REG - Hammerson PLC - Result of AGM

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28/04/2020 16:00

RNS Number : 2066L
  
Hammerson PLC
  
28 April 2020
  
 

Hammerson plc
 
Results of the 2020 Annual General Meeting
 
At the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Hammerson plc (the Company) held at 30 Burghley Road, London NW5 1UE on Tuesday, 28 April 2020, all the resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by Shareholders. The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:
 







Votes For


Votes Against


Votes Cast


**Votes Withheld








Resolution


No. of
Shares


% of Shares voted


No. of
Shares


% of Shares voted


% of Issued Share Capital


No. of
Shares




1 


To receive the Directors' Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2019


619,133,499


100.00


5,810


0.00


80.80%


1,224,753




2


To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the year ended 31 December 2019


555,143,064


90.04


61,395,336


9.96


80.46%


3,825,661




3


To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy


562,599,919


91.34


53,325,844


8.66


80.38%


4,438,298




4


To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2019 


WITHDRAWN




5


To elect Méka Brunel as a Director of the Company


619,774,567


100.00


11,442


0.00


80.88%


578,053




6


To elect James Lenton as a Director of the Company


619,360,997


99.93


424,972


0.07


80.88%


578,093




7


To elect Adam Metz as a Director of the Company


619,773,434


100.00


12,535


0.00


80.88%


578,093




8


To re-elect David Atkins as a Director


619,738,078


99.99


47,891


0.01


80.88%


578,093




9


To re-elect Pierre Bouchut as a Director


469,183,416


75.70


150,602,593


24.30


80.88%


578,053




10


To re-elect Gwyn Burr as a Director


616,735,543


99.51


3,050,466


0.49


80.88%


578,053




11


To re-elect Andrew Formica as a Director


619,760,735


100.00


24,812


0.00


80.88%


578,515




12


To re-elect David Tyler as a Director


619,135,138


99.89


650,964


0.11


80.88%


577,960




13


To re-elect Carol Welch as a Director


619,766,348


100.00


19,661


0.00


80.88%


578,053




14


To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor


619,586,117


99.97


199,721


0.03


80.88%


578,224




15 


To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration


619,490,603


99.95


294,207


0.05


80.88%


579,252




16


To authorise the Directors to allot shares


522,531,479


84.31


97,210,484


15.69


80.88%


622,097




17*


To disapply pre-emption rights


568,032,614


91.75


51,107,912


8.25


80.80%


1,223,536




18*


To disapply pre-emption rights in addition to those conferred by resolution 17


567,853,942


91.72


51,286,583


8.28


80.80%


1,223,536




19*


To authorise market purchases by the Company of its shares


616,270,369


99.46


3,325,232


0.54


80.86%


768,460




20


To receive and approve the rules of the 2020 Restricted Share Scheme


568,264,430


91.69


51,511,731


8.31


80.88%


587,900



 
* Special resolution (75% majority required).  
** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
 
The Board notes that, although resolution 9, to re-elect Pierre Bouchut, was passed with the necessary majority, 24.3% of votes received were against. The negative vote is understood to be the mechanistic result of an over-boarding analysis; the Company is fully satisfied with Mr Bouchut's contribution and commitment of time to the Company both as Chair of the Audit Committee and as a Non-Executive Director. However, the Company is engaging with shareholders to discuss their concerns.
The issued share capital of the Company as at 6.30pm on 24 April 2020 (the time by which shareholders who wanted to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were entered on the Register) was 766,293,613 ordinary shares.
Copies of the resolutions passed, other than the resolutions constituting ordinary business, at the AGM will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism, which is located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting is also available on the Hammerson plc website (www.hammerson.com).
The full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Meeting which is also available at www.hammerson.com.
Alice Darwall
General Counsel and Company Secretary
28 April 2020
The announcement above has also been released on the SENS system of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
 


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