REG - Hammerson PLC - Annual Report and Notice of Annual General Meeting

HammersonAnnouncement

03/04/2023 11:00

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RNS Number : 1550V  Hammerson PLC  03 April 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Hammerson plc (the "Company")

Annual Report and Notice of Annual General Meeting

3 April 2023

 

The Company announces that the following documents have today been sent or
otherwise made available to shareholders:

 

-     Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31
December 2022 (the "2022 Annual Report");

-     Notice of 2023 Annual General Meeting; and

-     Form of Proxy (South Africa).

 

The above documents have been uploaded to the UK National Storage Mechanism
and Euronext Dublin and will shortly be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) and
https://direct.euronext.com/#/oamfiling
(https://direct.euronext.com/#/oamfiling) (where the 2022 Annual Report will
be available in unedited full text).

 

The 2022 Annual Report (in both PDF and structured electronic formats), Notice
of 2023 Annual General Meeting and Form of Proxy (South Africa) are also
available on the Company's website at www.hammerson.com
(http://www.hammerson.com) .

 

The Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") will be held at 9.00 am (UK Time) on
Thursday, 4 May 2023 at Marble Arch House, 66 Seymour Street, London W1H 5BX.

 

Only persons entered on the UK Principal register of shareholders or the South
Africa Branch register of the Company at 6.30 pm (UK time) on Tuesday, 2 May
2023 shall be entitled to attend and vote at the AGM. 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 Thursday, 27 April 2023 for persons to be included
onto the UK Principal register and Tuesday, 25 April 2023 for persons to be
entered onto the South Africa Branch register.

 

Shareholders are entitled to vote by way of proxy in advance of the AGM. 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 am (UK time) and
10:00 am (SA time) on Tuesday, 2 May 2023. Shareholders on the UK Register can
vote online at www.signalshares.co.uk (http://www.signalshares.co.uk) or
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 Form of Proxy
(South Africa) from the SA Transfer Secretaries, Computershare Investor
Services. See the notes to the Notice of 2023 Annual General Meeting for more
information.

 

The Board continues to recognise the value in maintaining engagement with the
Company's shareholders. Although shareholders will be able to ask questions at
the AGM, shareholders who wish to put a question to the Board relating to the
business to be conducted at the AGM may wish to email
investorrelations@hammerson.com (mailto:investorrelations@hammerson.com) to
submit their question in advance of the AGM. The Company will endeavour to
respond to questions submitted by 9.00 am (UK time) / 10.00 am (South Africa
time) on Friday, 28 April 2023 in advance of the proxy voting deadline on
Tuesday, 2 May 2023 at 9.00 am (UK time) / 10.00 am (South Africa time). Where
questions are received after 9.00 am (UK time) / 10.00 am (South Africa time)
on Friday, 28 April 2023, the Company will respond as soon as practicable,
which may be after the AGM. The Company reserves the right to consolidate
questions of a similar nature.

 

Although Covid-19 restrictions have eased, the Company continues to monitor
the situation. Any changes to the AGM will be communicated to shareholders
before the meeting through the Company's website
(www.hammerson.com/investors/shareholder-centre/general-meetings) and, where
appropriate, by announcement through a Regulatory Information Service.

 

The content of this announcement should be read in conjunction with the
Company's preliminary results announcement for the year ended 31 December
2022, which was released on 9 March 2023 and is available on the Company's
website at:

 

www.hammerson.com/investors/reports-results-presentations
(http://www.hammerson.com/investors/reports-results-presentations)

 

Together, these announcements constitute the material required by DTR 6.3.5 to
be communicated in unedited full text through a Regulatory Information
Service. This material is not a substitute for reading the full 2022 Annual
Report.

 

The Company will publish its 2022 ESG Report during April 2023.

 

 

Alex Dunn

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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