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Result of AGM

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Land Securities Group PLC
11 July 2019
 

11 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
AGAINST

TOTAL 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

 

 

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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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