Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3586F

Hammerson PLC

23 April 2014

 



Hammerson plc

Results of the 2014 Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting of Hammerson plc (the "Company") held at 10, Grosvenor Street, London W1K 4BJ on Wednesday, 23 April 2014, all the resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by Shareholders. The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

Resolution		Votes For		Votes Against		Votes Cast	**Votes Withheld
		No. of Shares	% of Shares voted	No. of Shares	% of Shares voted	% of Issued Share Capital	No. of Shares
1	To receive the Directors' Annual Report and Financial   Statements	549,561,534	100.00%	23,400	0.00%	77.09%	722,718
2	To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	534,234,020	97.11%	15,898,048	2.89%	77.17%	175,583
3	To receive and approve the 2013 Directors' Annual Remuneration Report (excluding the Remuneration Policy)	537,765,609	97.75%	12,366,033	2.25%	77.17%	176,009
4	To declare a final dividend	550,163,302	100.00%	20,000	0.00%	77.18%	124,350
5	To re-elect David Atkins	547,993,346	99.60%	2,180,109	0.40%	77.17%	134,197
6	To re-elect Gwyn Burr	549,174,048	99.82%	1,006,180	0.18%	77.17%	127,424
7	To re-elect Peter Cole	548,061,126	99.61%	2,119,102	0.39%	77.17%	127,424
8	To re-elect Timon Drakesmith	548,056,937	99.61%	2,123,291	0.39%	77.17%	127,424
9	To re-elect Terry Duddy	549,135,432	99.81%	1,044,796	0.19%	77.17%	127,424
10	To re-elect Jacques Espinasse	546,436,567	99.78%	1,223,020	0.22%	76.82%	2,648,065
11	To re-elect Judy Gibbons	549,141,539	99.81%	1,038,491	0.19%	77.17%	127,424
12	To re-elect Jean-Philippe Mouton	548,050,743	99.61%	2,128,787	0.39%	77.17%	127,924
13	To re-elect David Tyler	544,615,448	98.99%	5,564,582	1.01%	77.17%	127,424
14	To re-elect Anthony Watson	549,133,597	99.81%	1,046,433	0.19%	77.17%	127,424
15	To reappoint the auditor, Deloitte LLP	544,741,786	99.54%	2,493,312	0.46%	76.76%	3,072,553
16	To authorise the directors to agree the auditor's remuneration	548,003,424	99.60%	2,177,377	0.40%	77.17%	126,850
17	To authorise the directors to allot securities pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006	465,497,017	85.43%	79,364,079	14.57%	76.43%	5,446,556
*18	To empower the directors pursuant to Section 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 to allot equity securities as though Section 561(1) of that Act did not apply to such allotment	540,587,164	98.79%	6,646,730	1.21%	76.76%	3,073,758
*19	To authorise market purchase by the Company of its shares	548,019,003	99.78%	1,219,809	0.22%	77.04%	1,068,840

* Special resolution (75% majority required).  

** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution.

The issued share capital of the Company as at 6.00pm on Thursday, 17 April 2014 (the time by which shareholders who wanted to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were entered on the Register) was 712,902,066 ordinary shares.

Copies of the resolutions passed, other than the resolutions constituting ordinary business, at the Annual General Meeting will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism, which is located at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting is also available on the Hammerson plc website (www.hammerson.com).

The full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Meeting which is also available at www.hammerson.com.

Sarah Booth

General Counsel and Company Secretary

23 April 2014

 

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