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Great Portland EstatesAnnouncement

16/07/2015 14:39

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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