Result of AGM

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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.

 

END

 

For further information, please contact:

Land Securities Group PLC                           

Tim Ashby

Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

Tel: +44(0) 20 7024 5256

 


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