Result of AGM

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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.

 

END

 

Company contact:

 

Meg Ogunsola                  +44 (0)207 024 5272

Assistant Company Secretary

 

 


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