REG - Hammerson PLC - Circular, Notice of Meeting and Form of Proxy

HammersonAnnouncement

11/10/2021 11:00

RNS Number : 5330O
  
Hammerson PLC
  
11 October 2021
  
 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
Hammerson plc (the "Company")
Publication of Scrip Circular, Notice of General Meeting and Form of Proxy
11 October 2021
 
 
The Company announces that the following documents have today been posted or otherwise made available to shareholders:
 
-     Circular relating to the proposed enhanced scrip dividend alternative and to convene a General Meeting of the Company (the "Circular"); and
-     Form of Proxy (South Africa)
 
The above documents have been uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. The documents have also been submitted to Euronext Dublin.
 
The Circular and Form of Proxy (South Africa) are also available on the Company's website at www.hammerson.com/investors.  
 
The General Meeting (the "Meeting") will be held at 9:00 a.m. (London time) / 11:00 a.m. (South African Standard Time ("SA time")) on Thursday, 25 November 2021 at the Company's registered office. Only persons entered on the UK Principal register at 6:30 p.m. (London time) or the South Africa Branch register of the Company at 5:00 p.m. (SA time) on Tuesday, 23 November 2021 (as applicable) shall be entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting. The last day to trade in the Company's shares in order to be recorded as a shareholder by the voting record date is therefore Friday, 19 November 2021 for persons to be included onto the UK Principal register and Thursday, 18 November 2021 for persons to be entered onto the South Africa Branch register. 
 
As at the date of this document, the Company is permitted to conduct the General Meeting as an in person meeting. The Company will follow all applicable guidance and best practice in connection with the General Meeting to ensure the health and safety of those in attendance. The Board encourages Shareholders to consider carefully whether it is appropriate for them to travel to and attend the General Meeting in person. Shareholders are encouraged to monitor the Company's website (www.hammerson.com/investors) where any changes to the arrangements described in this document will be set out.
 
Shareholders are entitled to vote by way of proxy in advance of the General Meeting. It is important that you complete, sign and return a Form of Proxy in accordance with the instructions printed on it. To be valid, the Form of Proxy must be lodged with the Company's Registrar by no later than 9:00 a.m. (London time) and 11:00 a.m. (SA time) on Tuesday, 23 November 2021. Shareholders on the UK Register can obtain a copy of the UK Form of Proxy from the Company's UK Registrar, Link Group. Shareholders on the SA Register can obtain a copy of the SA Form of Proxy from the SA Transfer Secretaries, Computershare Investor Services. See the notes to the Notice of General Meeting for more information. 
 
The Board is committed to Shareholder engagement. Shareholders who wish to put a question to the Board relating to the business to be conducted at the General Meeting should email investorrelations@hammerson.com in advance of the General Meeting. The Company encourages Shareholders to submit questions by 9:00 a.m. (London time) on Friday, 19 November 2021 and the Company will endeavour to respond in advance of the proxy voting deadline on Tuesday, 23 November 2021 at 9:00 a.m. (London time) and 11:00 a.m. (South African Standard Time). Where questions are received after 9:00 a.m. (London time) on Friday, 19 November 2021 the Company will respond as soon as practicable. The Company reserves the right to consolidate questions of a similar nature. The Company is not required to answer questions if: doing so would interfere unduly with the preparation for the General Meeting or involve the disclosure of confidential information; the answer has already been given on the Company's website in the form of an answer to a question; or it is undesirable in the interests of the Company or the good order of the General Meeting that the question be answered.
 
 
Alice Darwall
General Counsel and Company Secretary
+44 (0) 20 7887 1000
 
 
This announcement has also been released on the SENS system of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and on Euronext Dublin.

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