22nd Jul 2015 13:28
Experian plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
22 July 2015 - Experian plc, the global information services company, hereby notifies the market that, at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all the resolutions contained in the notice of meeting were duly passed and the results of the poll are as follows:
No. | Description | Votes For* | % Cast | Votes Against | % Cast | Votes Withheld** |
Ordinary resolutions: | ||||||
1 | Receipt of the Annual report and financial statements | 658,328,928 | 98.63 | 9,157,666 | 1.37 | 5,714,232 |
2 | Receipt of the Report on directors' remuneration | 437,388,518 | 81.36 | 100,228,541 | 18.64 | 135,583,766 |
3 | To elect Lloyd Pitchford as a director | 663,578,103 | 98.86 | 7,630,174 | 1.14 | 1,992,549 |
4 | To elect Kerry Williams as a director | 659,831,016 | 98.30 | 11,378,385 | 1.70 | 1,991,425 |
5 | To re-elect Fabiola Arredondo as a director | 662,405,875 | 98.69 | 8,809,020 | 1.31 | 1,985,931 |
6 | To re-elect Jan Babiak as a director | 662,392,373 | 98.69 | 8,806,607 | 1.31 | 2,001,846 |
7 | To re-elect Brian Cassin as a director | 659,814,243 | 98.30 | 11,395,482 | 1.70 | 1,991,101 |
8 | To re-elect Roger Davis as a director | 659,850,457 | 98.31 | 11,362,850 | 1.69 | 1,987,519 |
9 | To re-elect Deirdre Mahlan as a director | 660,286,601 | 98.37 | 10,929,134 | 1.63 | 1,985,091 |
10 | To re-elect Don Robert as a director | 615,314,628 | 92.37 | 50,797,937 | 7.63 | 7,088,261 |
11 | To re-elect George Rose as a director | 638,135,439 | 95.07 | 33,074,687 | 4.93 | 1,990,700 |
12 | To re-elect Judith Sprieser as a director | 664,942,490 | 99.07 | 6,269,234 | 0.93 | 1,989,102 |
13 | To re-elect Paul Walker as a director | 655,925,502 | 97.72 | 15,269,972 | 2.28 | 2,005,362 |
14 | Re-appointment of the auditors | 645,636,643 | 97.35 | 17,541,093 | 2.65 | 10,023,100 |
15 | Directors' authority to determine the auditors' remuneration | 642,221,330 | 96.14 | 25,806,802 | 3.86 | 5,173,260 |
16 | Directors' authority to allot relevant securities | 646,637,230 | 96.32 | 24,704,289 | 3.68 | 1,861,211 |
17 | To approve the Experian Performance Share Plan | 619,156,836 | 92.49 | 50,289,702 | 7.51 | 3,754,287 |
18 | To approve the Experian Co-Investment Plan | 560,991,791 | 83.88 | 107,822,039 | 16.12 | 4,386,995 |
19 | To approve the Experian Share Option Plan | 644,521,030 | 96.03 | 26,668,596 | 3.97 | 2,011,263 |
20 | To approve the Experian UK Tax-Qualified Sharesave Plan | 665,099,039 | 99.24 | 5,068,659 | 0.76 | 3,033,497 |
21 | To approve the Experian UK Tax-Qualified All-Employee Plan | 670,810,054 | 99.94 | 374,043 | 0.06 | 2,017,480 |
22 | To approve the Experian Free Share Plan | 658,380,679 | 98.09 | 12,787,855 | 1.91 | 2,033,845 |
Special resolutions: | ||||||
23 | Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 653,282,837 | 97.31 | 18,039,367 | 2.69 | 1,877,150 |
24 | Directors' authority to purchase the Company's own shares | 671,212,806 | 99.98 | 122,178 | 0.02 | 1,866,927 |
Notes:
* Includes discretionary votes.
** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.
Documents regarding resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting on 22 July 2015
In accordance with Listing Rule LR9.6.2R, a copy of all resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will shortly be forwarded to the FCA and will be available via the National Storage Facility, located at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Authority to purchase own shares
Included among the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting was the following:
"To authorise the Company, generally and unconditionally:
(a) pursuant to Article 57 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, to make market purchases of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company on the London Stock Exchange on behalf of the Company on such terms and in such manner as the directors may from time to time determine, provided that:
(i) the maximum number of ordinary shares which may be purchased under this authority is 98,516,227 ordinary shares of 10 US cents each;
(ii) the minimum price (not including expenses) which may be paid for each ordinary share is 10 US cents;
(iii) the maximum price (not including expenses) which may be paid for each ordinary share is an amount equal to the higher of: (a) 105% of the average market value of the Company's ordinary shares as derived from The London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the relevant share is purchased; and (b) the price stipulated by Article 5 (1) of the Buy-back and Stabilisation Regulation (EC No. 2273/2003);
(iv) the authority hereby conferred shall expire on the earlier of 21 October 2016 and the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2016 (except that the Company shall be entitled, at any time prior to the expiry of this authority, to make a contract to purchase which would or might be executed wholly or partly after such expiry and to purchase shares in accordance with such contract as if the authority conferred had not expired) unless such authority is renewed prior to such time; and
(b) pursuant to Article 58A of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, and if approved by the directors, to hold as treasury shares any ordinary shares purchased pursuant to the authority conferred by paragraph (a) of this resolution."
Contact:
Experian
Nadia Ridout-Jamieson James Russell | Director of Investor Relations Director of Corporate Communications | +44 (0)20 3042 4215
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Finsbury
Rollo Head Jenny Davey | +44 (0)20 7251 3801
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About Experian
We are the leading global information services company, providing data and analytical tools to our clients around the world. We help businesses to manage credit risk, prevent fraud, target marketing offers and automate decision making. We also help people to check their credit report and credit score, and protect against identity theft. In 2014, we were named by Forbes magazine as one of the 'World's Most Innovative Companies'.
We employ approximately 17,000 people in 39 countries and our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland, with operational headquarters in Nottingham, UK; California, US; and São Paulo, Brazil.
Experian plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN) and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 index. Total revenue for the year ended March 31, 2015, was US$4.8 billion.
To find out more about our company, please visit http://www.experianplc.com or watch our documentary, 'Inside Experian'.
Neither the content of the Company's website, nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website), is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.
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