UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
21 April 2022
RELX PLC
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
1-3 Strand
London
WC2N 5JR
(Address of principal executive office)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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RELX PLC |
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Date: 04/21/2022 |
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/s/ A. Westley |
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Name: |
A. Westley |
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Title: |
Deputy Secretary |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No |
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Description |
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99.1 |
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Results of Annual General Meeting 04.21.2022 |
ISSUED ON BEHALF OF RELX PLC
Result of Annual General Meeting 2022
The Company held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") at 09:30am today, Thursday 21 April 2022.
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.
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Resolution |
For |
% votes cast For |
Against |
% votes cast Against |
Total votes cast (excluding votes withheld) |
% of issued capital voted (excluding Treasury shares) |
Withheld |
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Receive the 2021 Annual Report |
1,491,275,770 |
99.78 |
3,335,597 |
0.22 |
1,494,611,367 |
77.45% |
2,126,644 |
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Approve Annual Remuneration Report |
1,373,261,824 |
91.85 |
121,919,012 |
8.15 |
1,495,180,836 |
77.48% |
1,557,175 |
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Declaration of 2021 Final Dividend |
1,493,177,822 |
99.77 |
3,425,530 |
0.23 |
1,496,603,352 |
77.56% |
134,659 |
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Re-appointment of auditors |
1,485,348,662 |
99.26 |
11,062,875 |
0.74 |
1,496,411,537 |
77.55% |
326,474 |
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Auditors’ remuneration |
1,493,500,529 |
99.81 |
2,876,603 |
0.19 |
1,496,377,132 |
77.55% |
360,879 |
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Re-elect Paul Walker as a Director |
1,467,667,180 |
98.07 |
28,845,485 |
1.93 |
1,496,512,665 |
77.55% |
225,346 |
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Re-elect June Felix as a Director |
1,494,824,919 |
99.89 |
1,589,342 |
0.11 |
1,496,414,261 |
77.55% |
323,750 |
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Re-elect Erik Engstrom as a Director |
1,494,726,200 |
99.88 |
1,778,075 |
0.12 |
1,496,504,275 |
77.55% |
233,736 |
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Re-elect Wolfhart Hauser as a Director |
1,440,131,331 |
97.78 |
32,721,119 |
2.22 |
1,472,852,450 |
76.33% |
23,885,561 |
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Re-elect Charlotte Hogg as a Director |
1,495,251,731 |
99.92 |
1,159,739 |
0.08 |
1,496,411,470 |
77.55% |
326,541 |
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Re-elect Marike van Lier Lels as a Director |
1,476,195,582 |
98.65 |
20,215,292 |
1.35 |
1,496,410,874 |
77.55% |
327,137 |
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Re-elect Nick Luff as a Director |
1,488,575,157 |
99.47 |
7,933,794 |
0.53 |
1,496,508,951 |
77.55% |
229,060 |
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Re-elect Robert MacLeod as a Director |
1,466,439,977 |
98.53 |
21,818,670 |
1.47 |
1,488,258,647 |
77.12% |
8,479,364 |
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Re-elect Andrew Sukawaty as a Director |
1,494,740,397 |
99.89 |
1,660,132 |
0.11 |
1,496,400,529 |
77.55% |
337,482 |
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Re-elect Suzanne Wood as a Director |
1,411,122,951 |
94.30 |
85,291,485 |
5.70 |
1,496,414,436 |
77.55% |
323,575 |
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Authority to allot shares |
1,426,795,249 |
95.33 |
69,832,233 |
4.67 |
1,496,627,482 |
77.56% |
110,529 |
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Disapplication of pre-emption rights |
1,485,969,136 |
99.54 |
6,889,235 |
0.46 |
1,492,858,371 |
77.36% |
3,879,640 |
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Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights |
1,464,529,391 |
98.10 |
28,326,287 |
1.90 |
1,492,855,678 |
77.36% |
3,882,333 |
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Authority to purchase own shares |
1,476,765,192 |
98.75 |
18,663,830 |
1.25 |
1,495,429,022 |
77.50% |
1,308,989 |
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Notice period for general meetings |
1,406,037,769 |
94.13 |
87,690,996 |
5.87 |
1,493,728,765 |
77.41% |
3,009,246 |
NOTES:
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The ‘For’ vote includes those giving the Chair discretion. |
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Votes ‘Withheld’ are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a resolution. |
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3. |
Resolutions 17 to 20 are Special Resolutions. |
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At the close of business on Tuesday 19 April 2022 the total number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding Treasury shares, was 1,929,677,490. |
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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. |
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As per Listing Rule 9.6.2 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. |