Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)
May 05 2017 - 1:43PM
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 May 2017
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
5 May 2017
Pearson plc
(the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting 2017
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 29 March 2017 were duly passed by
shareholders by means of a poll vote with the exception of
resolution 14.
The
total number of votes received for each resolution is set out
below. The Company's issued share capital on 5 May 2017 was
822,586,857 ordinary shares of 25p each. The proportion of the
Company's issued share capital represented by those votes
instructed is approximately 76.76%.
Resolution No. (as noted on the proxy form)
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Shares For and Discretionary
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Shares Against
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Shares marked as Votes Withheld/
Abstentions*
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1. To
receive the 2016 report and accounts
|
630,356,123
|
86,301
|
1,012,177
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2. To
declare a final dividend
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628,681,265
|
1,851,565
|
921,771
|
3. To
re-elect Elizabeth Corley
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461,100,779
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169,340,137
|
1,014,022
|
4. To
re-elect Vivienne Cox
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626,995,877
|
3,453,447
|
1,005,277
|
5. To
re-elect John Fallon
|
629,495,798
|
999,020
|
959,783
|
6. To
re-elect Josh Lewis
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599,479,802
|
30,947,090
|
1,028,046
|
7. To
re-elect Linda Lorimer
|
627,397,190
|
3,045,616
|
1,011,795
|
8. To
re-elect Harish Manwani
|
552,250,436
|
37,040,864
|
42,163,301
|
9. To
re-elect Tim Score
|
595,022,599
|
35,417,653
|
1,014,349
|
10. To
re-elect Sidney Taurel
|
596,887,657
|
33,589,130
|
977,814
|
11. To
re-elect Lincoln Wallen
|
627,368,387
|
3,066,378
|
1,019,836
|
12. To
re-elect Coram Williams
|
629,873,600
|
585,870
|
995,131
|
13. To
approve the remuneration policy
|
404,615,934
|
183,100,737
|
43,738,267
|
14. To
approve the annual remuneration report
|
202,512,759
|
385,996,157
|
42,945,685
|
15. To
re-appoint the auditors
|
615,326,057
|
15,168,864
|
959,680
|
16. To
determine the remuneration of the auditors
|
626,834,499
|
3,641,240
|
978,862
|
17. To
authorise the company to allot ordinary shares
|
532,975,800
|
97,444,502
|
1,034,636
|
18. To
waive the pre-emption rights
|
554,750,382
|
75,606,514
|
1,098,042
|
19. To
waive the pre-emption rights - additional percentage
|
528,159,687
|
101,715,039
|
1,580,212
|
20. To
authorise the company to purchase its own shares
|
624,037,617
|
5,336,200
|
1,079,784
|
21. To
approve the holding of general meetings on 14 clear days'
notice
|
600,623,354
|
27,087,218
|
3,744,028
|
* Votes
withheld are not legal votes.
During
2016, Pearson engaged extensively with its major shareholders to
understand their views on remuneration matters. We were
disappointed that the advisory vote for this year's remuneration
report was not passed and that, although passed, there was a
significant minority vote against both our remuneration policy and
the re-election of our remuneration committee chair, Elizabeth
Corley. Naturally, we acknowledge this feedback and thank those
shareholders who have already spoken with us and explained their
reasons for not supporting the relevant resolutions. The
remuneration committee is committed to continuing dialogue with our
shareholders to help shape the implementation of our remuneration
policy going forward.
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.
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PEARSON
plc
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|
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Date: 05
May 2017
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By: /s/
NATALIE DALE
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Natalie
Dale
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Deputy
Company Secretary
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