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RNS Number : 0031LLand Securities Group PLC13 July 201713 July 2017
Land Securities Group PLC (the "Company")
Voting results of Annual General Meeting
The Company announces the voting results of its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today at 80 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 5JL. All resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 12 June 2017, were passed with the requisite majority by means of a poll.
Resolutions 1 to 17 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 18 to 20 were passed as Special Resolutions.
RESOLUTION
VOTES
FOR*%
FOR
VOTES
AGAINSTTOTAL VOTES FOR / AGAINST
VOTES
WITHHELD**1.
To receive the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2017 and the Directors' and Auditors' Reports thereon
588,433,854
99.92
449,939
588,883,793
1,429,617
2.
To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration
582,807,199
98.83
6,915,526
589,722,725
590,685
3.
To declare a final dividend of 11.7 pence per Ordinary share
589,137,290
99.99
64,759
589,202,049
1,111,361
4.
To elect Nicholas Cadbury as Director
589,425,122
99.94
367,142
589,792,264
521,146
5.
To re-elect Dame Alison Carnwath as a Director
567,794,789
97.59
14,039,181
581,833,970
8,479,440
6.
To re-elect Robert Noel as a Director
589,579,689
99.96
218,739
589,798,428
514,982
7.
To re-elect Martin Greenslade as a Director
589,579,723
99.96
216,065
589,795,788
517,622
8.
To re-elect Kevin O'Byrne as a Director
589,387,634
99.93
403,039
589,790,673
522,737
9.
To re-elect Simon Palley as a Director
589,300,381
99.92
494,946
589,795,327
518,083
10.
To re-elect Christopher Bartram as a Director
589,676,936
99.98
114,956
589,791,892
521,518
11.
To re-elect Stacey Rauch as a Director
586,928,971
99.51
2,864,842
589,793,813
519,597
12.
To re-elect Cressida Hogg CBE as a Director
589,691,497
99.98
120,939
589,812,436
500,974
13.
To re-elect Edward Bonham Carter as a Director
589,522,830
99.94
347,741
589,870,571
442,839
14.
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor
588,519,136
99.78
1,303,259
589,822,395
491,015
15.
To determine the remuneration of the auditor
588,497,299
99.77
1,340,387
589,837,686
475,724
16.
To make political donations
579,550,149
98.73
7,467,351
587,017,500
3,295,910
17.
To allot securities
531,454,151
90.69
54,543,018
585,997,169
4,316,241
18.
To disapply pre-emption rights
586,115,226
99.86
803,178
586,918,404
3,395,006
19.
To disapply pre-emption rights for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments
556,444,030
94.81
30,471,285
586,915,315
3,398,095
20.
To purchase own shares
585,107,295
99.30
4,141,078
589,248,373
1,065,037
* Includes discretionary votes
**A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is therefore not included in the calculation of total votes For/Against
Total voting rights at 13 July 2017: 790,753,641 Ordinary shares of 10p each
Number of votes per share: One
Total number of votes cast: 590,313,410 Ordinary shares (i.e.74.65% turnout)
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
A copy of the voting results shown above is also available on the Company's website at www.lansec.com/investors/shareholder-investor-information/agm-annual-general-meeting.
END
For further information, please contact:
Land Securities Group PLC
Tim Ashby
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
Tel: +44(0) 20 7024 5256
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