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RNS Number : 2886X
Pearson PLC
26 April 2019
26 April 2019
Pearson plc
(the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting 2019
Pearson plc held its annual general meeting at 12 noon today.
All resolutions set out in the Company's Notice of Annual General
Meeting dated 25 March 2019 were proposed and approved on a
poll.
The table below shows the results of the poll for each
resolution. The Company's issued share capital on 26 April 2019 was
781,417,120 ordinary shares of 25p each. The proportion of the
Company's issued share capital represented by those votes cast is
approximately 80.74%.
Resolution For and % votes Against % Total votes % of Withheld/
Discretionary cast For votes cast issued Abstentions*
and cast (excluding capital
Discretionary Against votes voted
withheld)
To receive
the 2018
report
1 and accounts 630,479,826 99.98 129,330 0.02 630,609,156 80.70% 322,860
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To declare a
final
2 dividend 630,763,864 99.98 124,160 0.02 630,888,024 80.74% 43,992
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To re-elect
Elizabeth
3 Corley 627,706,830 99.51 3,069,633 0.49 630,776,463 80.72% 155,553
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To re-elect
4 Vivienne Cox 628,928,573 99.71 1,838,913 0.29 630,767,486 80.72% 159,530
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To re-elect
5 John Fallon 630,190,100 99.89 666,309 0.11 630,856,409 80.73% 75,607
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To re-elect
6 Josh Lewis 629,072,236 99.73 1,704,404 0.27 630,776,640 80.72% 155,376
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To re-elect
Linda
7 Lorimer 630,500,823 99.96 276,311 0.04 630,777,134 80.72% 154,882
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To re-elect
Michael
8 Lynton 623,403,576 99.62 2,353,846 0.38 625,757,422 80.08% 5,174,594
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To re-elect
9 Tim Score 585,635,326 99.50 2,949,210 0.50 588,584,536 75.32% 42,347,480
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To re-elect
Sidney
10 Taurel 627,330,412 99.45 3,474,990 0.55 630,805,402 80.73% 126,614
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To re-elect
Lincoln
11 Wallen 630,368,159 99.94 401,766 0.06 630,769,925 80.72% 162,091
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To re-elect
Coram
12 Williams 628,930,343 99.69 1,935,263 0.31 630,865,606 80.73% 66,410
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To approve
the annual
remuneration
13 report 617,786,062 97.93 13,041,115 2.07 630,827,177 80.73% 104,839
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To
re-appoint
14 the auditors 598,560,393 94.88 32,318,203 5.12 630,878,596 80.74% 53,420
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To determine
the
remuneration
of the
15 auditors 628,930,751 99.69 1,924,243 0.31 630,854,994 80.73% 72,522
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To authorise
the company
to
allot
ordinary
16 shares 561,600,685 89.02 69,238,744 10.98 630,839,429 80.73% 92,587
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To waive the
pre-emption
17 rights 630,474,373 99.95 325,412 0.05 630,799,785 80.73% 132,107
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To waive the
pre-emption
rights
- additional
18 percentage 616,821,980 97.78 13,975,479 2.22 630,797,459 80.72% 134,433
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To authorise
the company
to
purchase its
19 own shares 624,083,306 98.92 6,786,558 1.08 630,869,864 80.73% 62,028
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To approve
the holding
of
general
meetings on
14 clear
20 days' notice 605,007,012 96.29 23,319,351 3.71 628,326,363 80.41% 2,605,529
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* Votes withheld are not legal votes.
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