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Great Portland Estates PLC
05 July 2018
Result of AGM
Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting
Thursday 5 July 2018
Great Portland Estates plc (the "Company") announces the results
of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
held on Thursday 5 July 2018, as set out in the AGM notice.
A poll was held on each of the resolutions. Resolutions 1 to 14
(ordinary resolutions) and resolutions 15 to 18 (special
resolutions) were all passed by the required majority. The results
of the poll were as follows:
Resolution Votes for % Votes % Total % of Votes
Against issued withheld*
share
capital
Ordinary resolutions
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To receive and adopt
the audited financial
statements together
with the directors'
and auditors' reports
for the year ended
1 31 March 2018. 234,020,792 100% 1,533 0.00% 234,022,325 83.09% 443,899
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To authorise the payment
of a final dividend
for the year ended
2 31 March 2018. 234,315,292 100% - 0.00% 234,315,292 83.19% 150,932
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To approve the Directors'
remuneration report,
other than the part
containing the Directors'
remuneration policy,
for the year ended
3 31 March 2018. 229,023,845 98.34% 3,873,806 1.66% 232,897,651 82.69% 1,568,573
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To re-elect Toby Courtauld
as a director of the
4 Company. 234,146,462 99.87% 315,347 0.13% 234,461,809 83.24% 4,415
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To re-elect Nick Sanderson
as a director of the
5 Company. 233,195,225 99.46% 1,266,584 0.54% 234,461,809 83.24% 4,415
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To re-elect Martin
Scicluna as a director
6 of the Company. 230,249,644 98.27% 4,050,829 1.73% 234,300,473 83.18% 165,751
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To re-elect Charles
Philipps as a director
7 of the Company 232,252,638 99.06% 2,209,171 0.94% 234,461,809 83.24% 4,415
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To re-elect Wendy
Becker as a director
8 of the Company. 229,685,139 97.96% 4,776,670 2.04% 234,461,809 83.24% 4,415
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To re-elect Nick Hampton
as a director of the
9 Company. 231,091,970 98.56% 3,369,839 1.44% 234,461,809 83.24% 4,415
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To re-elect Richard
Mully as a director
10 of the Company. 232,252,438 99.06% 2,209,371 0.94% 234,461,809 83.24% 4,415
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To elect Alison Rose
as a director of the
11 Company. 234,446,285 100% 7,093 0.00% 234,453,378 83.24% 12,846
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To reappoint Deloitte
12 LLP as auditor. 229,310,129 98.03% 4,597,465 1.97% 233,907,594 83.04% 558,630
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% of
Resolution Votes for % Votes % Total issued Votes
Against share withheld*
capital
Ordinary resolutions
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To authorise the Audit
Committee to agree
the remuneration of
13 the auditor. 234,221,896 99.90% 238,620 0.10% 234,460,516 83.24% 5,708
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To renew the directors'
authority to allot
14 shares. 217,088,530 92.59% 17,372,762 7.41% 234,461,292 83.24% 4,605
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Special resolutions
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To renew the director's
limited authority
to allot equity securities
15 for cash. 230,672,131 99.97% 72,857 0.03% 230,744,988 81.92% 3,720,909
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To renew the directors'
additional limited
authority to allot
equity securities
for cash as contemplated
by the Pre-emption
Group's Statement
of Principles, and
including development
and/or refurbishment
16 expenditure. 215,278,624 93.30% 15,458,216 6.70% 230,736,840 81.92% 3,729,056
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To renew the authority
enabling the Company
17 to buy its own shares. 227,374,845 97.02% 6,995,309 2.98% 234,370,154 83.21% 96,070
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To authorise the calling
of general meetings
(other than an annual
general meeting) on
not less than 14 clear
18 days' notice. 205,405,545 87.61% 29,046,599 12.39% 234,452,144 83.24% 14,080
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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 281,663,675 shares of 15 (5/19) 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
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