At the fifty-third Annual General Meeting of Great Portland Estates plc held on Thursday 8 July 2010, the resolutions set out below were passed by Shareholders on a show of hands. Proxies were received by the Company from Shareholders in advance of the Annual General Meeting as follows:
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Proxy votes received |
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Resolution |
For the resolution |
Against the resolution |
Discretionary |
Votes withheld |
Total |
1 To receive and adopt the audited financial statements together with the directors' and auditors' reports for the year ended 31 March 2010 |
229,459,031 |
2,386,284 |
14,945 |
1,442 |
231,861,702 |
2 To approve the Directors' remuneration report |
226,012,480 |
5,736,330 |
14,945 |
97,946 |
231,861,701 |
3 To re-elect Neil Thompson as a director of the Company |
231,600,045 |
242,873 |
14,945 |
3,840 |
231,861,703 |
4 To re-elect Charles Irby as a director of the Company |
230,922,654 |
920,005 |
14,945 |
4,099 |
231,861,703 |
5 To re-elect Jonathan Short as a director of the Company |
230,922,894 |
919,765 |
14,945 |
4,099 |
231,861,703 |
6 To elect Jonathan Nicholls as a director of the Company |
230,886,081 |
927,067 |
14,945 |
33,610 |
231,861,703 |
7 To reappoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as auditors |
226,643,277 |
2,720,201 |
14,945 |
2,475,048 |
231,861,701 |
8 To authorise the directors to agree the remuneration of the auditors |
223,508,474 |
5,056,336 |
14,945 |
3,281,948 |
231,861,703 |
9 To approve the establishment of the 2010 LTIP |
215,772,113 |
15,976,541 |
14,945 |
98,102 |
231,861,701 |
10 To approve the establishment of the 2010 SIP |
231,439,932 |
216,416 |
14,945 |
190,410 |
231,861,703 |
11 To approve the establishment of the 2010 SAYE |
231,547,007 |
100,350 |
14,945 |
199,401 |
231,861,703 |
12 To renew the directors' authority to allot shares |
223,690,756 |
4,764,453 |
14,945 |
3,391,549 |
231,861,703 |
13 To renew the directors' limited authority to allot shares for cash |
231,776,470 |
59,039 |
14,945 |
11,249 |
231,861,703 |
14 To renew the authority enabling the Company to buy its own shares |
220,216,356 |
11,627,572 |
14,945 |
2,830 |
231,861,703 |
15 To amend the Articles of Association |
229,712,706 |
158,572 |
14,945 |
1,975,479 |
231,861,702 |
16 To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice |
213,142,481 |
14,996,242 |
14,945 |
3,708,035 |
231,861,703 |
Notes to the disclosure
Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.