23rd Apr 2026 13:52
RELX PLC
Result of Annual General Meeting 2026
The Company held its Annual General Meeting at 9:30 am today, Thursday 23 April 2026.
All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the meeting.
The table below shows the results of the poll on all 21 resolutions.
|
Resolution |
Votes For |
% votes cast for |
Votes Against |
% votes cast against |
Total votes cast (excluding votes withheld) | % of issued capital voted (excluding treasury shares) |
Votes Withheld |
1. | Receive the 2025 Annual Report | 1,483,890,210 | 99.51 | 7,255,132 | 0.49 | 1,491,145,342 | 83.50% | 7,385,002 |
2. | Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 1,376,040,430 | 93.50 | 95,651,579 | 6.50 | 1,471,692,009 | 82.41% | 26,838,335 |
3. | Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 1,426,425,029 | 95.30 | 70,392,793 | 4.70 | 1,496,817,822 | 83.82% | 1,712,522 |
4. | Declaration of a final dividend | 1,495,753,985 | 99.82 | 2,626,539 | 0.18 | 1,498,380,524 | 83.91% | 149,820 |
5. | Re-appointment of auditor | 1,495,626,293 | 99.84 | 2,376,905 | 0.16 | 1,498,003,198 | 83.89% | 527,146 |
6. | Auditor remuneration | 1,491,100,701 | 99.54 | 6,888,209 | 0.46 | 1,497,988,910 | 83.88% | 541,434 |
7. | Re-elect Paul Walker as a Director | 1,418,945,984 | 94.87 | 76,655,255 | 5.13 | 1,495,601,239 | 83.75% | 2,929,105 |
8. | Re-elect Erik Engstrom as a Director | 1,487,618,795 | 99.28 | 10,813,549 | 0.72 | 1,498,432,344 | 83.91% | 98,000 |
9. | Re-elect Nick Luff as a Director | 1,482,927,344 | 98.97 | 15,451,382 | 1.03 | 1,498,378,726 | 83.91% | 151,618 |
10. | Re-elect Alistair Cox as a Director | 1,464,218,242 | 97.72 | 34,214,034 | 2.28 | 1,498,432,276 | 83.91% | 98,068 |
11. | Re-elect June Felix as a Director | 1,486,470,122 | 99.21 | 11,901,959 | 0.79 | 1,498,372,081 | 83.91% | 158,263 |
12. | Re-elect Andy Halford as a Director | 1,496,034,189 | 99.84 | 2,337,534 | 0.16 | 1,498,371,723 | 83.91% | 158,621 |
13. | Re-elect Charlotte Hogg as a Director | 1,496,068,966 | 99.85 | 2,310,315 | 0.15 | 1,498,379,281 | 83.91% | 151,063 |
14. | Re-elect Andrew Sukawaty as a Director | 1,465,818,376 | 97.83 | 32,559,065 | 2.17 | 1,498,377,441 | 83.91% | 152,903 |
15. | Re-elect Bianca Tetteroo as a Director | 1,493,918,647 | 99.70 | 4,459,520 | 0.30 | 1,498,378,167 | 83.91% | 152,177 |
16. | Re-elect Suzanne Wood as a Director | 1,461,700,038 | 97.55 | 36,671,988 | 2.45 | 1,498,372,026 | 83.91% | 158,318 |
17. | Authority to allot shares | 1,415,806,631 | 94.49 | 82,571,006 | 5.51 | 1,498,377,637 | 83.91% | 152,707 |
18. | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 1,473,628,023 | 98.36 | 24,582,051 | 1.64 | 1,498,210,074 | 83.90% | 320,270 |
19. | Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights | 1,472,104,552 | 98.26 | 26,105,757 | 1.74 | 1,498,210,309 | 83.90% | 320,035 |
20. | Authority to purchase own shares | 1,491,754,787 | 99.67 | 4,961,820 | 0.33 | 1,496,716,607 | 83.81% | 1,813,737 |
21. | Notice period for general meetings | 1,384,406,016 | 92.39 | 113,963,963 | 7.61 | 1,498,369,979 | 83.91% | 160,365 |
NOTES:
1. The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chair discretion.
2. Votes 'Withheld' are not a vote in law and are not counted in the calculation of the percentage of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
3. Resolutions 18 to 21 are Special Resolutions.
4. At the close of business on Tuesday, 21 April 2026 the total number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding treasury shares, was 1,785,775,301.
5. The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's website at www.relx.com.
6. In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2, a copy of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
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