Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4262L

Great Portland Estates PLC

03 July 2014

 



Result of AGM

Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting

Thursday 3 July 2014

Great Portland Estates plc (the "Company") announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Thursday 3 July 2014, 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 16 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 19 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 2014.	289,159,647	100%			3,090	-	289,162,737	84.08%	880,738
2	To authorise the payment of a final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2014.	290,024,955	100%			-	-	290,024,955	84.33%	18,520
3	To approve the Directors' remuneration report, other than the part containing the Director's remuneration policy, for the year ended 31 March 2014.	282,163,571	98.08%			5,535,513	1.92%	287,699,084	83.65%	2,344,391
4	To approve the Directors' remuneration policy contained in the Director's remuneration report for the year ended 31 March 2014.	277,609,793	96.67%			9,565,700	3.33%	287,175,493	83.50%	2,867,982
5	To re-elect Toby Courtauld as a director of the Company.	288,616,753	99.52%			1,406,324	0.48%	290,023,077	84.33%	20,398
6	To re-elect Nick Sanderson as a director of the Company.	288,815,709	99.58%			1,207,368	0.42%	290,023,077	84.33%	20,398
7	To re-elect Neil Thompson as a director of the Company.	288,815,709	99.58%			1,207,368	0.42%	290,023,077	84.33%	20,398
8	To re-elect Martin Scicluna as a director of the Company.	286,409,301	98.75%			3,613,776	1.25%	290,023,077	84.33%	20,398
9	To re-elect Jonathan Nicholls as a director of the Company.	289,055,713	99.67%			967,364	0.33%	290,023,077	84.33%	20,398
10	To re-elect Jonathan Short as a director of the Company.	289,056,293	99.67%			966,784	0.33%	290,023,077	84.33%	20,398
11	To re-elect Elizabeth Holden as a director of the Company.	289,050,302	99.66%			973,166	0.34%	290,023,468	84.33%	20,007
12	To elect Charles Philipps as a director of the Company.	288,853,636	99.60%			1,167,850	0.40%	290,021,486	84.33%	21,989
13	To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditors.	260,806,200	91.25%			25,005,498	8.75%	285,811,698	83.10%	4,231,777
14	To authorise the directors to agree the remuneration of the auditors.	262,478,329	91.27%			25,105,439	8.73%	287,583,768	83.62%	2,459,707
15	To renew the directors' authority to allot shares.	274,457,586	95.47%			13,027,168	4.53%	287,484,754	83.59%	2,558,721
16	To increase the maximum aggregate amount of fees payable to the Non-Executive Directors.	289,899,145	99.99%			42,512	0.01%	289,941,657	84.30%	101,818
	Special Business
17	To renew the director's limited authority to allot shares for cash.	283,589,498	98.38%		4,670,202		1.62%	288,259,700	83.81%	1,783,775
18	To renew the authority enabling the Company to buy its own shares.	285,926,915		98.59%	4,092,837		1.41%	290,019,752	84.33%	23,723
19	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	240,881,369		83.06%	49,137,831		16.94%	290,019,200	84.33%	24,275

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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