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11 Jul 2019 13:35
11 July 2019
Land Securities Group PLC (the "Company")
Voting results of Annual General Meeting
The Company announces the voting results of its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today at 80 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 5JL. All resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 10 June 2019, were passed with the requisite majority by means of a poll.
Resolutions 1 to 17 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 18 to 21 were passed as Special Resolutions.
| RESOLUTION | VOTESFOR* | % FOR | VOTESAGAINST | TOTAL VOTES FOR / AGAINST | VOTESWITHHELD** |
1. | To receive the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2019 and the Directors' and Auditors' Reports thereon | 558,209,752 | 99.99 | 46,561 | 558,256,313 | 703,125 |
2. | To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration | 517,964,517 | 93.13 | 38,215,631 | 556,180,148 | 2,778,071 |
3. | To declare a final dividend of 11.65 pence per Ordinary share | 558,528,283 | 100.00 | 7,156 | 558,535,439 | 423,999 |
4. | To elect Madeleine Cosgrave as a Director | 556,400,674 | 99.63 | 2,055,304 | 558,455,978 | 502,241 |
5. | To elect Christophe Evain as a Director | 558,365,492 | 99.98 | 88,645 | 558,454,137 | 504,083 |
6. | To re-elect Robert Noel as a Director | 555,488,675 | 99.82 | 986,201 | 556,474,876 | 2,483,192 |
7. | To re-elect Martin Greenslade as a Director | 556,702,303 | 99.69 | 1,754,281 | 558,456,584 | 501,485 |
8. | To re-elect Colette O'Shea as a Director | 557,376,839 | 99.81 | 1,080,752 | 558,457,591 | 500,478 |
9. | To re-elect Christopher Bartram as a Director | 536,742,187 | 96.11 | 21,715,066 | 558,457,253 | 500,815 |
10. | To re-elect Edward Bonham Carter as a Director | 516,727,666 | 92.53 | 41,728,497 | 558,456,163 | 501,905 |
11. | To re-elect Nicholas Cadbury as a Director | 555,009,079 | 99.38 | 3,444,052 | 558,453,131 | 504,937 |
12. | To re-elect Cressida Hogg as a Director | 553,889,313 | 99.53 | 2,590,136 | 556,479,449 | 2,478,619 |
13. | To re-elect Stacey Rauch as a Director | 468,013,205 | 94.79 | 25,726,523 | 493,739,728 | 65,218,340 |
14. | To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor | 555,202,414 | 99.76 | 1,356,966 | 556,559,380 | 2,399,906 |
15. | To determine the remuneration of the auditor | 556,968,524 | 99.72 | 1,555,213 | 558,523,737 | 435,550 |
16. | To make political donations | 554,084,971 | 99.61 | 2,169,536 | 556,254,507 | 2,704,931 |
17. | To allot securities | 507,441,774 | 90.86 | 51,021,145 | 558,462,919 | 496,518 |
18. | To disapply pre-emption rights | 553,717,244 | 99.91 | 525,272 | 554,242,516 | 4,716,922 |
19. | To disapply pre-emption rights for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments | 524,183,395 | 94.58 | 30,057,111 | 554,240,506 | 4,718,931 |
20. | To purchase own shares | 556,043,752 | 99.61 | 2,182,876 | 558,226,628 | 732,809 |
21. | To adopt new articles of association | 556,151,328 | 99.99 | 76,028 | 556,227,356 | 2,730,713 |
* 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 11 July 2019: 741,462,011 Ordinary shares of 10 2/3 p each
· Number of votes per share: One
· Total number of votes cast: 558,535,439 Ordinary shares (i.e.74.34% 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 https://landsec.com/investors/shareholders-equity-investors/annual-general-meeting
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For further information, please contact:
Land Securities Group PLC
Tim Ashby
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
Tel: +44(0) 20 7024 5256
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