REG - Land Sec. Group PLC - Voting results of Annual General Meeting

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12/07/2018 13:05

RNS Number : 4852U
Land Securities Group PLC
12 July 2018
 


12 July 2018
 
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 11 June 2018, were passed with the requisite majority by means of a poll.
 
Resolutions 1 to 18 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 19 to 21 were passed as Special Resolutions.
 




 


RESOLUTION


VOTES

FOR*


%
FOR


VOTES

AGAINST


TOTAL VOTES FOR / AGAINST

 


VOTES

WITHHELD**




1.


To receive the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2018 and the Directors' and Auditors' Reports thereon


564,126,799


99.93


418,282


564,545,081


538,377




2.


To approve the Directors Remuneration Policy


561,169,530


99.42


3,262,536


564,432,066


651,391




3.


To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration


553,919,786


98.14


10,511,217


564,431,003


652,454




4.


To declare a final dividend of 14.65 pence per Ordinary share


564,570,902


100.00


10,580


564,581,482


501,976




5.


To elect Colette O'Shea as a Director


560,578,344


99.30


3,970,615


564,548,959


533,281




6.


To elect Scott Parsons as a Director


560,272,858


99.24


4,273,798


564,546,656


535,584




7.


To re-elect Robert Noel as a Director


560,743,930


99.33


3,805,170


564,549,100


533,140




8.


To re-elect Martin Greenslade as a Director


559,866,988


99.17


4,683,163


564,550,151


532,089




9.


To re-elect Christopher Bartram as a Director


559,521,373


99.11


5,028,861


564,550,234


532,099




10.


To re-elect Edward Bonham Carter as a Director


559,533,440


99.11


5,016,363


564,549,803


533,748




11.


To re-elect Nicholas Cadbury as a Director


563,114,530


99.75


1,434,128


564,548,658


533,675




12.


To re-elect Cressida Hogg CBE as a Director


557,206,659


98.70


7,354,004


564,560,663


522,888




13.


To re-elect Simon Palley as a Director


559,395,616


99.09


5,154,394


564,550,010


532,323




14.


To re-elect Stacey Rauch as a Director


559,826,946


99.16


4,723,505


564,550,451


531,882




15.


To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor


564,400,385


99.97


164,916


564,565,301


518,250




16.


To determine the remuneration of the auditor


564,030,710


99.91


483,600


564,514,310


569,241




17.


To make political donations


559,435,497


99.53


2,657,858


562,093,355


2,990,196




18.


To allot securities


502,417,392


89.00


62,097,524


564,514,916


568,634




19.


To disapply pre-emption rights


560,662,973


99.96


233,793


560,896,766


4,186,785




20.


To disapply pre-emption rights  for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments


526,142,339


93.80


34,753,414


560,895,753


4,187,797




21.


To purchase own shares


561,927,599


99.60


2,249,136


564,176,735


906,815




 
 
 
* 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 12 July 2018:    741,459,785  Ordinary Shares of 10 2/3 p each
·      Number of votes per share:              One
·      Total number of votes cast:               564,581,482  Ordinary Shares (i.e.76.14% 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
 
 
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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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