| LONDON, May 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearson plc held its annual general meeting ("AGM") at 10:30am today. All resolutions set out in the Company's Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 27 March 2025 were proposed and approved on a poll. The table below shows the results of the poll for each resolution. As at 6.30pm on 30 April 2025, the Company's issued share capital was 661,685,614 ordinary shares of 25p each. The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company were 661,685,614. The proportion of the Company's issued share capital represented by those votes cast is approximately 79.44%.
| Resolution | For and Discretionary | % votes cast For and Discretionary | Against | % votes cast Against | Total votes cast (excluding votes withheld) | % of issued capital voted | Withheld/ Abstentions* | 1 | To receive the 2024 report and accounts | 525,108,863 | 99.99 | 73,280 | 0.01 | 525,182,143 | 79.37 % | 712,057 | 2 | To declare a final dividend | 520,514,099 | 99.02 | 5,159,881 | 0.98 | 525,673,980 | 79.44 % | 220,221 | 3 | To re-elect Omar Abbosh | 525,579,955 | 99.98 | 86,908 | 0.02 | 525,666,863 | 79.44 % | 227,338 | 4 | To re-elect Sherry Coutu | 499,873,806 | 95.09 | 25,792,261 | 4.91 | 525,666,067 | 79.44 % | 228,133 | 5 | To re-elect Alison Dolan | 520,095,364 | 99.42 | 3,057,934 | 0.58 | 523,153,298 | 79.06 % | 2,740,903 | 6 | To re-elect Alex Hardiman | 525,571,009 | 99.98 | 91,301 | 0.02 | 525,662,310 | 79.44 % | 231,891 | 7 | To re-elect Sally Johnson | 524,286,473 | 99.74 | 1,371,988 | 0.26 | 525,658,461 | 79.44 % | 235,740 | 8 | To re-elect Omid Kordestani | 524,009,139 | 99.69 | 1,655,282 | 0.31 | 525,664,421 | 79.44 % | 229,780 | 9 | To re-elect Esther Lee | 523,636,938 | 99.62 | 2,008,625 | 0.38 | 525,645,563 | 79.44 % | 248,638 | 10 | To re-elect Graeme Pitkethly | 524,331,575 | 99.75 | 1,329,033 | 0.25 | 525,660,608 | 79.44 % | 233,593 | 11 | To re-elect Annette Thomas | 524,489,800 | 99.78 | 1,176,507 | 0.22 | 525,666,307 | 79.44 % | 227,894 | 12 | To re-elect Lincoln Wallen | 515,466,071 | 98.06 | 10,195,310 | 1.94 | 525,661,381 | 79.44 % | 232,728 | 13 | To approve the annual remuneration report | 485,861,331 | 92.43 | 39,779,388 | 7.57 | 525,640,719 | 79.44 % | 253,482 | 14 | To re-appoint the auditors | 525,573,211 | 99.98 | 95,026 | 0.02 | 525,668,237 | 79.44 % | 225,964 | 15 | To determine the remuneration of the auditors | 525,582,453 | 99.99 | 74,198 | 0.01 | 525,656,651 | 79.44 % | 237,459 | 16 | To authorise the company to allot ordinary shares | 497,356,326 | 94.62 | 28,262,253 | 5.38 | 525,618,579 | 79.44 % | 269,101 | 17 | To waive the pre-emption rights | 519,036,238 | 99.29 | 3,725,142 | 0.71 | 522,761,380 | 79.00 % | 3,126,301 | 18 | To waive the pre-emption rights โ additional percentage | 517,718,420 | 99.04 | 5,021,944 | 0.96 | 522,740,364 | 79.00 % | 3,147,317 | 19 | To authorise the company to purchase its own shares | 518,733,869 | 98.69 | 6,865,162 | 1.31 | 525,599,031 | 79.43 % | 288,650 | 20 | To approve the holding of general meetings on 14 clear days' notice | 504,125,370 | 95.91 | 21,480,882 | 4.09 | 525,606,252 | 79.43 % | 287,949 |
* Votes withheld are not legal votes. In accordance with the Listing Rules, copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism which is located at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism Media Contacts:
Laura Ewart - UK
Laura.ewart@pearson.com
Dan Nelson - US
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