016 were duly passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote with the exception of resolution 19.
The total number of votes received for each resolution is set out below. The Company's issued share capital on 27 April 2016 was 821,631,463 ordinary shares of 25p each. The proportion of the Company's issued share capital represented by those votes cast is approximately 76.02%.
Resolution No. (as noted on the proxy form)
|
Shares For and Discretionary
|
Shares Against
|
Shares marked as Votes Withheld/
Abstentions*
|
1. To receive the 2015 report and accounts
|
624,428,794
|
89,917
|
151,109
|
2. To declare a final dividend
|
624,513,964
|
50,523
|
105,333
|
3. To elect Sidney Taurel
|
620,023,548
|
4,400,570
|
245,702
|
4. To elect Lincoln Wallen
|
624,072,010
|
341,977
|
255,833
|
5. To elect Coram Williams
|
621,930,106
|
2,493,857
|
245,857
|
6. To re-elect Elizabeth Corley
|
623,507,997
|
931,329
|
230,494
|
7. To re-elect Vivienne Cox
|
619,396,541
|
5,046,416
|
226,863
|
8. To re-elect John Fallon
|
623,709,977
|
799,537
|
160,306
|
9. To re-elect Josh Lewis
|
624,037,267
|
395,152
|
237,401
|
10. To re-elect Linda Lorimer
|
619,490,004
|
4,948,296
|
231,520
|
11. To re-elect Harish Manwani
|
545,411,705
|
39,769,944
|
39,488,171
|
12. To re-elect Tim Score
|
618,807,672
|
5,632,372
|
229,776
|
13. To approve the annual remuneration report
|
562,809,279
|
61,245,352
|
615,189
|
14. To reappoint the auditors
|
598,981,950
|
25,144,930
|
542,940
|
15. To determine the remuneration of the auditors
|
606,729,609
|
17,779,619
|
160,592
|
16. To authorise the company to allot ordinary shares
|
563,337,039
|
61,062,026
|
270,755
|
17. To waive the pre-emption rights
|
526,953,958
|
58,232,237
|
39,483,625
|
18. To authorise the company to purchase its own shares
|
616,976,559
|
7,468,474
|
224,787
|
19. Requisitionists' resolution**
|
14,016,634
|
578,510,587
|
32,908,629
|
* Votes withheld are not legal votes.
** Discretionary votes have been added to the Against column, in respect of resolution 19
Resolution 19 was proposed by a group of shareholders supporting the American Federation of Teachers and called for a review of our business strategy. The Pearson board gave this resolution due consideration but recommended that shareholders vote against the resolution.
For more information, visit
our website at
https://www.pearson.com/getthefacts.html
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
PEARSON plc
Date: 29 April 2016
By: /s/ STEPHEN JONES
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Stephen Jones
Deputy Secretary
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