REG - Land Sec. Group PLC - Result of AGM
RNS Number : 2726FLand Securities Group PLC11 July 201911 July 2019
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 10 June 2019, were passed with the requisite majority by means of a poll.
Resolutions 1 to 17 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 18 to 21 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 2019 and the Directors' and Auditors' Reports thereon
558,209,752
99.99
46,561
558,256,313
703,125
2.
To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration
517,964,517
93.13
38,215,631
556,180,148
2,778,071
3.
To declare a final dividend of 11.65 pence per Ordinary share
558,528,283
100.00
7,156
558,535,439
423,999
4.
To elect Madeleine Cosgrave as a Director
556,400,674
99.63
2,055,304
558,455,978
502,241
5.
To elect Christophe Evain as a Director
558,365,492
99.98
88,645
558,454,137
504,083
6.
To re-elect Robert Noel as a Director
555,488,675
99.82
986,201
556,474,876
2,483,192
7.
To re-elect Martin Greenslade as a Director
556,702,303
99.69
1,754,281
558,456,584
501,485
8.
To re-elect Colette O'Shea as a Director
557,376,839
99.81
1,080,752
558,457,591
500,478
9.
To re-elect Christopher Bartram as a Director
536,742,187
96.11
21,715,066
558,457,253
500,815
10.
To re-elect Edward Bonham Carter as a Director
516,727,666
92.53
41,728,497
558,456,163
501,905
11.
To re-elect Nicholas Cadbury as a Director
555,009,079
99.38
3,444,052
558,453,131
504,937
12.
To re-elect Cressida Hogg as a Director
553,889,313
99.53
2,590,136
556,479,449
2,478,619
13.
To re-elect Stacey Rauch as a Director
468,013,205
94.79
25,726,523
493,739,728
65,218,340
14.
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor
555,202,414
99.76
1,356,966
556,559,380
2,399,906
15.
To determine the remuneration of the auditor
556,968,524
99.72
1,555,213
558,523,737
435,550
16.
To make political donations
554,084,971
99.61
2,169,536
556,254,507
2,704,931
17.
To allot securities
507,441,774
90.86
51,021,145
558,462,919
496,518
18.
To disapply pre-emption rights
553,717,244
99.91
525,272
554,242,516
4,716,922
19.
To disapply pre-emption rights for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments
524,183,395
94.58
30,057,111
554,240,506
4,718,931
20.
To purchase own shares
556,043,752
99.61
2,182,876
558,226,628
732,809
21.
To adopt new articles of association
556,151,328
99.99
76,028
556,227,356
2,730,713
* 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 11 July 2019: 741,462,011 Ordinary shares of 10 2/3 p each
· Number of votes per share: One
· Total number of votes cast: 558,535,439 Ordinary shares (i.e.74.34% 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 https://landsec.com/investors/shareholders-equity-investors/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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