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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Hammerson plc (the "Company")
Annual Report and Notice of Annual General Meeting
3 April 2023
The Company announces that the following documents have today been sent or otherwise made available to shareholders:
- Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 (the "2022 Annual Report");
- Notice of 2023 Annual General Meeting; and
- Form of Proxy (South Africa).
The above documents have been uploaded to the UK National Storage Mechanism and Euronext Dublin and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and https://direct.euronext.com/#/oamfiling (where the 2022 Annual Report will be available in unedited full text).
The 2022 Annual Report (in both PDF and structured electronic formats), Notice of 2023 Annual General Meeting and Form of Proxy (South Africa) are also available on the Company's website at www.hammerson.com.
The Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") will be held at 9.00 am (UK Time) on Thursday, 4 May 2023 at Marble Arch House, 66 Seymour Street, London W1H 5BX.
Only persons entered on the UK Principal register of shareholders or the South Africa Branch register of the Company at 6.30 pm (UK time) on Tuesday, 2 May 2023 shall be entitled to attend and vote at the AGM. The last day to trade in the Company's shares in order to be recorded as a shareholder by the voting record date is therefore Thursday, 27 April 2023 for persons to be included onto the UK Principal register and Tuesday, 25 April 2023 for persons to be entered onto the South Africa Branch register.
Shareholders are entitled to vote by way of proxy in advance of the AGM. It is important that you complete, sign and return a Form of Proxy in accordance with the instructions printed on it. To be valid, the Form of Proxy must be lodged with the Company's Registrar by no later than 9:00 am (UK time) and 10:00 am (SA time) on Tuesday, 2 May 2023. Shareholders on the UK Register can vote online at www.signalshares.co.uk or obtain a copy of the UK Form of Proxy from the Company's UK Registrar, Link Group. Shareholders on the SA Register can obtain a copy of the Form of Proxy (South Africa) from the SA Transfer Secretaries, Computershare Investor Services. See the notes to the Notice of 2023 Annual General Meeting for more information.
The Board continues to recognise the value in maintaining engagement with the Company's shareholders. Although shareholders will be able to ask questions at the AGM, shareholders who wish to put a question to the Board relating to the business to be conducted at the AGM may wish to email investorrelations@hammerson.com to submit their question in advance of the AGM. The Company will endeavour to respond to questions submitted by 9.00 am (UK time) / 10.00 am (South Africa time) on Friday, 28 April 2023 in advance of the proxy voting deadline on Tuesday, 2 May 2023 at 9.00 am (UK time) / 10.00 am (South Africa time). Where questions are received after 9.00 am (UK time) / 10.00 am (South Africa time) on Friday, 28 April 2023, the Company will respond as soon as practicable, which may be after the AGM. The Company reserves the right to consolidate questions of a similar nature.
Although Covid-19 restrictions have eased, the Company continues to monitor the situation. Any changes to the AGM will be communicated to shareholders before the meeting through the Company's website (www.hammerson.com/investors/shareholder-centre/general-meetings) and, where appropriate, by announcement through a Regulatory Information Service.
The content of this announcement should be read in conjunction with the Company's preliminary results announcement for the year ended 31 December 2022, which was released on 9 March 2023 and is available on the Company's website at:
www.hammerson.com/investors/reports-results-presentations
Together, these announcements constitute the material required by DTR 6.3.5 to be communicated in unedited full text through a Regulatory Information Service. This material is not a substitute for reading the full 2022 Annual Report.
The Company will publish its 2022 ESG Report during April 2023.
Alex Dunn
General Counsel and Company Secretary
+44 (0) 20 7887 1000
This announcement has also been released on the SENS system of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and on Euronext Dublin.