Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5938D

Great Portland Estates PLC

07 July 2016

 

Result of AGM

Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting

Thursday 7 July 2016

Great Portland Estates plc (the "Company") announces the results of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Thursday 7 July 2016, as set out in the AGM notice.

A poll was held on each of the resolutions.  Resolutions 1 to 13 (ordinary resolutions) and resolutions 14 to 17 (special resolutions) were all passed by the required majority.  The results of the poll were as follows:

	Resolution	Votes for	%			Votes Against	%	Total	% of issued share capital	Votes withheld*
	Ordinary resolutions
1	To receive and adopt the audited financial statements together with the directors' and auditors' reports for the year ended 31 March 2016.	284,731,357	99.94%			167,133	0.06%	284,898,490	82.84	801,354
2	To authorise the payment of a final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2016.	285,149,024	99.96%			118,249	0.04%	285,267,273	82.94	432,571
3	To approve the Directors' remuneration report, other than the part containing the Director's remuneration policy, for the year ended 31 March 2016.	275,284,604	96.46%			10,104,154	3.54%	285,388,758	82.98	311,086
4	To re-elect Toby Courtauld as a director of the Company.	284,035,100	99.42%			1,661,344	0.58%	285,696,444	83.07	3,400
5	To re-elect Nick Sanderson as a director of the Company.	283,283,941	99.42%			1,661,503	0.58%	284,945,444	82.85	754,400
6	To re-elect Neil Thompson as a director of the Company.	283,158,155	99.37%			1,787,289	0.63%	284,945,444	82.85	754,400
7	To re-elect Martin Scicluna as a director of the Company.	277,401,949	97.58%			6,876,058	2.42%	284,278,007	82.66	1,421,837
8	To re-elect Elizabeth Holden as a director of the Company.	285,634,604	99.98%			61,840	0.02%	285,696,444	83.07	3,400
9	To elect Charles Philipps as a director of the Company.	284,875,502	99.71%			820,942	0.29	285,696,444	83.07	3,400
10	To re-elect Jonathan Short as a director of the Company.	280,566,080	98.20%			5,130,364	1.80%	285,696,444	83.07	3,400
11	To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditors.	274,926,563	96.23%			10,768,831	3.77%	285,695,394	83.07	4,450
12	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors.	284,544,187	99.60%			1,150,952	0.40%	285,695,139	83.07	4,705
13	To renew the directors' authority to allot shares.	270,347,436		95.05%		14,077,521	4.95%	284,424,957	82.70	1,274,887
	Special resolutions
14	To renew the director's limited authority to allot equity securities for cash.	282,799,148		99.91%	250,299		0.09%	283,049,447	82.30	2,650,397
15	To grant the directors additional limited authority to allot equity securities for cash as contemplated by the Pre-emption Group's Statement of Principles.	271,686,558		95.99%	11,361,389		4.01%	283,047,947	82.30	2,651,897
16	To renew the authority enabling the Company to buy its own shares.	267,238,323,		93.54%	18,457,445		6.46%	285,695,768	83.07	4,076
17	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	250,044,075		87.52%	35,652,384		12.48%	285,696,459	83.07	3,385

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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