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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Hammerson plc ("Hammerson" or the "Group" or the "Company")
Results of the General Meeting
Further to the announcement entitled "Interim 2020 Dividend and Enhanced Scrip Dividend Alternative" on 11 November 2020, the Company announces that, at the General Meeting held earlier today, the resolutions set out in the Notice of General Meeting (the "Resolutions") contained in the circular published by the Company on 11 November 2020 (the "Circular") were duly passed without amendment on a poll by the requisite majorities of shareholders of the Company. Capitalised terms used but not otherwise defined in this announcement have the meanings given to them in the Circular, which is available at https://www.hammerson.com/investors/shareholder-information/general-meeting/.
Both Resolutions were passed as special resolutions. The full text of the Resolutions is set out in the Notice of General Meeting.
Details of the total votes received in relation to the Resolutions are as follows:
RESOLUTION | VOTES | ||||||
FOR* | AGAINST** | VOTES CAST | WITHHELD*** | ||||
No. of Shares | % of Shares voted | No. of Shares | % of Shares voted | % of Issued Share Capital | No. of Shares | ||
1 | To amend the Company's articles of association | 3,099,557,942 | 99.99 | 161,105 | 0.01 | 80.90 | 1,467,587 |
2 | To grant the Board authority to offer the enhanced scrip dividend alternative | 3,099,939,054 | 99.99 | 162,901 | 0.01 | 80.90 | 1,084,679 |
* Votes in favour include votes where the Chair of the General Meeting was given discretion regarding how to vote.
** Percentages are expressed as a proportion of total votes cast (which does not include votes withheld).
*** A 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' and 'against' the Resolutions.
The Resolutions passed at the General Meeting enable the Directors to proceed with the proposed Interim 2020 Dividend and Enhanced Scrip Dividend Alternative, as set out in the Circular. Cash payments in respect of the Interim 2020 Dividend and the date of issue, admission and first day of dealings in New Shares on the London Stock Exchange and Johannesburg Stock Exchange is expected to be 18 December 2020.
The Board retains the discretion to withdraw or modify the terms of the Enhanced Scrip Dividend Alternative and the Interim 2020 Dividend, because there are certain situations in which the Board may decide that it is no longer appropriate to pay the Interim 2020 Dividend and to offer the Enhanced Scrip Dividend Alternative, or it may not be permissible for the Company to do so.
A copy of the Resolutions passed at the General Meeting has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R.
A copy of the poll results for the General Meeting is also available on the Hammerson plc website (www.hammerson.com).
Enquiries
HammersonInvestor Contact
Josh Warren, Hammerson, Head of Investor Relations
Tel: +44 20 7887 1053
josh.warren@hammerson.com
4 December 2020
The announcement above has also been released on the SENS system of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.