LSL Property Services plc (LSL)
Results of Annual General Meeting 2022 (AGM)
LSL held its AGM on 27 May 2022 at 12.15pm at Hilton London Paddington, London W2 1EE. All resolutions set out in the Notice of the Meeting were passed by shareholders by way of a poll and details of the votes cast are set out below. 83,695,980 proxy votes were received representing 79.68% of the total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) * . The following table gives details of the proxy votes lodged with LSL's registrar:
Resolution |
Total Votes For/Discretion (%) ** |
Total Votes Against |
Total Votes |
1. To receive, consider and adopt LSL's Annual Accounts for the year ended 31st December 2021, together with the Directors' Report and Auditor's Report on those accounts. |
100 |
0.00 |
127 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy) contained within LSL's Annual Report and Accounts 2021. |
99.63 |
0.37 |
5,331 |
3. To declare a final dividend, recommended by the Directors, of 7.4 pence per ordinary share in respect of the year ended 31 December 2021, to be paid on 6 June 2022 to shareholders whose names appear on the Register of Members of LSL at the close of business on 28 April 2022. |
99.31 |
0.69 |
818 |
4. To re-elect Gaby Appleton as a Director of LSL. |
99.99 |
0.01 |
1,072 |
5. To re-elect Helen Buck as a Director of LSL. |
96.11 |
3.89 |
4,894 |
6. To re-elect Adam Castleton as a Director of LSL. |
99.63 |
0.37 |
4,894 |
7. To re-elect Simon Embley as a Director of LSL. |
99.87 |
0.13 |
5,458 |
8. To re-elect Darrell Evans as a Director of LSL. |
99.99 |
0.01 |
1,072 |
9. To elect Sonya Ghobrial as a Director of LSL. |
97.57 |
2.43 |
1,072 |
10. To elect James Mack as a Director of LSL. |
99.63 |
0.37 |
300,835 |
11. To re-elect Bill Shannon as a Director of LSL. |
97.20 |
2.80 |
508 |
12. To re-elect David Stewart as a Director of LSL. |
99.63 |
0.37 |
508 |
13. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of LSL. |
99.79 |
0.21 |
373 |
14. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration. |
99.31 |
0.69 |
945 |
15. To authorise the Directors to allot shares. |
99.99 |
0.01 |
1,072 |
16. To disapply pre-emption rights (Special Resolution). |
99.99 |
0.01 |
1,272 |
17. To disapply pre-emption rights - acquisitions (Special Resolution). |
99.90 |
0.10 |
1,399 |
18. To authorise LSL to purchase its own Ordinary Shares (Special Resolution). |
99.31 |
0.69 |
1,264 |
19. To authorise the holding of a general meeting on not less than 14 days' notice (Special Resolution). |
99.99 |
0.01 |
818 |
* As at close of business on Thursday 26 May 2022 LSL holds 113,009 shares in Treasury and has 105,045,941 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
** These are votes received supporting the resolution or granting the Chairman or another third party discretion to vote on their behalf in respect of the resolution.
*** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.
Copies of the special business resolutions passed at the AGM will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available through the National Storage Mechanism.
Further information is available from:
Sapna B FitzGerald
Company Secretary
investorrelations@lslps.co.uk
LSL Property Services plc