Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2580W

Hammerson PLC

25 April 2016

 

Hammerson plc

Results of the 2016 Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting of Hammerson plc (the 'Company') held at Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GE on Monday, 25 April 2016, all the resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by Shareholders. The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

		Votes For		Votes Against		Votes Cast	**Votes Withheld
	Resolution	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	547,776,789	99.93%	362,900	0.07%	69.88%	864,503
2	To receive and approve the 2015 Directors' Annual Remuneration Report	537,967,633	98.36%	8,975,267	1.64%	69.72%	2,061,292
3	To declare a final dividend	548,197,660	100.00%	0	0.00%	69.88%	806,532
4	To elect Andrew Formica	514,593,530	93.74%	34,378,430	6.26%	69.98%	32,232
5	To re-elect David Atkins	546,334,415	99.52%	2,637,545	0.48%	69.98%	32,232
6	To re-elect Pierre Bouchut	544,458,910	99.54%	2,524,453	0.46%	69.73%	2,020,829
7	To re-elect Gwyn Burr	547,978,034	99.82%	993,926	0.18%	69.98%	32,232
8	To re-elect Peter Cole	545,012,536	99.52%	2,637,424	0.48%	69.81%	1,354,232
9	To re-elect Timon Drakesmith	544,989,773	99.51%	2,660,187	0.49%	69.81%	1,354,232
10	To re-elect Terry Duddy	547,781,015	99.78%	1,190,945	0.22%	69.98%	32,232
11	To re-elect Judy Gibbons	547,752,107	99.78%	1,219,853	0.22%	69.98%	32,232
12	To re-elect Jean-Philippe Mouton	545,010,608	99.52%	2,637,352	0.48%	69.81%	1,356,232
13	To re-elect David Tyler	541,893,012	98.95%	5,756,148	1.05%	69.81%	1,355,032
14	To re-appoint the auditor, Deloitte LLP	539,598,743	98.29%	9,368,348	1.71%	69.98%	37,101
15	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration	546,696,439	99.59%	2,239,450	0.41%	69.98%	68,303
16	To authorise the Directors to allot securities pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006	456,871,768	83.85%	87,968,039	16.15%	69.46%	4,152,385
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	529,928,108	96.98%	16,519,366	3.02%	69.66%	2,544,718
18*	To authorise market purchase by the Company of its shares	544,657,680	99.37%	3,467,115	0.63%	69.88%	867,397
19	To approve the Scrip Dividend Scheme	542,768,008	99.01%	5,421,894	0.99%	69.88%	814,290

* 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 21 April 2016 (the time by which shareholders who wanted to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were entered on the Register) was 784,432,706 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

25 April 2016

 

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