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London Stock Exchange Group PLC

21 April 2020

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC (the "Company")

21 April 2020

RESULT OF AGM

All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 21 April 2020 were passed by shareholders. Resolutions 1 - 21 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 22 - 25 as Special Resolutions.

London Stock Exchange Group plc Annual General Meeting Poll Results

 
      RESOLUTION             VOTES        %       VOTES        %        VOTES        % OF        VOTES 
                              FOR                 AGAINST               TOTAL       RELEVANT    WITHHELD 
                                                                                     SHARES 
                                                                                    IN ISSUE 
      To receive 
       the annual 
       report and 
 1     accounts           285,583,428   99.87      358,290    0.13   285,941,718      81.36%   1,370,401 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To declare 
 2     a dividend         287,222,495   99.97       73,239    0.03   287,295,734      81.75%      16,385 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To approve 
       the Annual 
       Report on 
       Remuneration 
       and the 
       annual statement 
       of the Chairman 
       of the 
       Remuneration 
 3     Committee          280,907,965   97.78    6,384,799    2.22   287,292,764      81.75%      19,354 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To approve 
       the Directors' 
       Remuneration 
 4     Policy             276,299,114   96.21   10,890,666    3.79   287,189,780      81.72%     122,331 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Jacques 
       Aigrain 
 5     as a Director      282,395,798   98.30    4,896,517    1.70   287,292,315      81.75%      19,803 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Marshall 
       Bailey OBE 
 6     as a Director      285,084,685   99.23    2,205,834    0.77   287,290,519      81.75%      21,599 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Professor 
       Kathleen 
       DeRose as 
 7     a Director         286,312,642   99.66      979,591    0.34   287,292,233      81.75%      19,885 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Cressida 
       Hogg CBE 
 8     as a Director      286,121,964   99.59    1,170,494    0.41   287,292,458      81.75%      19,660 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Raffaele 
       Jerusalmi 
 9     as a Director      283,900,644   98.82    3,389,722    1.18   287,290,366      81.74%      21,753 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Stephen 
       O'Connor 
 10    as a Director      283,686,042   99.14    2,453,985    0.86   286,140,027      81.42%   1,172,091 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Dr Val Rahmani 
 11    as a Director      286,110,697   99.59    1,183,373    0.41   287,294,070      81.75%      18,048 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Don Robert 
 12    as a Director      281,867,007   98.47    4,378,017    1.53   286,245,024      81.45%   1,067,092 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       David Schwimmer 
 13    as a Director      284,788,829   99.53    1,354,115    0.47   286,142,944      81.42%   1,169,175 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Professor 
       Andrea Sironi 
 14    as a Director      284,856,022   99.15    2,438,050    0.85   287,294,072      81.75%      18,046 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       David Warren 
 15    as a Director      285,227,833   99.28    2,066,749    0.72   287,294,582      81.75%      17,537 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To elect 
       Dominic 
       Blakemore 
 16    as a Director      285,574,314   99.40    1,719,460    0.60   287,293,774      81.75%      18,345 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-appoint 
       Ernst & 
       Young LLP 
 17    as auditors        286,018,447   99.96      122,646    0.04   286,141,093      81.42%   1,171,026 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the Directors 
       to approve 
       the auditors' 
 18    remuneration       287,175,323   99.96      119,701    0.04   287,295,024      81.75%      17,095 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To renew 
       the Directors' 
       authority 
       to allot 
 19    shares             248,941,533   86.65   38,369,101   13.35   287,310,634      81.75%       1,484 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the Company 
       to make 
       political 
       donations 
       and incur 
       political 
 20    expenditure        285,145,632   99.27    2,089,514    0.73   287,235,146      81.73%      76,973 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To approve 
       the London 
       Stock Exchange 
       Group Deferred 
 21    Bonus Plan         284,557,481   99.48    1,495,796    0.52   286,053,277      81.39%   1,258,842 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To dis-apply 
       pre-emption 
       rights in 
       respect 
       of an allotment 
       of equity 
       securities 
 22    for cash           286,483,312   99.85      441,856    0.15   286,925,168      81.64%     386,951 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To dis-apply 
       pre-emption 
       rights in 
       respect 
       of a further 
       allotment 
       of equity 
       securities 
       for cash, 
       for the 
       purposes 
       of financing 
 23    a transaction      284,593,737   99.19    2,330,563    0.81   286,924,300      81.64%     387,819 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To grant 
       the Directors 
       authority 
       to purchase 
       the Company's 
 24    own shares         284,673,163   99.16    2,414,853    0.84   287,088,016      81.69%     224,102 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      That a general 
       meeting 
       other than 
       an annual 
       general 
       meeting 
       may be called 
       on not less 
       than 14 
       clear days' 
 25    notice             275,600,244   95.93   11,693,879    4.07   287,294,123      81.75%      17,995 
     ------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
 

Notes

1. Please note a 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.

2. As at 6.30pm on 17 April 2020, the issued share capital of the Company consisted of 351,447,122 ordinary shares. London Stock Exchange Group plc does not hold any ordinary shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights as at that time were 351,447,122.

   3.      Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. 
   4.      The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places. 
   5.      Results of the poll will also be available shortly on the Company's website: http://www.lseg.com/investor-relations/shareholder-services/agm-information 

Further information is available from:

London Stock Exchange Group plc

 
 Gavin Sullivan / Lucie                          +44 (0)20 7797 
  Holloway                 Media                  1222 
                                                 +44 (0)20 7797 
 Paul Froud                Investor Relations     3322 
 

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