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LSL Property Services plc (LSL)
Results of Annual General Meeting 2020 (AGM)
LSL held its AGM today at 10am at its offices at Gateway 2, Holgate Park Drive, York, YO26 4GB. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, attendance at the AGM was restricted and the meeting was conducted in accordance with the provisions detailed in the Notice of Meeting which was published on 4th June 2020.
All resolutions set out in the Notice of the Meeting were passed by Shareholders by way of a poll and details of the votes cast are set out below. 82,721,717 proxy votes were received representing 79.42% of the issued share capital. The following table gives details of the proxy votes lodged with LSL's Registrar:
Resolution | Total Votes For/Discretion (%)* | Total Votes Against(%) | Total VotesWithheld** |
1. To receive, consider and adopt LSL's Annual Accounts for the year ended 31st December 2019, together with the Directors' Report and Auditors' Report on those accounts | 82,711,095 (99.99) | 8,621 (0.01) | 2,000 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report contained within LSL's Annual Report and Accounts 2019 for the year ended 31st December 2019 | 80,981,903 (97.90) | 1,737,813 (2.10) | 2,000 |
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy contained within LSL's Annual Report and Accounts 2019 | 80,357,149 (97.14) | 2,362,567 (2.86) | 2,000 |
4. To elect Gaby Appleton as a director | 81,832,108 (98.92) | 889,609 (1.08) | 0 |
5. To re-elect Helen Buck as a director | 82,721,717 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 |
6. To re-elect Adam Castleton as a director | 82,714,534 (99.99) | 7,183 (0.01) | 0 |
7. To re-elect Simon Embley as a director | 81,395,882 (98.42) | 1,304,243 (1.58) | 21,591 |
8. To re-elect Darrell Evans as a director | 81,832,108 (98.92) | 889,609 (1.08) | 0 |
9. To re-elect Bill Shannon as director | 81,832,108 (98.92) | 889,609 (1.08) | 0 |
10. To re-elect David Stewart as a director | 82,721,717 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 |
11. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of LSL | 82,711,946 (99.99) | 9,770 (0.01) | 0 |
12. To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration | 82,721,717 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 |
13. To authorise the directors to allot shares | 82,597,971 (99.85) | 123,746 (0.15) | 0 |
14. To disapply pre-emption rights (Special Resolution) | 82,719,194 (99.99) | 2,523 (0.01) | 0 |
15. To disapply pre-emption rights - acquisitions (Special Resolution) | 76,673,703 (92.69) | 6,048,013 (7.31) | 0 |
16. To authorise LSL to purchase its own Ordinary Shares (Special Resolution) | 82,710,572 (99.99) | 11,144 (0.01) | 0 |
17. To authorise the making of political donations | 76,293,936 (92.23) | 6,427,780 (7.77) | 0 |
18. To authorise the holding of a general meeting on not less than 14 days' notice (Special Resolution) | 76,271,467 (92.20) | 6,450,250 (7.80) | 0 |
* These are votes received supporting the resolution or granting the Chairman or other third party discretion to vote on their behalf in respect of the resolution.
** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.
Copies of the special business resolutions passed at the AGM will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available through the National Storage Mechanism.
Further information is available from:
Sapna B FitzGerald
Company Secretary
investorrelations@lslps.co.uk
LSL Property Services plc
www.lslps.co.uk