Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5552S

Great Portland Estates PLC

08 July 2015

 



Result of AGM

Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting

Wednesday8 July 2015

Great Portland Estates plc (the "Company") announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Wednesday 8 July 2015, 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 14 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 17 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 2015.	284,829,864	100%			2,392	-	284,832,256	82.82%	243,816
2	To authorise the payment of a final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2015.	284,413,469	99.78%			620,933	0.22%	285,034,402	82.88%	41,670
3	To approve the Directors' remuneration report, other than the part containing the Director's remuneration policy, for the year ended 31 March 2015.	274,727,286	98.64%			3,788,646	1.36%	278,515,932	80.98%	6,560,138
4	To re-elect Toby Courtauld as a director of the Company.	283,835,996	99.58%			1,195,836	0.42%	285,031,832	82.88%	44,240
5	To re-elect Nick Sanderson as a director of the Company.	283,356,830	99.41%			1,675,002	0.59%	285,031,832	82.88%	44,240
6	To re-elect Neil Thompson as a director of the Company.	284,124,245	99.68%			907,587	0.32%	285,031,832	82.88%	44,240
7	To re-elect Martin Scicluna as a director of the Company.	278,428,048	97.74%			6,451,947	2.26%	284,879,995	82.83%	196,076
8	To re-elect Elizabeth Holden as a director of the Company.	284,554,033	99.83%			477,559	0.17%	285,031,592	82.88%	44,480
9	To re-elect Jonathan Nicholls as a director of the Company.	283,936,553	99.62%			1,095,039	0.38%	285,031,592	82.88%	44,480
10	To elect Charles Philipps as a director of the Company.	284,554,507	99.83%			472,141	0.17%	285,026,648	82.87%	49,424
11	To re-elect Jonathan Short as a director of the Company.	284,551,874	99.83%			479,718	0.17%	285,031,592	82.88%	44,480
12	To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditors.	268,441,252	94.87%			14,504,895	5.13%	282,946,147	82.27%	2,094,924
13	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors.	275,192,766	96.56%			9,804,998	3.44%	284,997,764	82.87%	43,307
14	To renew the directors' authority to allot shares.	271,244,573	96.30%			10,426,679	3.70%	281,671,252	81.90%	3,369,820
	Special Business
15	To renew the director's limited authority to allot shares for cash.	283,569,601	99.93%		206,590		0.07%	286,676,191	82.48%	1,364,881
16	To renew the authority enabling the Company to buy its own shares.	277,792,536		97.59%	6,857,581		2.41%	284,650,117	82.76%	390,955
17	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	248,110,034		87.06%	36,888,433		12.94%	284,998,467	82.87%	42,605

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 343,926,149 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 9.6.2 a copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting will be available via the National Storage Mechanism, which can be accessed at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

 

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