Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5604E

Great Portland Estates PLC

04 July 2019

 

Great Portland Estates plc

Result of AGM

Thursday 4 July 2019

Great Portland Estates plc (the "Company") announces the results of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Thursday 4 July 2019.

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 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 2019.	215,686,145	100.00	196	0.00	215,686,341		80.54%	391,950
2	To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2019.	216,076,236	100.00	1,267	0.00	216,077,503		80.69%	788
3	To approve the Directors' remuneration report, other than the part containing the Directors' remuneration policy, for the year ended 31 March 2019.	205,038,325	95.61	9,423,955	4.39	214,462,280		80.08%	1,616,009
4	To re-elect Toby Courtauld as a director of the Company.	215,781,632	99.86	295,466	0.14	216,077,098		80.69%	1,193
5	To re-elect Nick Sanderson as a director of the Company.	214,573,359	99.30	1,503,738	0.70	216,077,097		80.69%	1,193
6	To re-elect Richard Mully as a director of the Company.	212,779,189	98.47	3,297,908	1.53	216,077,097		80.69%	1,193
7	To re-elect Charles Philipps as a director of the Company.	214,385,148	99.22	1,691,950	0.78	216,077,098		80.69%	1,193
8	To re-elect Wendy Becker as a director of the Company.	214,383,542	99.22	1,693,556	0.78	216,077,098		80.69%	1,193
9	To re-elect Nick Hampton as a director of the Company.	213,205,228	98.67	2,871,870	1.33	216,077,098		80.69%	1,193
10	To re-elect Alison Rose as a director of the Company.	214,382,088	99.22	1,695,010	0.78	216,077,098		80.69%	1,193
11	To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditor.	212,676,895	98.60	3,021,064	1.40	215,697,959		80.55%	380,331
12	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditor.	214,198,309	99.13	1,879,193	0.87	216,077,502		80.69%	788
13	To renew the directors' authority to allot shares.	206,768,198	95.69	9,308,487	4.31	216,076,685		80.69%	1,606
	Special resolutions
14	To renew the directors' limited authority to allot equity securities for cash.	214,576,362	99.99	12,317	0.01		214,588,679	80.13%	1,489,612
15	To renew the directors' additional limited authority to allot equity securities for cash as contemplated by the Pre-emption Group's Statement of Principles, and including development and /or refurbishment expenditure.	206,572,008	96.43	7,637,581	3.57		214,209,589	79.99%	1,868,701
16	To renew the authority enabling the Company to buy its own shares.	214,081,708	99.09	1,966,314	0.91		216,048,022	80.68%	30,268
17	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	196,994,561	91.17	19,074,278	8.83		216,068,839	80.68%	9,451

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 267,795,844 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 http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

Desna Martin

Company Secretary

4 July 2019

 

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