Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8437K

Land Securities Group Plc

21 July 2011

 



21 July 2011

Land Securities Group PLC (the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

The Company announces the results of voting at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today at The National Gallery, London.  All resolutions, as set out in the Notice of the AGM dated 15 June 2011, were passed with the required majority by means of a poll.

Resolutions 1 to 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 19 to 22 were passed as special resolutions.

	VOTES FOR*	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES WITHHELD**
1. To receive the Directors' Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2011	484,827,885	99.88	606,737	0.12	78,150
2. To declare a Final Dividend	483,749,668	99.66	1,661,961	0.34	92,322
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2011	456,348,815	95.52	21,379,869	4.48	7,779,367
4. To re-elect Alison Carnwath as a director	476,333,825	98.13	9,078,269	1.87	108,928
5. To re-elect Francis Salway as a director	483,388,654	99.58	2,017,501	0.42	113,202
6. To re-elect Martin Greenslade as a director	483,388,203	99.59	2,007,197	0.41	117,330
7. To re-elect Richard Akers as a director	483,383,321	99.59	2,008,369	0.41	117,468
8. To re-elect Robert Noel as a director	483,258,494	99.56	2,128,904	0.44	117,202
9. To re-elect Sir Stuart Rose as a director	470,203,278	96.87	15,192,952	3.13	111,723
10. To re-elect Kevin O'Byrne as a director	484,157,861	99.75	1,230,930	0.25	117,874
11. To re-elect David Rough as a director	476,117,513	98.09	9,259,408	1.91	130,033
12. To re-elect Christopher Bartram as a director	484,167,449	99.75	1,225,313	0.25	116,967
13. To elect Simon Palley as a director	479,372,306	98.76	6,009,255	1.24	135,617
14. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	485,010,707	99.92	382,798	0.08	123,415
15. To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors	484,583,862	99.83	820,066	0.17	101,705
16. To authorise the directors to allot shares	468,356,032	96.66	16,169,688	3.34	980,848
17. To authorise the making of political donations	469,074,987	96.65	16,259,433	3.35	175,370
18. To authorise the directors to pay dividends as shares	485,234,458	99.97	147,149	0.03	126,793
19. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights	484,711,141	99.87	635,029	0.13	163,572
20. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	483,215,300	99.55	2,161,987	0.45	132,211
21. To enable general meetings (other than AGMs) to be held on 14 clear days' notice	406,580,550	83.76	78,835,621	16.24	91,843
22. To adopt new Articles of Association	483,638,597	99.65	1,716,117	0.35	150,153

* Includes discretionary votes

** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the resolutions passed as special business will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do 

Contact for further information:

P Higgins, Deputy Secretary 0207 024 5219

L Turner, Assistant Secretary 0207 024 5246

 

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