Result of AGM

Great Portland Estates PLC

04 July 2024

 

Great Portland Estates plc

Result of AGM

Thursday 4 July 2024

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 2024.

A poll was held on each of the resolutions. Resolutions 1 to 16 (ordinary resolutions) and resolutions 17 to 20 (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 2024.	312,869,227	99.96	121,378	0.04	312,990,605	77.06%	1,051,496
2	To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2024.	314,040,955	100.00	880	0.00	314,041,835	77.31%	266
3	To approve the Directors' remuneration report.	298,379,479	95.09	15,416,000	4.91	313,795,479	77.25%	246,621
4	To re-elect Richard Mully as a Director of the Company.	303,694,701	98.59	4,343,075	1.41	308,037,776	75.84%	6,004,323
5	To re-elect Toby Courtauld as a Director of the Company.	313,971,430	99.98	53,783	0.02	314,025,213	77.31%	16,888
6	To re-elect Nick Sanderson as a Director of the Company.	313,941,207	99.97	84,006	0.03	314,025,213	77.31%	16,888
7	To re-elect Dan Nicholson as a Director of the Company.	313,968,876	99.98	56,337	0.02	314,025,213	77.31%	16,888
8	To re-elect Nick Hampton as a Director of the Company.	310,888,689	99.27	2,288,274	0.73	313,176,963	77.10%	865,136
9	To re-elect Mark Anderson as a Director of the Company.	310,887,568	99.27	2,289,395	0.73	313,176,963	77.10%	865,136
10	To elect Karen Green as a Director of the Company.	314,021,540	100.00	3,673	0.00	314,025,213	77.31%	16,888
11	To re-elect Vicky Jarman as a Director of the Company.	311,736,193	99.27	2,289,018	0.73	314,025,211	77.31%	16,888
12	To re-elect Champa Magesh as a Director of the Company.	311,681,906	99.25	2,343,305	0.75	314,025,211	77.31%	16,888
13	To re-elect Emma Woods as a Director of the Company.	310,123,766	98.76	3,901,445	1.24	314,025,211	77.31%	16,888
14	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor.	313,179,737	99.73	853,331	0.27	314,033,068	77.31%	9,033
15	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditor.	313,985,236	99.98	48,108	0.02	314,033,344	77.31%	8,757
16	To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares.	293,904,813	93.59	20,127,422	6.41	314,032,235	77.31%	9,866
	Special resolutions
17	To renew the Directors' limited authority to allot shares for cash.	306,587,004	97.63	7,444,955	2.37	314,031,959	77.31%	10,142
18	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.	296,665,253	95.31	14,583,686	4.69	311,248,939	76.63%	2,793,162
19	To renew the authority enabling the Company to buy its own shares.	307,532,137	97.94	6,453,921	2.06	313,986,058	77.30%	56,043
20	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	299,400,983	95.34	14,630,260	4.66	314,031,243	77.31%	9,866

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 406,188,658 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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