Land Securities Group PLC (the "Company") - Voting Results of Annual General Meeting

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - Jul 21, 2016) - Land Securities Group PLC (LSE: LAND) (OTC PINK: LSGOF)

The Company announces the voting results of its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today at the Park Plaza Victoria London, 239 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1EQ. All resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 16 June 2016, were passed with the requisite majority by means of a poll.

Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 17 to 19 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 2016 and the Directors' and Auditors' Reports thereon

596,883,091

99.94

365,663

597,248,754

1,373,198

2.

To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration

594,708,367

99.37

3,779,868

598,488,235

133,717

3.

To declare a final dividend of 10.55 pence per Ordinary share

597,875,316

100.00

5,834

597,881,150

740,802

4.

To re-elect Dame Alison Carnwath as a Director

588,197,399

98.28

10,277,428

598,474,827

147,125

5.

To re-elect Robert Noel as a Director

598,417,437

99.99

86,826

598,504,263

117,689

6.

To re-elect Martin Greenslade as a Director

598,413,778

99.98

90,083

598,503,861

118,091

7.

To re-elect Kevin O'Byrne as a Director

598,379,832

99.98

117,927

598,497,759

124,193

8.

To re-elect Simon Palley as a Director

597,881,126

99.90

624,609

598,505,735

116,217

9.

To re-elect Christopher Bartram as a Director

598,390,890

99.98

115,437

598,506,327

115,625

10.

To re-elect Stacey Rauch as a Director

598,402,562

99.98

98,476

598,501,038

120,914

11.

To elect Cressida Hogg CBE as a Director

598,390,701

99.98

115,224

598,505,925

116,027

12.

To elect Edward Bonham Carter as a Director

597,635,739

99.84

935,064

598,570,803

51,149

13.

To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor

597,803,963

99.87

782,712

598,586,675

35,277

14.

To determine the remuneration of the auditor

597,101,478

99.76

1,431,483

598,532,961

88,991

15.

To make political donations

589,794,943

99.16

5,004,611

594,799,554

3,822,398

16.

To allot securities

545,155,862

91.08

53,390,273

598,546,135

75,817

17.

To disapply pre-emption rights

594,471,198

99.88

706,961

595,178,159

3,443,793

18.

To disapply pre-emption rights for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments

567,663,332

95.37

27,549,803

595,213,135

3,408,817

19.

To purchase own shares

590,769,750

99.31

4,126,718

594,896,468

3,725,484

* 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 20 July 2016: 790,675,593 Ordinary shares of 10p each

  • Number of votes per share: One

  • Total number of votes cast: 598,621,952 Ordinary shares (i.e.75.70 % 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 www.landsecurities.com/investors/shareholder-investor-information/agm-annual-general-meeting.

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