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19 July 2012
Land Securities Group PLC (the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
The Company announces the results of voting at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today at The National Gallery, London. All resolutions, as set out in the Notice of the AGM dated 19 June 2012, were passed with the required majority by means of a poll.
Resolutions 1 to 17, 21 and 22 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 18 to 20 were passed as special resolutions.
Resolution | VOTESFOR* | % FOR | VOTESAGAINST | VOTES FOR / AGAINSTTOTAL | VOTESWITHHELD** | |
1. | To receive the accounts of the company for the year ended 31 March 2012 and the directors' and auditors' reports on such accounts | 545,767,727 | 99.91 | 513,171 | 546,280,898 | 275,380 |
2. | To declare a Final Dividend of 7.4 pence per ordinary share | 546,276,587 | 100.0 | 9,625 | 546,286,212 | 270,066 |
3. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2012 | 530,687,023 | 98.44 | 8,384,136 | 539,071,159 | 7,485,118 |
4. | To re-elect Alison Carnwath as a director | 535,917,524 | 98.11 | 10,333,504 | 546,251,028 | 305,250 |
5. | To re-elect Robert Noel as a director | 544,946,728 | 99.76 | 1,309,865 | 546,256,593 | 299,685 |
6. | To re-elect Martin Greenslade as a director | 544,951,059 | 99.76 | 1,303,585 | 546,254,644 | 301,634 |
7. | To re-elect Richard Akers as a director | 544,953,014 | 99.76 | 1,304,392 | 546,257,406 | 298,872 |
8. | To re-elect Kevin O'Byrne as a director | 544,717,237 | 99.78 | 1,222,458 | 545,939,695 | 616,583 |
9. | To re-elect Sir Stuart Rose as a director | 540,165,106 | 98.94 | 5,771,745 | 545,936,851 | 619,426 |
10. | To re-elect Simon Palley as a director | 544,405,480 | 99.72 | 1,532,016 | 545,937,496 | 618,782 |
11. | To re-elect David Rough as a director | 537,210,372 | 98.35 | 9,035,904 | 546,246,276 | 310,001 |
12. | To re-elect Christopher Bartram as a director | 541,611,070 | 99.70 | 1,613,489 | 543,224,559 | 3,331,718 |
13. | To elect Stacey Rauch as a director | 544,671,862 | 99.77 | 1,240,293 | 545,912,155 | 644,123 |
14. | To re-appoint Pricewaterhou-seCoopers LLP as auditors | 542,464,804 | 99.42 | 3,175,716 | 545,640,520 | 915,757 |
15. | To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors | 545,045,738 | 99.78 | 1,202,561 | 546,248,299 | 307,979 |
16. | To authorise the directors to allot shares | 489,921,059 | 91.22 | 47,169,224 | 537,090,283 | 9,465,993 |
17. | To authorise the Company to make political donations | 532,381,377 | 97.48 | 13,753,507 | 546,134,884 | 421,394 |
18. | To ensure the limited disapplication of pre-emption rights | 538,120,676 | 99.80 | 1,074,506 | 539,195,182 | 7,362,126 |
19. | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 545,182,071 | 99.80 | 1,076,860 | 546,258,931 | 297,347 |
20. | To enable general meetings (other than AGMs) to be held on 14 clear days' notice | 445,540,010 | 81.56 | 100,728,890 | 546,268,900 | 287,378 |
21. | To adopt the 2012 Sharesave Plan Rules | 542,255,246 | 99.28 | 3,946,451 | 546,201,697 | 354,581 |
22. | To amend and renew the terms of the 2005 Long Term Incentive Plan | 527,949,700 | 98.32 | 9,008,205 | 536,957,905 | 9,598,372 |
* Includes discretionary votes
** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution
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 www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do
Contact for further information:
Phil Higgins, Deputy Company Secretary 0207 024 5219