Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6505I

Great Portland Estates PLC

04 July 2013

 



Result of AGM

Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting

Thursday 4 July 2013

Great Portland Estates plc (the "Company") announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Thursday 4 July 2013, as set out in the AGM notice.

A poll was held on each of the resolutions and was passed by the required majority.  Resolutions 1 to 14 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 17 as special resolutions were passed and the results of the poll were as follows:

	Resolution	Votes for	%	Votes Against	%	Total	% of issued share capital	Votes withheld*
	Ordinary Business
1	To receive and adopt the audited financial statements together with the directors' and auditors' reports for the year ended 31 March 2013.	280,534,906	99.91%	261,579	0.09%	280,796,485	81.64%	44,732
2	To authorise the payment of a final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2013.	280,796,485	100%	-	-	280,796,485	81.64%	44,732
3	To approve the Directors' remuneration report.	276,707,186	98.69%	3,667,087	1.31%	280,374,273	81.52%	466,944
4	To re-elect Toby Courtauld as a director of the Company.	279,829,817	99.66%	965,181	0.34%	280,794,998	81.64%	46,219
5	To re-elect Nick Sanderson as a director of the Company.	279,829,394	99.66%	965,604	0.34%	280,794,998	81.64%	46,219
6	To re-elect Neil Thompson as a director of the Company.	279,828,997	99.66%	965,604	0.34%	280,794,601	81.64%	46,616
7	To re-elect Martin Scicluna as a director of the Company.	277,066,900	98.67%	3,728,098	1.33%	280,794,998	81.64%	46,219
8	To re-elect Charles Irby as a director of the Company.	276,773,231	98.57%	4,016,931	1.43%	280,790,162	81.64%	51,055
9	To re-elect Jonathan Nicholls as a director of the Company.	279,803,040	99.65%	987,122	0.35%	280,790,162	81.64%	51,055
10	To re-elect Jonathan Short as a director of the Company.	278,460,211	99.81%	543,941	0.19%	279,004,152	81.12%	1,837,065
11	To elect Elizabeth Holden as a director of the Company.	280,422,049	99.87%	367,765	0.13%	280,789,814	81.64%	51,403
12	To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditors.	254,493,905	90.63%	26,302,580	9.37%	280,796,485	81.64%	44,732
13	To authorise the directors to agree the remuneration of the auditors.	256,359,671	91.30%	24,435,814	8.70%	280,795,485	81.64%	45,732
14	To renew the directors' authority to allot shares.	268,523,799	96.98%	8,375,921	3.02%	276,899,720	80.51%	3,941,497

	Resolution	Votes for	%		Votes Against	%	Total	% of issued share capital	Votes withheld*
	Special Business
15	To renew the director's limited authority to allot shares for cash.	276,626,263	99.92%		227,685	0.08%	276,853,948	80.50%	3,987,269
16	To renew the authority enabling the Company to buy its own shares.	277,345,351		98.77%	3,451,134	1.23%	280,796,485	81.64%		44,732
17	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	232,263,945		82.72%	48,531,850	17.28%	280,795,795	81.64%		45,422

Notes:

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and, therefore cannot be counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.

As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares of the Company was 343,926,149 shares of 12.5 pence each, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against all resolutions.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 a copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting will be available via the National Storage Mechanism, which can be accessed at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

 

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