Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0031L

Land Securities Group PLC

13 July 2017

 

13 July 2017

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 80 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 5JL. All resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 12 June 2017, were passed with the requisite majority by means of a poll.

Resolutions 1 to 17 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 18 to 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 2017 and the Directors' and Auditors' Reports thereon	588,433,854	99.92	449,939	588,883,793	1,429,617
2.	To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration	582,807,199	98.83	6,915,526	589,722,725	590,685
3.	To declare a final dividend of 11.7 pence per Ordinary share	589,137,290	99.99	64,759	589,202,049	1,111,361
4.	To elect Nicholas Cadbury as Director	589,425,122	99.94	367,142	589,792,264	521,146
5.	To re-elect Dame Alison Carnwath as a Director	567,794,789	97.59	14,039,181	581,833,970	8,479,440
6.	To re-elect Robert Noel as a Director	589,579,689	99.96	218,739	589,798,428	514,982
7.	To re-elect Martin Greenslade as a Director	589,579,723	99.96	216,065	589,795,788	517,622
8.	To re-elect Kevin O'Byrne as a Director	589,387,634	99.93	403,039	589,790,673	522,737
9.	To re-elect Simon Palley as a Director	589,300,381	99.92	494,946	589,795,327	518,083
10.	To re-elect Christopher Bartram as a Director	589,676,936	99.98	114,956	589,791,892	521,518
11.	To re-elect Stacey Rauch as a Director	586,928,971	99.51	2,864,842	589,793,813	519,597
12.	To re-elect Cressida Hogg CBE as a Director	589,691,497	99.98	120,939	589,812,436	500,974
13.	To re-elect Edward Bonham Carter as a Director	589,522,830	99.94	347,741	589,870,571	442,839
14.	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor	588,519,136	99.78	1,303,259	589,822,395	491,015
15.	To determine the remuneration of the auditor	588,497,299	99.77	1,340,387	589,837,686	475,724
16.	To make political donations	579,550,149	98.73	7,467,351	587,017,500	3,295,910
17.	To allot securities	531,454,151	90.69	54,543,018	585,997,169	4,316,241
18.	To disapply pre-emption rights	586,115,226	99.86	803,178	586,918,404	3,395,006
19.	To disapply pre-emption rights  for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments	556,444,030	94.81	30,471,285	586,915,315	3,398,095
20.	To purchase own shares	585,107,295	99.30	4,141,078	589,248,373	1,065,037

* 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 13 July 2017:    790,753,641 Ordinary shares of 10p each

·      Number of votes per share:               One

·      Total number of votes cast:               590,313,410 Ordinary shares (i.e.74.65% 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.lansec.com/investors/shareholder-investor-information/agm-annual-general-meeting.

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For further information, please contact:

Land Securities Group PLC                           

Tim Ashby

Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

 

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