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Result of AGM
Result of AGM.
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RELX PLC Result of Annual General Meeting 2025 The Company held its Annual General Meeting at 9:30 a m today, Thursday 24 April 2025. 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 20 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 2024 Annual Report 1,497,098,391 99.69 4,644,788 0.31 1,501,743,179 81.29% 2,923,137 2. Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report 1,439,249,912 95.68 65,010,139 4.32 1,504,260,051 81.43% 401,804 3. Declaration of a final dividend 1,500,346,922 99.73 3,998,447 0.27 1,504,345,369 81.43% 320,947 4. Re-appointment of auditor 1,496,341,407 99.51 7,427,576 0.49 1,503,768,983 81.40% 897,333 5. Auditors' remuneration 1,497,691,927 99.60 6,084,816 0.40 1,503,776,743 81.40% 889,573 6. Elect Andy Halford as a Director 1,503,230,052 99.93 1,079,387 0.07 1,504,309,439 81.43% 356,127 7. Re-elect Paul Walker as a Director 1,432,033,157 95.61 65,732,706 4.39 1,497,765,863 81.08% 6,899,702 8. Re-elect Erik Engstrom as a Director 1,499,376,649 99.86 2,065,479 0.14 1,501,442,128 81.28% 3,223,438 9. Re-elect Nick Luff as a Director 1,498,412,676 99.60 5,977,212 0.40 1,504,389,888 81.44% 275,678 10. Re-elect Alistair Cox as a Director 1,492,067,672 99.19 12,245,801 0.81 1,504,313,473 81.43% 352,093 11. Re-elect June Felix as a Director 1,502,009,715 99.85 2,304,540 0.15 1,504,314,255 81.43% 351,311 12. Re-elect Charlotte Hogg as a Director 1,504,107,872 99.99 208,102 0.01 1,504,315,974 81.43% 350,342 13. Re-elect Andrew Sukawaty as a Director 1,482,900,690 98.58 21,412,665 1.42 1,504,313,355 81.43% 352,211 14. Re-elect Bianca Tetteroo as a Director 1,504,058,748 99.98 257,350 0.02 1,504,316,098 81.43% 349,468 15. Re-elect Suzanne Wood as a Director 1,468,281,453 97.61 36,011,771 2.39 1,504,293,224 81.43% 372,342 16. Authority to allot shares 1,381,070,088 91.81 123,216,939 8.19 1,504,287,027 81.43% 378,538 17. Disapplication of pre-emption rights 1,473,604,617 98.41 23,834,968 1.59 1,497,439,585 81.06% 7,225,981 18. Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights 1,466,598,246 97.94 30,848,740 2.06 1,497,446,986 81.06% 7,218,580 19. Authority to purchase own shares 1,491,961,703 99.25 11,348,380 0.75 1,503,310,083 81.38% 1,355,483 20. Notice period for general meetings 1,381,599,424 91.84 122,701,399 8.16 1,504,300,823 81.43% 364,742 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 17 to 20 are Special Resolutions. 4. At the close of business on Tuesday, 22 April 2025 the total number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding treasury shares, was 1,847,309,468. 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 .