14 Jul 2015 15:02
Development Securities PLC Annual General Meeting - voting results and proxy appointments
At the Development Securities PLC Annual General Meeting held today (14 July 2015) the following resolutions were proposed by the Chairman and passed by shareholders on a show of hands. Proxies were received by the Company from shareholders prior to the meeting as follows:
RESOLUTION | VOTES FOR | % VOTES FOR | VOTES AGAINST | % VOTES AGAINST | VOTES WITHHELD | |
1 | Receipt of Financial statements and reports of the Directors and Auditors
| 109,728,692 | 99.86 | 158,910 | 0.14 | 15,304 |
2 | Remuneration Report
| 89,685,809 | 85.25 | 15,521,038 | 14.75 | 4,696,059 |
3 | Re-election of D S Jenkins
| 106,488,136 | 96.89 | 3,414,770 | 3.11 | 0 |
4 | Re-election of M H Marx
| 97,785,249 | 88.97 | 12,117,657 | 11.03 | 0 |
5 | Re-election of M O Shepherd
| 108,229,080 | 98.48 | 1,673,826 | 1.52 | 0 |
6 | Re-election of M S Weiner
| 108,296,388 | 98.54 | 1,606,518 | 1.46 | 0 |
7 | Re-election of R Upton
| 108,196,837 | 98.45 | 1,706,069 | 1.55 | 0 |
8 | Re-election of S C Bates
| 101,992,861 | 96.91 | 3,256,885 | 3.09 | 4,653,160 |
9 | Re-election of N H Thomlinson
| 109,886,965 | 99.99 | 15,941 | 0.01 | 0 |
10 | Re-election of B Bennett
| 100,039,516 | 91.03 | 9,863,390 | 8.97 | 0 |
11 | Declaration of final dividend
| 109,902,906 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
12 | Auditors' reappointment
| 109,629,020 | 99.76 | 259,768 | 0.24 | 14,118 |
13 | Authorise Directors to determine Auditors' remuneration
| 109,856,720 | 99.97 | 32,923 | 0.03 | 13,263 |
14 | Authority to purchase own shares
| 109,900,995 | 99.99 | 1,705 | 0.01 | 206 |
15 | Authority to allot shares
| 104,986,190 | 95.53 | 4,916,510 | 4.47 | 206 |
16 | Disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights
| 109,879,704 | 99.98 | 22,141 | 0.02 | 1,061 |
17 | General Meetings to be called on 14 days' notice
| 104,573,471 | 95.16 | 5,320,829 | 4.84 | 8,606 |
18 | Authorise Directors to make political donations.
| 108,769,386 | 98.97 | 1,132,201 | 1.03 | 1,319 |
Note to the disclosure
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'for' total.
2. A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for or against a resolution.
3. Total voting rights of shares in issue: 124,952,419. Every shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held.
In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules, copies of the resolutions passed at the meeting, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do
Chris Barton
Company Secretary
14 July 2015