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Informa PLC Press Release
18 June 2026
Results of 2026 Annual General Meeting
London: Informa PLC (the "Company") held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") at 240 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8BF earlier today. All resolutions put to the AGM were voted on by way of a poll and the results of the poll are set out below.
RESOLUTION | FOR1 | AGAINST | TOTAL | WITHHELD2 | |||
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | Votes | |
1 | To re-elect John Rishton | 958,107,377 | 97.54% | 24,150,932 | 2.46% | 982,258,309 | 2,160,966 |
2 | To re-elect Stephen A. Carter C.B.E. | 920,733,367 | 94.19% | 56,761,898 | 5.81% | 977,495,265 | 6,924,010 |
3 | To re-elect Lousie Smalley | 962,679,065 | 98.01% | 19,580,152 | 1.99% | 982,259,217 | 2,160,058 |
4 | To re-elect Gareth Wright | 972,769,474 | 99.21% | 7,698,604 | 0.79% | 980,468,078 | 3,951,197 |
5 | To re-elect Gill Whitehead O.B.E. | 969,000,205 | 98.65% | 13,260,378 | 1.35% | 982,260,583 | 2,158,692 |
6 | To re-elect Joanne Wilson | 968,705,040 | 98.62% | 13,554,177 | 1.38% | 982,259,217 | 2,160,058 |
7 | To re-elect Zheng Yin | 966,149,001 | 98.36% | 16,107,443 | 1.64% | 982,256,444 | 2,162,831 |
8 | To re-elect Andy Ransom | 967,220,334 | 98.47% | 15,036,819 | 1.53% | 982,257,153 | 2,162,122 |
9 | To re-elect Maria Kyriacou | 965,961,238 | 98.34% | 16,298,797 | 1.66% | 982,260,035 | 2,159,240 |
10 | To re-elect Catherine Levene | 965,738,942 | 98.32% | 16,520,275 | 1.68% | 982,259,217 | 2,160,058 |
11 | To receive the Annual Report and audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2025 | 978,001,612 | 99.99% | 86,076 | 0.01% | 978,087,688 | 6,331,587 |
12 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 947,819,626 | 96.43% | 35,085,977 | 3.57% | 982,905,603 | 1,513,672 |
13 | To approve a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2025 of 15.0 pence per ordinary share | 979,067,225 | 99.61% | 3,870,761 | 0.39% | 982,937,986 | 1,481,289 |
14 | To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid | 982,839,053 | 99.99% | 87,214 | 0.01% | 982,926,267 | 1,493,008 |
15 | To authorise the Audit Committee, for and on behalf of the Board, to set the Auditor's remuneration | 982,853,954 | 99.99% | 76,426 | 0.01% | 982,930,380 | 1,488,895 |
16 | To authorise the Company to make limited political donations and political expenditure of not more than £30,000 in aggregate | 962,028,942 | 98.20% | 17,615,132 | 1.80% | 979,644,074 | 4,775,201 |
17 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares, up to a limited amount | 917,360,922 | 93.33% | 65,571,051 | 6.67% | 982,931,973 | 1,487,302 |
18 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares, and sell treasury shares for cash, without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders3 | 954,264,532 | 97.09% | 28,561,228 | 2.91% | 982,825,760 | 1,593,515 |
19 | To authorise the Directors to allot additional shares, and sell treasury shares for cash, without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders in line with recommendations of the Pre-Emption Group3 | 871,367,957 | 88.66% | 111,471,660 | 11.34% | 982,839,617 | 1,579,658 |
20 | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares3 | 981,179,638 | 99.85% | 1,480,761 | 0.15% | 982,660,399 | 1,758,876 |
21 | To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice3 | 931,020,399 | 94.72% | 51,901,932 | 5.28% | 982,922,331 | 1,496,944 |
1 Where shareholders appointed the Chair as their proxy with discretion as to voting, their votes were cast in favour of the resolutions.
2 A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
3 Special Resolution (75% majority required).
The total voting rights of the Company as at 10.00pm on 16 June 2026 (the time by which shareholders wanting to vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 1,263,487,656 ordinary shares of 0.1p each. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury. Votes were cast in respect of 77.8% of the issued share capital.
In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2, copies of the resolutions passed at the AGM, other than resolutions constituting ordinary business, will shortly be available for inspection via the Financial Conduct Authority's Electronic Submission System at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
The poll results for the AGM will also shortly be available on the Informa website (informa.com/investors).
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