Result of AGM

Great Portland Estates PLC

06 July 2023

 

Great Portland Estates plc

Result of AGM

Thursday 6 July 2023

Great Portland Estates plc (the "Company") announces the results of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Thursday 6 July 2023.

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 2023.	203,706,769	100.00%	2,097	0.00%	203,708,866	80.24	858,807
2	To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2023.	201,915,695	98.70%	2,651,712	1.30%	204,567,407	80.58	266
3	To approve the Directors' remuneration report.	197,428,528	96.51%	7,135,959	3.49%	204,564,487	80.58	3,186
4	To approve the Directors' remuneration policy.	189,336,232	92.56%	15,228,255	7.44%	204,564,487	80.58	3,186
5	To re-elect Richard Mully as a Director of the Company.	194,734,258	95.20%	9,829,131	4.80%	204,563,389	80.58	4,284
6	To re-elect Toby Courtauld as a Director of the Company.	201,372,958	98.70%	2,660,276	1.30%	204,033,234	80.37	534,439
7	To re-elect Nick Sanderson as a Director of the Company.	201,343,706	98.43%	3,219,683	1.57%	204,563,389	80.58	4,284
8	To re-elect Dan Nicholson as a Director of the Company.	201,708,840	98.60%	2,854,549	1.40%	204,563,389	80.58	4,284
9	To re-elect Nick Hampton as a Director of the Company.	197,164,056	96.63%	6,869,178	3.37%	204,033,234	80.37	534,439
10	To re-elect Mark Anderson as a Director of the Company.	199,779,472	97.91%	4,254,861	2.09%	204,034,333	80.37	533,340
11	To re-elect Vicky Jarman as a Director of the Company.	200,313,104	97.92%	4,251,384	2.08%	204,564,488	80.58	3,185
12	To elect Champa Magesh as a Director of the Company.	204,557,845	100.00%	6,643	0.00%	204,564,488	80.58	3,185
13	To re-elect Emma Woods as a Director of the Company.	198,046,201	96.81%	6,518,287	3.19%	204,564,488	80.58	3,185
14	To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor.	203,992,044	99.72%	571,497	0.28%	204,563,541	80.58	4,132
15	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditor.	204,521,501	99.98%	42,316	0.02%	204,563,817	80.58	3,856
16	To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares.	193,479,779	94.58%	11,085,137	5.42%	204,564,916	80.58	2,757
17	To approve the adoption of the Great Portland Estates Restricted Share Plan.	191,485,183	93.61%	13,078,430	6.39%	204,563,613	80.58	4,060
	Special resolutions
18	To renew the Directors' limited authority to allot shares for cash.	198,765,872	97.17%	5,798,768	2.83%	204,564,640	80.58	3,033
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.	192,080,265	95.13%	9,833,423	4.87%	201,913,688	79.53	2,653,985
20	To renew the authority enabling the Company to buy its own shares.	198,135,737	96.88%	6,387,859	3.12%	204,523,596	80.56	44,077
21	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	195,650,236	95.64%	8,914,680	4.36%	204,564,916	80.58	2,757

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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