Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7133R

Great Portland Estates PLC

07 July 2022

 

Great Portland Estates plc

Result of AGM

Thursday 7 July 2022

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 2022.

A poll was held on each of the resolutions. Resolutions 1 to 17 (ordinary resolutions) and resolutions 18 to 21 (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 2022.	201,551,571	100.00%	484	0.00%	201,552,055	79.39	913,418
2	To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2022.	200,778,029	99.27%	1,474,044	0.73%	202,252,073	79.67	213,400
3	To approve the Directors' remuneration report.	190,081,568	94.56%	10,945,612	5.44%	201,027,180	79.19	1,438,293
4	To re-elect Richard Mully as a Director of the Company.	192,341,289	95.14%	9,830,801	4.86%	202,172,090	79.64	293,383
5	To re-elect Toby Courtauld as a Director of the Company.	201,498,235	99.91%	188,367	0.09%	201,686,602	79.45	778,871
6	To re-elect Nick Sanderson as a Director of the Company.	201,426,873	99.60%	819,031	0.40%	202,245,904	79.67	219,569
7	To elect Dan Nicholson as a Director of the Company.	201,055,144	99.41%	1,190,760	0.59%	202,245,904	79.67	219,569
8	To re-elect Charles Philipps as a Director of the Company.	200,484,303	99.13%	1,759,351	0.87%	202,243,654	79.66	221,819
9	To elect Mark Anderson as a Director of the Company.	201,244,516	99.78%	442,086	0.22%	201,686,602	79.45	778,871
10	To re-elect Nick Hampton as a Director of the Company.	199,923,738	99.13%	1,760,614	0.87%	201,684,352	79.44	781,121
11	To re-elect Vicky Jarman as a Director of the Company.	200,931,198	99.35%	1,318,059	0.65%	202,249,257	79.67	216,216
12	To re-elect Alison Rose as a Director of the Company.	200,372,189	99.35%	1,317,766	0.65%	201,689,955	79.45	775,518
13	To elect Emma Woods as a Director of the Company.	202,177,192	100.00%	501	0.00%	202,177,693	79.64	287,780
14	To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditor.	198,392,965	98.09%	3,856,051	1.91%	202,249,016	79.67	216,457
15	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditor.	199,974,182	98.87%	2,275,601	1.13%	202,249,783	79.67	215,690
16	To increase the maximum aggregate fees payable to Non-Executive Directors in accordance with the Company's Articles of Association.	201,782,359	99.77%	467,071	0.23%	202,249,430	79.67	216,043
17	To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares.	189,462,038	93.68%	12,787,116	6.32%	202,249,154	79.67	216,319
	Special resolutions
18	To renew the Directors' limited authority to allot shares for cash.	198,070,161	99.91%	183,444	0.09%	198,253,605	78.09	4,211,868
19	To renew 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.	195,301,529	99.12%	1,729,766	0.88%	197,031,295	77.61	5,434,178
20	To renew the authority enabling the Company to buy its own shares.	195,848,816	96.87%	6,334,641	3.13%	202,183,457	79.64	282,016
21	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	191,833,679	94.85%	10,415,529	5.15%	202,249,208	79.67	216,265

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 ordinary 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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