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23 July 2015
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 The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London. All resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 18 June 2015, were passed with the requisite majority by means of a poll.
Resolutions 1 to 18 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 19 and 20 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 2015 and the Directors' and Auditors' Reports thereon | 571,442,994 | 99.94 | 358,312 | 571,801,306 | 1,079,116 |
2. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration - Policy Report | 565,057,105 | 98.77 | 7,009,742 | 572,066,847 | 813,574 |
3. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration - Annual Report on Remuneration | 565,115,685 | 98.80 | 6,887,574 | 572,003,259 | 877,162 |
4. | To declare a final dividend of 8.15 pence per Ordinary share | 572,018,413 | 99.97 | 158,679 | 572,177,092 | 703,330 |
5. | To re-elect Dame Alison Carnwath as a Director | 565,817,972 | 98.89 | 6,327,332 | 572,145,304 | 735,118 |
6. | To re-elect Robert Noel as a Director | 571,726,231 | 99.93 | 411,530 | 572,137,761 | 742,661 |
7. | To re-elect Martin Greenslade as a Director | 571,182,557 | 99.83 | 959,417 | 572,141,974 | 738,448 |
8. | To re-elect Kevin O'Byrne as a Director | 571,618,502 | 99.91 | 523,118 | 572,141,620 | 738,802 |
9. | To re-elect Simon Palley as a Director | 572,014,596 | 99.98 | 125,459 | 572,140,055 | 740,367 |
10. | To re-elect Christopher Bartram as a Director | 572,019,751 | 99.98 | 124,370 | 572,144,121 | 736,301 |
11. | To re-elect Stacey Rauch as a Director | 571,872,330 | 99.95 | 266,160 | 572,138,490 | 741,932 |
12. | To elect Cressida Hogg CBE as a Director | 571,608,661 | 99.91 | 536,011 | 572,144,672 | 735,750 |
13. | To elect Edward Bonham Carter as a Director | 571,700,251 | 99.92 | 438,964 | 572,139,215 | 741,207 |
14. | To adopt the Land Securities 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan | 563,771,843 | 98.55 | 8,279,260 | 572,051,103 | 829,319 |
15. | To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor | 572,082,511 | 99.99 | 82,453 | 572,164,964 | 715,458 |
16. | To determine the remuneration of the auditor | 571,452,556 | 99.88 | 709,889 | 572,162,445 | 717,977 |
17. | To make political donations | 567,517,476 | 99.24 | 4,367,066 | 571,884,542 | 995,880 |
18. | To allot securities | 522,582,226 | 92.07 | 44,987,265 | 567,569,491 | 5,310,931 |
19. | To disapply pre-emption rights | 567,965,997 | 99.88 | 697,487 | 568,663,484 | 4,216,938 |
20. | To purchase own shares | 570,964,759 | 99.79 | 1,196,078 | 572,160,837 | 719,585 |
* 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 22 July 2015: 790,549,302 Ordinary shares of 10p each
· Number of votes per share: One
· Total number of votes cast: 572,880,422 Ordinary shares (i.e. 72.5% 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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Company contact:
Meg Ogunsola +44 (0)207 024 5272
Assistant Company Secretary
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