Result of AGM

Great Portland Estates PLC

03 July 2025

 

Great Portland Estates plc

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

Thursday 3 July 2025

Great Portland Estates plc (the "Company") announces the results of voting on the resolutions at its AGM held on Thursday 3 July 2025.

A poll was held on each of the resolutions. Resolutions 1 to 15 (ordinary resolutions) and resolutions 16 to 19 (special resolutions) were all passed by the required majority. The results of the poll are as follows:

	Resolution	Votes for	%	Votes Against	%	Total	% of issued share capital	Votes withheld*
	Ordinary resolutions
1	To receive the audited financial statements together with the Directors' and auditor's reports for the year ended 31 March 2025.	288,563,486	100.00	5,846	0.00	288,569,332	71.04%	1,039,502
2	To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2025.	289,606,391	100.00	2,160	0.00	289,608,551	71.30%	283
3	To approve the Directors' remuneration report.	264,555,784	93.25	19,150,390	6.75	283,706,174	69.85%	5,903,652
4	To elect William Eccleshare as a Director of the Company.	289,345,559	99.92	239,188	0.08	289,584,747	71.29%	24,087
5	To re-elect Toby Courtauld as a Director of the Company.	289,550,135	99.99	37,893	0.01	289,588,028	71.29%	24,087
6	To re-elect Nick Sanderson as a Director of the Company.	289,523,352	99.98	64,676	0.02	289,588,028	71.29%	24,087
7	To re-elect Dan Nicholson as a Director of the Company.	289,547,751	99.99	40,277	0.01	289,588,028	71.29%	24,087
8	To re-elect Karen Green as a Director of the Company.	286,374,408	98.89	3,210,338	1.11	289,584,746	71.29%	24,087
9	To re-elect Mark Anderson as a Director of the Company.	285,668,262	98.65	3,916,484	1.35	289,584,746	71.29%	24,087
10	To re-elect Vicky Jarman as a Director of the Company.	286,434,037	98.91	3,150,709	1.09	289,584,746	71.29%	24,087
11	To re-elect Champa Magesh as a Director of the Company.	286,515,762	98.94	3,066,600	1.06	289,582,362	71.29%	26,471
12	To re-elect Emma Woods as a Director of the Company.	275,221,713	95.04	14,362,020	4.96	289,583,733	71.29%	24,087
13	To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor.	287,924,923	99.43	1,663,026	0.57	289,587,949	71.29%	24,166
14	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditor.	288,568,377	99.65	1,015,341	0.35	289,583,718	71.29%	25,116
15	To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares.	271,797,128	93.86	17,789,320	6.14	289,586,448	71.29%	22,386
	Special resolutions
16	To renew the Directors' limited authority to allot shares for cash.	284,847,109	98.36	4,740,717	1.64	289,587,826	71.29%	22,386
17	To renew the Directors' additional limited authority to allot shares for cash in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment, and including development and/or refurbishment expenditure.	272,990,496	94.79	14,998,744	5.21	287,989,240	70.90%	1,620,972
18	To renew the authority enabling the Company to buy its own shares.	283,844,033	98.06	5,600,877	1.94	289,444,910	71.26%	164,310
19	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	273,445,679	94.43	16,142,735	5.57	289,588,414	71.29%	24,087

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 Company's issued share capital was 406,188,658 ordinary shares of 15^5/₁₉ pence each.

In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rule 6.4.2 a copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM will be available via the National Storage Mechanism, which can be accessed at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

For further information contact:

Darren Lennark

General Counsel & Company Secretary

Great Portland Estates plc         

020 7647 3000

LEI Number: 213800JMEDD2Q4N1MC42

 

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