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Great Portland Estates PLC
06 July 2017
Result of AGM
Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting
Thursday 6 July 2017
Great Portland Estates plc (the "Company") announces the results
of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
held on Thursday 6 July 2017, as set out in the AGM notice.
A poll was held on each of the resolutions. Resolutions 1 to 17
(ordinary resolutions) and resolutions 18 to 21 (special
resolutions) were all passed by the required majority. The results
of the poll were as follows:
Resolution Votes % Votes % Total % of Votes
for Against issued withheld*
share
capital
--- ------------------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
Ordinary resolutions
--- ------------------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
To receive and
adopt the audited
financial statements
together with
the directors'
and auditors'
reports for the
year ended 31
1 March 2017. 268,491,154 100% 3,033 0.00% 268,494,187 82.18% 823,369
--- ------------------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
To authorise
the payment of
a final dividend
for the year
ended 31 March
2 2017. 269,126,065 100% - 0.00% 269,126,065 82.37% 191,491
--- ------------------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
To approve the
Directors' remuneration
report, other
than the part
containing the
Directors' remuneration
policy, for the
year ended 31
3 March 2017. 250,188,063 95.70% 11,230,137 4.30% 261,418,200 80.01% 7,899,356
--- ------------------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
To approve the
Directors' remuneration
policy within
the Directors'
remuneration
report for year
ended 31 March
4 2017. 259,839,425 97.13% 7,669,753 2.87% 267,509,178 81.87% 1,808,378
--- ------------------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
To re-elect Toby
Courtauld as
a director of
5 the Company. 268,272,895 99.62% 1,033,463 0.38% 269,306,358 82.42% 11,198
--- ------------------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
To re-elect Nick
Sanderson as
a director of
6 the Company. 268,272,571 99.62% 1,033,787 0.38% 269,306,358 82.42% 11,198
--- ------------------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
To re-elect Martin
Scicluna as a
director of the
7 Company. 258,905,190 97.34% 7,087,505 2.66% 265,992,695 81.41% 3,324,861
--- ------------------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
To re-elect Charles
Philipps as a
director of the
8 Company 269,057,197 99.91% 249,161 0.09% 269,306,358 82.42% 11,198
--- ------------------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
To re-elect Jonathan
Short as a director
9 of the Company. 254,435,042 95.15% 12,961,649 4.85% 267,396,691 81.84% 1,920,865
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To elect Wendy
Becker as a director
10 of the Company. 269,298,537 100% 7,821 0.00% 269,306,358 82.42% 11,198
--- ------------------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
To elect Nick
Hampton as a
director of the
11 Company. 267,980,596 99.51% 1,325,762 0.49% 269,306,358 82.42% 11,198
--- ------------------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
To elect Richard
Mully as a director
12 of the Company. 267,425,399 99.30% 1,880,959 0.70% 269,306,358 82.42% 11,198
--- ------------------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
To reappoint
Deloitte LLP
13 as auditor. 259,692,465 96.88% 8,365,050 3.12% 268,057,515 82.04% 1,260,041
--- ------------------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
% of
Resolution Votes % Votes % Total issued Votes
for Against share withheld*
capital
--- ------------------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
Ordinary resolutions
--- ------------------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
To authorise
the Audit Committee
to agree the
remuneration
14 of the auditors. 268,936,449 99.86% 370,562 0.14% 269,307,011 82.42% 10,545
--- ------------------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
To approve the
amendments to
the rules of
the Great Portland
Estates 2010
Long-Term Incentive
Plan (LTIP) and
to authorise
the directors
to adopt the
changes to the
LTIP and to do
all things necessary
to implement
and give effect
15 to the changes. 260,672,623 96.92% 8,280,646 3.08% 268,953,269 82.32% 364,287
--- ------------------------- -------------- --------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
To renew the
directors' authority
16 to allot shares. 261,027,146 97.12% 7,747,387 2.88% 268,774,533 82.26% 543,023
--- ------------------------- -------------- --------- ----------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
To increase the
maximum aggregate
amount of fees
payable to the
Non-Executive
17 Directors. 269,261,060 99.99% 26,017 0.01% 269,287,077 82.42% 30,479
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Special resolutions
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To renew the
director's limited
authority to
allot equity
securities for
18 cash. 264,279,035 99.86% 367,991 0.14% 264,647,026 81.00% 4,670,530
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To grant the
directors additional
limited authority
to allot equity
securities for
cash as contemplated
by the Pre-emption
Group's Statement
19 of Principles. 252,811,181 95.53% 11,834,574 4.47% 264,645,755 81.00% 4,671,801
--- ------------------------- -------------- ------- ------------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
To renew the
authority enabling
the Company to
20 buy its own shares. 255,463,478 94.91% 13,702,558 5.09% 269,166,036 82.38% 151,520
--- ------------------------- -------------- ------- ------------- ------- ------------ --------- ------------
To authorise
the calling of
general meetings
(other than an
annual general
meeting) on not
less than 14
21 clear days' notice. 237,424,632 88.16% 31,878,587 11.84% 269,303,219 82.42% 14,336
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Notes:
*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and therefore cannot be
counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and
against a resolution.
As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares of the
Company was 326,729,852 shares of 13 3/19 pence each, which was the
total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for
or against all resolutions.
In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing
Rule 9.6.2 a copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General
Meeting will be available via the National Storage Mechanism, which
can be accessed at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
This information is provided by RNS
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