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RNS Number : 2300V  Great Portland Estates PLC  04 July 2024

Great Portland Estates plc

Result of AGM

Thursday 4 July 2024

 

Great Portland Estates plc (the "Company") announces the results of voting on
the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Thursday 4 July
2024.

 

A poll was held on each of the resolutions. Resolutions 1 to 16 (ordinary
resolutions) and resolutions 17 to 20 (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   312,869,227  99.96   121,378        0.04  312,990,605  77.06%                     1,051,496
     auditor's reports for the year ended 31 March 2024.
 2   To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2024.                  314,040,955  100.00  880            0.00  314,041,835  77.31%                     266
 3   To approve the Directors' remuneration report.                                 298,379,479  95.09   15,416,000     4.91  313,795,479  77.25%                     246,621
 4   To re-elect Richard Mully as a Director of the Company.                        303,694,701  98.59   4,343,075      1.41  308,037,776  75.84%                     6,004,323
 5   To re-elect Toby Courtauld as a Director of the Company.                       313,971,430  99.98   53,783         0.02  314,025,213  77.31%                     16,888
 6   To re-elect Nick Sanderson as a Director of the Company.                       313,941,207  99.97   84,006         0.03  314,025,213  77.31%                     16,888
 7   To re-elect Dan Nicholson as a Director of the Company.                        313,968,876  99.98   56,337         0.02  314,025,213  77.31%                     16,888
 8   To re-elect Nick Hampton as a Director of the Company.                         310,888,689  99.27   2,288,274      0.73  313,176,963  77.10%                     865,136
 9   To re-elect Mark Anderson as a Director of the Company.                        310,887,568  99.27   2,289,395      0.73  313,176,963  77.10%                     865,136
 10  To elect Karen Green as a Director of the Company.                             314,021,540  100.00  3,673          0.00  314,025,213  77.31%                     16,888
 11  To re-elect Vicky Jarman as a Director of the Company.                         311,736,193  99.27   2,289,018      0.73  314,025,211  77.31%                     16,888
 12  To re-elect Champa Magesh as a Director of the Company.                        311,681,906  99.25   2,343,305      0.75  314,025,211  77.31%                     16,888
 13  To re-elect Emma Woods as a Director of the Company.                           310,123,766  98.76   3,901,445      1.24  314,025,211  77.31%                     16,888
 14  To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor.                           313,179,737  99.73   853,331        0.27  314,033,068  77.31%                     9,033
 15  To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditor.     313,985,236  99.98   48,108         0.02  314,033,344  77.31%                     8,757
 16  To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares.                             293,904,813  93.59   20,127,422     6.41  314,032,235  77.31%                     9,866
     Special resolutions
 17  To renew the Directors' limited authority to allot shares for cash.            306,587,004  97.63   7,444,955      2.37  314,031,959  77.31%                     10,142
 18  To renew the Directors' additional limited authority to allot shares for cash  296,665,253  95.31   14,583,686     4.69  311,248,939  76.63%                     2,793,162
     in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment, and
     including development and/or refurbishment expenditure.
 19  To renew the authority enabling the Company to buy its own shares.             307,532,137  97.94   6,453,921      2.06  313,986,058  77.30%                     56,043
 20  To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general     299,400,983  95.34   14,630,260     4.66  314,031,243  77.31%                     9,866
     meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

 

 

 

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 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
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(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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