Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0095L

Hammerson PLC

22 April 2015

 



Hammerson plc

Results of the 2015 Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting of Hammerson plc (the "Company") held at 10, Grosvenor Street, London W1K 4BJ on Wednesday, 22 April 2015, 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	587,437,028	99.94%	365,215	0.06%	75%	1,592,372
2	To receive and approve the 2014 Directors' Annual Remuneration Report	580,955,686	98.98%	5,957,192	1.02%	75%	2,481,061
3	To declare a final dividend	588,941,985	100.00%	0	0%	75%	452,670
4	To elect Pierre Bouchut	589,129,628	100.00%	23,701	0.00%	75%	241,286
5	To re-elect David Atkins	586,894,834	99.62%	2,262,301	0.38%	75%	237,480
6	To re-elect Gwyn Burr	584,762,092	99.62%	2,230,418	0.38%	75%	2,402,104
7	To re-elect Peter Cole	586,678,107	99.58%	2,479,020	0.42%	75%	237,488
8	To re-elect Timon Drakesmith	586,671,774	99.58%	2,485,353	0.42%	75%	237,488
9	To re-elect Terry Duddy	588,185,365	99.84%	970,094	0.16%	75%	239,156
10	To re-elect Jacques Espinasse	495,543,027	98.79%	6,064,991	1.21%	64%	87,786,596
11	To re-elect Judy Gibbons	588,156,861	99.83%	1,000,219	0.17%	75%	237,535
12	To re-elect Jean-Philippe Mouton	586,670,622	99.58%	2,482,571	0.42%	75%	241,422
13	To re-elect David Tyler	584,085,979	99.20%	4,711,148	0.80%	75%	597,488
14	To re-appoint the auditor, Deloitte LLP	570,493,936	97.63%	13,858,554	2.37%	75%	5,042,125
15	To authorise the directors to agree the auditor's remuneration	584,266,308	99.17%	4,889,396	0.83%	75%	238,911
16	To authorise the directors to allot securities pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006	489,481,476	83.94%	93,664,095	16.06%	74%	6,249,043
*17	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	581,768,550	99.42%	3,389,318	0.58%	75%	4,236,747
*18	To authorise market purchase by the Company of its shares	587,082,469	99.82%	1,055,913	0.18%	75%	1,217,809

* 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 20 April 2015 (the time by which shareholders who wanted to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were entered on the Register) was 784,311,111 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

22 April 2015

 

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