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RNS Number : 2298F  Land Securities Group PLC  06 July 2023

6 July 2023

 

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 6 June 2023, 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             %       VOTES       TOTAL VOTES FOR / AGAINST  VOTES

FOR*

AGAINST
WITHHELD**
                                                                                                         FOR
 1.    To receive the 2023 Annual Report                                               556,994,002       100.00  6,406       557,000,408                451,917
 2.    To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration                                    510,474,441       92.16   43,421,946  553,896,387                3,555,938
 3.    To declare a final dividend of 12p per ordinary share                           556,214,930       99.80   1,106,871   557,321,801                130,524
 4.    To elect Sir Ian Cheshire as a Director                                         526,890,855       94.54   30,419,059  557,309,914                142,411
 5.    To elect Miles Roberts as a Director                                            552,532,834       99.14   4,771,235   557,304,069                148,256
 6.    To re-elect Mark Allan as a Director                                            552,537,424       99.14   4,767,899   557,305,323                147,002
 7.    To re-elect Vanessa Simms as a Director                                         556,712,566       99.89   590,413     557,302,979                149,346
 8.    To re-elect Edward Bonham Carter as a Director                                  522,919,167       93.86   34,179,258  557,098,425                353,900
  9.   To re-elect Nicholas Cadbury as a Director                                      540,924,775       97.06   16,381,862  557,306,637                145,688
 10.   To re-elect Madeleine Cosgrave as a Director                                       557,248,940    99.99   55,046      557,303,986                148,339
 11.   To re-elect Christophe Evain as a Director                                      534,386,731       95.89   22,921,024  557,307,755                144,570
 12.   To re-elect Manjiry Tamhane as a Director                                       552,154,218       99.08   5,153,138   557,307,356                144,969
 13.   To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor                                      554,505,128       99.50   2,807,595   557,312,723                139,602
 14.   To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor   555,940,814       99.75   1,370,047   557,310,861                141,464
 15.   To authorise the Company to make political donations                            554,308,160       99.89   584,334     554,892,494                2,559,831
 16.   To authorise the Directors to allot securities                                  520,239,559       93.35   37,068,873  557,308,432                143,893
 17.   To approve the Company's 2023 Share Incentive Plan                              557,037,149       99.95   267,936     557,305,085                147,240
 18.   To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights                       529,704,401       95.05   27,607,840  557,312,241                140,084
 19.   To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for the purposes of   505,537,376       91.48   47,094,827  552,632,203                4,820,122
       acquisitions or capital investments
 20.   To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares             555,433,150       99.71   1,621,425   557,054,575                397,750

 

The Company held the Annual General Meeting at the Company's registered office
with the requisite amount of shareholders in attendance as required to form a
quorum under the Company's articles of association. All valid proxy votes and
voting instructions (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form)
were included in the poll taken at the meeting.

 

* 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 6 July 2023:     741,548,494 Ordinary
shares of 102/3p each

·      Number of votes per share:            One

·      Total number of votes cast:              557,312,723
Ordinary shares (i.e 75.16% 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
   https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism
(https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism)

 

 

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
(https://landsec.com/investors/shareholders-equity-investors/annual-general-meeting)
 

 

 

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For further information, please contact:

Land Securities Group
PLC

Marina Thomas

Company Secretary

Tel: +44 (0) 207 024 3868

 

6 July 2023

 

 

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