Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9408T

Land Securities Group PLC

23 July 2015

 



23 July 2015

Land Securities Group PLC (the "Company")

Voting results of Annual General Meeting

The Company announces the voting results of its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London.  All resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 18 June 2015, were passed with the requisite majority by means of a poll.

Resolutions 1 to 18 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 19 and 20 were passed as Special Resolutions.

	RESOLUTION	VOTES FOR*	% FOR	VOTES AGAINST	TOTAL VOTES FOR / AGAINST	VOTES WITHHELD**
1.	To receive the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2015 and the Directors' and Auditors' Reports thereon	571,442,994	99.94	358,312	571,801,306	1,079,116
2.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration - Policy Report	565,057,105	98.77	7,009,742	572,066,847	813,574
3.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration - Annual Report on Remuneration	565,115,685	98.80	6,887,574	572,003,259	877,162
4.	To declare a final dividend of 8.15 pence per Ordinary share	572,018,413	99.97	158,679	572,177,092	703,330
5.	To re-elect Dame Alison Carnwath as a Director	565,817,972	98.89	6,327,332	572,145,304	735,118
6.	To re-elect Robert Noel as a Director	571,726,231	99.93	411,530	572,137,761	742,661
7.	To re-elect Martin Greenslade as a Director	571,182,557	99.83	959,417	572,141,974	738,448
8.	To re-elect Kevin O'Byrne as a Director	571,618,502	99.91	523,118	572,141,620	738,802
9.	To re-elect Simon Palley as a Director	572,014,596	99.98	125,459	572,140,055	740,367
10.	To re-elect Christopher Bartram as a Director	572,019,751	99.98	124,370	572,144,121	736,301
11.	To re-elect Stacey Rauch as a Director	571,872,330	99.95	266,160	572,138,490	741,932
12.	To elect Cressida Hogg CBE as a Director	571,608,661	99.91	536,011	572,144,672	735,750
13.	To elect Edward Bonham Carter as a Director	571,700,251	99.92	438,964	572,139,215	741,207
14.	To adopt the Land Securities 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan	563,771,843	98.55	8,279,260	572,051,103	829,319
15.	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor	572,082,511	99.99	82,453	572,164,964	715,458
16.	To determine the remuneration of the auditor	571,452,556	99.88	709,889	572,162,445	717,977
17.	To make political donations	567,517,476	99.24	4,367,066	571,884,542	995,880
18.	To allot securities	522,582,226	92.07	44,987,265	567,569,491	5,310,931
19.	To disapply pre-emption rights	567,965,997	99.88	697,487	568,663,484	4,216,938
20.	To purchase own shares	570,964,759	99.79	1,196,078	572,160,837	719,585

* Includes discretionary votes

**A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is therefore not included in the calculation of total votes For/Against

·      Total voting rights at 22 July 2015:        790,549,302  Ordinary shares of 10p each

·      Number of votes per share:                   One

·      Total number of votes cast:                   572,880,422 Ordinary shares (i.e. 72.5% turnout)

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 http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.  

A copy of the voting results shown above is also available on the Company's website at www.landsecurities.com/investors/shareholder-investor-information/agm-annual-general-meeting.

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Company contact:

Meg Ogunsola                  [phone]

Assistant Company Secretary

 

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