Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6622E

Great Portland Estates PLC

08 July 2021

 

Great Portland Estates plc

Result of AGM

Thursday 8 July 2021

Great Portland Estates plc (the "Company") announces the results of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Thursday 8 July 2021.

A poll was held on each of the resolutions. Resolutions 1 to 14 (ordinary resolutions) and resolutions 15 to 19 (special resolutions) were all passed by the required majority. The results of the poll are as follows:

	Resolution	Votes for	%	Votes Against	%	Total	% of issued share capital	Votes withheld*
	Ordinary resolutions
1	To receive the audited financial statements together with the directors' and auditor's reports for the year ended 31 March 2021.	197,378,757	99.99	17,226	0.01	197,395,983	77.76	1,016,351
2	To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2021.	198,164,632	99.98	40,500	0.02	198,205,132	78.07	207,202
3	To approve the Directors' remuneration report.	197,458,148	99.63	739,734	0.37	198,197,882	78.07	214,452
4	To re-elect Toby Courtauld as a director of the Company.	197,563,754	99.96	73,169	0.04	197,636,923	77.85	775,411
5	To re-elect Nick Sanderson as a director of the Company.	197,341,174	99.57	855,051	0.43	198,196,225	78.07	216,109
6	To re-elect Richard Mully as a director of the Company.	197,958,436	99.88	235,539	0.12	198,193,975	78.07	218,359
7	To re-elect Charles Philipps as a director of the Company.	197,976,029	99.89	220,196	0.11	198,196,225	78.07	216,109
8	To re-elect Wendy Becker as a director of the Company.	197,979,936	99.89	220,196	0.11	198,200,132	78.07	212,202
9	To re-elect Vicky Jarman as a director of the Company.	197,977,686	99.89	220,196	0.11	198,197,882	78.07	214,452
10	To re-elect Nick Hampton as a director of the Company.	195,030,779	99.34	1,287,724	0.66	196,318,503	77.33	2,093,831
11	To re-elect Alison Rose as a director of the Company.	197,979,936	99.89	220,196	0.11	198,200,132	78.07	212,202
12	To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditor.	193,264,589	97.51	4,935,543	2.49	198,200,132	78.07	212,202
13	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditor.	196,229,751	99.01	1,970,381	0.99	198,200,132	78.07	212,202
14	To renew the directors' authority to allot shares.	189,405,073	95.56	8,794,961	4.44	198,200,034	78.07	212,300
	Special resolutions
15	To renew the directors' limited authority to allot shares for cash.	195,931,032	99.97	49,650	0.03	195,980,682	77.20	2,431,652
16	To give the directors additional limited authority to allot shares for cash in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment, and including development and/or refurbishment expenditure.	185,261,936	95.43	8,871,154	4.57	194,133,090	76.47	4,279,244
17	To renew the authority enabling the Company to buy its own shares.	193,397,641	97.60	4,755,618	2.40	198,153,259	78.05	259,075
18	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	187,776,939	94.74	10,423,095	5.26	198,200,034	78.07	212,300
19	To approve amendments made to the Articles of Association	198,195,130	100	2,448	0.00	198,197,578	78.07	214,756

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 Company's issued share capital was 253,867,911 shares of 15^5/₁₉ pence each.

In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's 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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

For further information contact:

Darren Lennark

General Counsel & Company Secretary

Great Portland Estates plc  

020 7647 3000

LEI Number: 213800JMEDD2Q4N1MC42

 

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