Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 0533H

Great Portland Estates PLC

05 July 2012

 



Result of AGM

Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting

Thursday 5 July 2012

Great Portland Estates plc (the "Company") announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Thursday 5 July 2012, as set out in the AGM notice.

A poll was held on each of the resolutions and was passed by the required majority.  Resolutions 1 to 13 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14 to 16 as special resolutions were passed and the results of the poll were as follows:

	Resolution	Votes for	%	Votes Against	%	Total	% of issued share capital	Votes withheld*
	Ordinary Business
1	To receive and adopt the audited financial statements together with the directors' and auditors' reports for the year ended 31 March 2012	240,418,289	100%	3,251	0%	240,421,540	76.89%	1,442
2	To authorise the payment of a final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2012	240,251,300	100%	240	0%	240,251,540	76.84%	171,442
3	To approve the Directors' remuneration report	237,678,035	99.10%	2,165,915	0.90%	239,843,950	76.71%	579,032
4	To elect Nick Sanderson as a director of the Company	239,580,443	99.65%	835,106	0.35%	240,415,549	76.89%	7,433
5	To re-elect Toby Courtauld as a director of the Company	239,582,830	99.65%	838,538	0.35%	240,421,368	76.89%	1,614
6	To re-elect Neil Thompson as a director of the Company	231,007,436	96.08%	9,413,032	3.92%	240,420,468	76.89%	2,514
7	To re-elect Martin Scicluna as a director of the Company	230,608,811	95.93%	9,784,735	4.07%	240,393,546	76.88%	29,436
8	To re-elect Charles Irby as a director of the Company	238,806,205	99.67%	793,992	0.33%	239,600,197	76.63%	822,785
9	To re-elect Jonathan Nicholls as a director of the Company	239,796,233	99.74%	623,164	0.26%	240,419,397	76.89%	3,585
10	To re-elect Jonathan Short as a director of the Company	240,261,316	99.93%	158,081	0.07%	240,419,397	76.89%	3,585
11	To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditors	207,429,989	86.88%	31,319,899	13.12%	238,749,888	76.36%	1,673,094
12	To authorise the directors to agree the remuneration of the auditors	210,631,182	87.61%	29,786,949	12.39%	240,418,131	76.89%	4,851

	Resolution	Votes for	%		Votes Against	%	Total	% of issued share capital	Votes withheld*
	Special Business
13	To renew the director's authority to allot shares for cash	220,648,733	93.60%		15,086,473	6.40%	235,735,206	75.39%	4,687,776
14	To renew the directors' limited authority to allot shares for cash	235,586,011		99.90%	243,015	0.10%	235,829,026	75.42%		4,593,956
15	To renew the authority enabling the Company to buy its own shares	238,817,248		99.34%	1,592,279	0.66%	240,409,527	76.89%		13,455
16	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	202,150,191		84.08%	38,270,829	15.92%	240,421,020	76.89%		1,962

Notes:

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and, therefore cannot be counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.

As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares of the Company was 312,676,149 shares of 12.5 pence each, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against all resolutions.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.62 a copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority ("UKLA"), via the National Storage Mechanism, which can be accessed at hhtp://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

 

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