REG - Great Portland Ests. - Result of AGM

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03/07/2025 13:00

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RNS Number : 6514P  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   288,563,486  100.00  5,846          0.00  288,569,332  71.04%                     1,039,502
     auditor's reports for the year ended 31 March 2025.
 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  272,990,496  94.79   14,998,744     5.21  287,989,240  70.90%                     1,620,972
     in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment, and
     including development and/or refurbishment expenditure.
 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     273,445,679  94.43   16,142,735     5.57  289,588,414  71.29%                     24,087
     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 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
(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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