Voting results of Annual General Meeting

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Land Securities Group PLC
12 July 2018
 

12 July 2018

 

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 11 June 2018, were passed with the requisite majority by means of a poll.

 

Resolutions 1 to 18 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 19 to 21 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 2018 and the Directors' and Auditors' Reports thereon

564,126,799

99.93

418,282

564,545,081

538,377

2.

To approve the Directors Remuneration Policy

561,169,530

99.42

3,262,536

564,432,066

651,391

3.

To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration

553,919,786

98.14

10,511,217

564,431,003

652,454

4.

To declare a final dividend of 14.65 pence per Ordinary share

564,570,902

100.00

10,580

564,581,482

501,976

5.

To elect Colette O'Shea as a Director

560,578,344

99.30

3,970,615

564,548,959

533,281

6.

To elect Scott Parsons as a Director

560,272,858

99.24

4,273,798

564,546,656

535,584

7.

To re-elect Robert Noel as a Director

560,743,930

99.33

3,805,170

564,549,100

533,140

8.

To re-elect Martin Greenslade as a Director

559,866,988

99.17

4,683,163

564,550,151

532,089

9.

To re-elect Christopher Bartram as a Director

559,521,373

99.11

5,028,861

564,550,234

532,099

10.

To re-elect Edward Bonham Carter as a Director

559,533,440

99.11

5,016,363

564,549,803

533,748

11.

To re-elect Nicholas Cadbury as a Director

563,114,530

99.75

1,434,128

564,548,658

533,675

12.

To re-elect Cressida Hogg CBE as a Director

557,206,659

98.70

7,354,004

564,560,663

522,888

13.

To re-elect Simon Palley as a Director

559,395,616

99.09

5,154,394

564,550,010

532,323

14.

To re-elect Stacey Rauch as a Director

559,826,946

99.16

4,723,505

564,550,451

531,882

15.

To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor

564,400,385

99.97

164,916

564,565,301

518,250

16.

To determine the remuneration of the auditor

564,030,710

99.91

483,600

564,514,310

569,241

17.

To make political donations

559,435,497

99.53

2,657,858

562,093,355

2,990,196

18.

To allot securities

502,417,392

89.00

62,097,524

564,514,916

568,634

19.

To disapply pre-emption rights

560,662,973

99.96

233,793

560,896,766

4,186,785

20.

To disapply pre-emption rights  for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments

526,142,339

93.80

34,753,414

560,895,753

4,187,797

21.

To purchase own shares

561,927,599

99.60

2,249,136

564,176,735

906,815

 

 

 

* 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 12 July 2018:    741,459,785  Ordinary Shares of 10 2/3 p each

·      Number of votes per share:              One

·      Total number of votes cast:               564,581,482  Ordinary Shares (i.e.76.14% 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

https://landsec.com/investors/shareholders-equity-investors/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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