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Great Portland Estates PLC
24 July 2020
Great Portland Estates plc
Result of AGM
Friday 24 July 2020
Great Portland Estates plc (the "Company") announces the results
of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
held on Friday 24 July 2020.
A poll was held on each of the resolutions. Resolutions 1 to 15
and 20 to 24 (ordinary resolutions) and resolutions 16 to 19
(special resolutions) were all passed by the required majority. The
results of the poll are as follows:
Resolution Votes for % Votes Against % Total % of Votes
issued withheld*
share
capital
Ordinary resolutions
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To receive the audited
financial statements
together with the
directors' and auditor's
reports for the year
1 ended 31 March 2020. 201,631,759 100.00 0 0.00 201,631,759 79.42 1,188,296
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To declare a final
dividend for the year
2 ended 31 March 2020. 202,728,617 99.95 91,438 0.05 202,820,055 79.89 0
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To approve the Directors'
3 remuneration report. 200,451,852 99.29 1,430,207 0.71 201,882,059 79.52 937,996
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To approve the Directors'
4 remuneration policy. 200,319,758 98.77 2,493,248 1.23 202,813,006 79.89 7,049
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To re-elect Toby Courtauld
as a director of the
5 Company. 201,711,606 99.91 173,610 0.09 201,885,216 79.52 934,839
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To re-elect Nick Sanderson
as a director of the
6 Company. 200,924,353 99.07 1,891,018 0.93 202,815,371 79.89 4,684
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To re-elect Richard
Mully as a director
7 of the Company. 202,123,215 99.66 688,196 0.34 202,811,411 79.89 8,644
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To re-elect Charles
Philipps as a director
8 of the Company. 202,276,641 99.74 534,770 0.26 202,811,411 79.89 8,644
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To re-elect Wendy
Becker as a director
9 of the Company. 202,278,545 99.74 536,473 0.26 202,815,018 79.89 5,037
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To elect Vicky Jarman
as a director of the
10 Company. 202,564,713 99.88 248,569 0.12 202,813,282 79.89 6,773
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To re-elect Nick Hampton
as a director of the
11 Company. 201,239,130 99.22 1,572,281 0.78 202,811,411 79.89 8,644
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To re-elect Alison
Rose as a director
12 of the Company. 202,272,491 99.73 542,827 0.27 202,815,318 79.89 4,737
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To reappoint Deloitte
13 LLP as auditor. 198,107,856 97.68 4,707,664 2.32 202,815,520 79.89 4,535
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To authorise the Audit
Committee to agree
the remuneration of
14 the auditor. 201,167,495 99.19 1,651,483 0.81 202,818,978 79.89 1,077
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To renew the directors'
authority to allot
15 shares. 189,354,059 93.36 13,465,996 6.64 202,820,055 79.89 0
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Special resolutions
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To renew the directors'
limited authority
to allot shares for
16 cash. 199,204,314 99.99 20,678 0.01 199,224,992 78.48 3,595,063
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To give the directors
additional limited
authority to allot
shares for cash in
connection with an
acquisition or specified
capital investment,
and including development
and/or refurbishment
17 expenditure. 196,394,861 99.52 952,545 0.48 197,347,406 77.74 5,472,649
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To renew the authority
enabling the Company
18 to buy its own shares. 197,960,276 97.62 4,831,862 2.38 202,792,138 79.88 27,917
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To authorise the calling
of general meetings
(other than an annual
general meeting) on
not less than 14 clear
19 days' notice. 186,835,471 92.12 15,984,059 7.88 202,819,530 79.89 525
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Ordinary resolutions
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To increase the maximum
aggregate fees payable
to Non-Executive Directors
in accordance with
the Company's Articles
20 of Association. 200,875,025 99.04 1,939,974 0.96 202,814,999 79.89 5,056
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To approve the Deferred
21 Share Bonus Plan. 201,830,671 99.52 983,236 0.48 202,813,907 79.89 6,148
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To approve the Long
22 Term Incentive Plan. 200,423,180 98.82 2,388,013 1.18 202,811,193 79.89 8,862
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To approve the Save
23 As You Earn Plan. 201,951,872 99.58 860,038 0.42 202,811,910 79.89 8,145
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To approve the extension
of the Share Incentive
24 Plan. 202,774,545 99.98 37,681 0.02 202,812,226 79.89 7,829
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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 Company's issued share capital
was 253,867,911 shares of 15(5/) (19) pence each.
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
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .
For further information contact:
Darren Lennark
Company Secretary
Great Portland Estates plc
020 7647 3000
LEI Number: 213800JMEDD2Q4N1MC42
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