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Great Portland EstatesAnnouncement

07/07/2016 15:35

RNS Number : 5938D
Great Portland Estates PLC
07 July 2016
Result of AGM
Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting
Thursday 7 July 2016
Great Portland Estates plc (the "Company") announces the results of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Thursday 7 July 2016, as set out in the AGM notice.
A poll was held on each of the resolutions. Resolutions 1 to 13 (ordinary resolutions) and resolutions 14 to 17 (special resolutions) were all passed by the required majority. The results of the poll were as follows:

Resolution
Votes for
%
Votes Against
%
Total
% of issued share capital
Votes withheld*


Ordinary resolutions







1
To receive and adopt the audited financial statements together with the directors' and auditors' reports for the year ended 31 March 2016.
284,731,357
99.94%
167,133
0.06%
284,898,490
82.84
801,354
2
To authorise the payment of a final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2016.
285,149,024
99.96%
118,249
0.04%
285,267,273
82.94
432,571
3
To approve the Directors' remuneration report, other than the part containing the Director's remuneration policy, for the year ended 31 March 2016.
275,284,604
96.46%
10,104,154
3.54%
285,388,758
82.98
311,086
4
To re-elect Toby Courtauld as a director of the Company.
284,035,100
99.42%
1,661,344
0.58%
285,696,444
83.07
3,400
5
To re-elect Nick Sanderson as a director of the Company.
283,283,941
99.42%
1,661,503
0.58%
284,945,444
82.85
754,400
6
To re-elect Neil Thompson as a director of the Company.
283,158,155
99.37%
1,787,289
0.63%
284,945,444
82.85
754,400
7
To re-elect Martin Scicluna as a director of the Company.
277,401,949
97.58%
6,876,058
2.42%
284,278,007
82.66
1,421,837
8
To re-elect Elizabeth Holden as a director of the Company.
285,634,604
99.98%
61,840
0.02%
285,696,444
83.07
3,400
9
To elect Charles Philipps as a director of the Company.
284,875,502
99.71%
820,942
0.29
285,696,444
83.07
3,400
10
To re-elect Jonathan Short as a director of the Company.
280,566,080
98.20%
5,130,364
1.80%
285,696,444
83.07
3,400
11
To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditors. 
274,926,563
96.23%
10,768,831
3.77%
285,695,394
83.07
4,450
12
To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors. 
284,544,187
99.60%
1,150,952
0.40%
285,695,139
83.07
4,705
13
To renew the directors' authority to allot shares.
270,347,436
95.05%
14,077,521
4.95%
284,424,957
82.70
1,274,887

Special resolutions







14
To renew the director's limited authority to allot equity securities for cash.
282,799,148
99.91%
250,299
0.09%
283,049,447
82.30
2,650,397
15
To grant the directors additional limited authority to allot equity securities for cash as contemplated by the Pre-emption Group's Statement of Principles.
271,686,558
95.99%
11,361,389
4.01%
283,047,947
82.30
2,651,897
16
To renew the authority enabling the Company to buy its own shares.
267,238,323,
93.54%
18,457,445
6.46%
285,695,768
83.07
4,076
17
To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
250,044,075
87.52%
35,652,384
12.48%
285,696,459
83.07
3,385
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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