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RELX N.V. announces that the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM), held in Amsterdam on 20 April 2016, approved the 2015 Annual Financial Statements and determined the total dividend for 2015 at € 0.403 per share of € 0.07 nominal value. After taking account of the interim dividend of € 0.115 per share paid in August 2015, the final dividend amounts to € 0.288 per share.
All other resolutions were approved by the AGM. These include: the appointment of Mrs Carol Mills and Mr Robert McLeod as non-executive directors for the first time, the re-appointment of Erik Engstrom and Nick Luff as executive directors and the re-appointment of all non-executive directors with the exception of Lisa Hook and Robert Polet, who both did not offer themselves for re-appointment and who will retire with effect from the conclusion of the AGMs.
The results of the voting on each resolution are set out below:
Resolution | For | % | Against | % | Total votes cast (excluding votes withheld) | Votes withheld |
4. Adoption of the 2015 Annual Financial Statements | 692,036,867 | 99.44 | 3,877,399 | 0.56 | 695,914,266 | 4,238,452 |
5a. Release from liability of executive directors | 681,527,791 | 99.02 | 6,765,017 | 0.98 | 688,292,808 | 11,859,910 |
5b. Release from liability of non-executive directors | 681,529,505 | 99.02 | 6,763,170 | 0.98 | 688,292,675 | 11,860,043 |
6. Determination and distribution of dividend | 698,297,910 | 99.93 | 477,649 | 0.07 | 698,775,559 | 1,377,159 |
7. Appointment of external auditors | 698,341,925 | 99.75 | 1,781,508 | 0.25 | 700,123,433 | 29,285 |
8a. Appointment Carol Mills | 699,531,198 | 99.92 | 594,475 | 0.08 | 700,125,673 | 27,045 |
8b. Appointment Robert McLeod | 685,428,270 | 97.90 | 14,694,512 | 2.10 | 700,122,782 | 29,936 |
8c. Re-appointment Anthony Habgood | 696,673,864 | 99.51 | 3,456,962 | 0.49 | 700,130,826 | 21,892 |
8d. Re-appointment Wolfhart Hauser | 694,157,758 | 99.15 | 5,969,423 | 0.85 | 700,127,181 | 25,537 |
8e. Re-appointment Adrian Hennah | 687,215,586 | 98.91 | 7,597,122 | 1.09 | 694,812,708 | 5,340,010 |
8f. Re-appointment Marike van Lier Lels | 698,333,325 | 99.74 | 1,791,784 | 0.26 | 700,125,109 | 27,609 |
8g. Re-appointment Linda Sanford | 698,785,155 | 99.81 | 1,340,172 | 0.19 | 700,125,327 | 27,391 |
8h. Re-appointment Ben van der Veer | 699,225,761 | 99.87 | 899,360 | 0.13 | 700,125,121 | 27,597 |
9a. Re-appointment Erik Engstrom | 699,203,753 | 99.89 | 803,227 | 0.11 | 700,006,980 | 145,738 |
9b. Re-appointment Nick Luff | 698,022,301 | 99.70 | 2,102,651 | 0.30 | 700,124,952 | 27,766 |
10a. Delegation to the Board of the authority to acquire shares in the Company | 690,477,479 | 98.62 | 9,644,510 | 1.38 | 700,121,989 | 30,729 |
10b. Proposal to reduce the capital of the Company by cancellation of up to 30 million ordinary shares held in treasury | 698,740,645 | 99.80 | 1,380,935 | 0.20 | 700,121,580 | 31,138 |
11a. Designation of the Board as authorised body to issue shares and to grant rights to acquire shares in the capital of the Company | 590,189,023 | 84.30 | 109,934,338 | 15.70 | 700,123,361 | 29,357 |
11b. Extension of the designation of the Board as authorised body to limit or exclude pre-emptive rights to the issuance of shares | 601,049,124 | 86.26 | 95,754,934 | 13.74 | 696,804,058 | 3,348,660 |
The shares represented were good for 700,152,718 million, which is 71.14% of our issued share capital.
Note: Votes 'withheld' are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution.
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