11 July 2024
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 4 June 2024, were passed with the requisite majority by means of a poll.
Resolutions 1 to 18 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 19 to 21 were passed as Special Resolutions.
|
|
RESOLUTION |
VOTES |
% FOR |
VOTES |
TOTAL VOTES FOR / AGAINST |
VOTES |
|
1. |
To receive the 2024 Annual Report |
556,810,335 |
100.00 |
11,031 |
556,821,366 |
363,522 |
|
2. |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy |
543,965,964 |
97.63 |
13,181,359 |
557,147,323 |
37,565 |
|
3. |
To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration |
538,804,203 |
96.71 |
18,354,297 |
557,158,500 |
26,388 |
|
4. |
To declare a final dividend of 12.1p per ordinary share |
556,334,093 |
99.85 |
843,054 |
557,177,147 |
7,741 |
|
5. |
To elect James Bowling as a Director |
557,055,904 |
99.98 |
91,266 |
557,147,170 |
38,263 |
|
6. |
To elect Moni Mannings OBE as a Director |
557,042,975 |
99.98 |
102,650 |
557,145,625 |
39,263 |
|
7. |
To re-elect Sir Ian Cheshire as a Director |
535,402,978 |
96.10 |
21,746,944 |
557,149,922 |
34,966 |
|
8. |
To re-elect Mark Allan as a Director |
557,038,756 |
99.98 |
110,751 |
557,149,507 |
35,381 |
|
9. |
To re-elect Vanessa Simms as a Director |
556,614,879 |
99.90 |
535,003 |
557,149,882 |
35,006 |
|
10. |
To re-elect Madeleine Cosgrave as a Director |
555,715,482 |
99.74 |
1,434,389 |
557,149,871 |
35,017 |
|
11. |
To re-elect Christophe Evain as a Director |
555,283,281 |
99.66 |
1,871,117 |
557,154,398 |
30,490 |
|
12. |
To re-elect Miles Roberts as a Director |
557,041,896 |
99.98 |
113,033 |
557,154,929 |
29,959 |
|
13. |
To re-elect Manjiry Tamhane as a Director |
557,032,179 |
99.98 |
124,176 |
557,156,355 |
28,533 |
|
14. |
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor |
535,605,915 |
96.14 |
21,520,489 |
557,126,404 |
58,484 |
|
15. |
To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor |
552,183,808 |
99.11 |
4,985,579 |
557,169,387 |
15,501 |
|
16. |
To authorise the Company to make political donations |
552,205,653 |
99.48 |
2,886,458 |
555,092,111 |
2,092,777 |
|
17. |
To authorise the Directors to allot securities |
519,076,866 |
93.17 |
38,074,939 |
557,151,805 |
33,083 |
|
18. |
To approve the Land Securities Group Omnibus Share Plan 2024 |
554,094,869 |
99.45 |
3,053,647 |
557,148,516 |
36,372 |
|
19. |
To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights |
532,443,745 |
95.56 |
24,721,719 |
557,165,464 |
19,424 |
|
20. |
To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for the purposes of acquisitions or capital investments |
502,879,274 |
90.97 |
49,893,256 |
552,772,530 |
4,412,358 |
|
21. |
To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares |
555,576,113 |
99.75 |
1,369,894 |
556,946,007 |
238,881 |
The Company held the Annual General Meeting at the Company's registered office with the requisite amount of shareholders in attendance as required to form a quorum under the Company's articles of association. All valid proxy votes and voting instructions (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the meeting.
* 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 2024 |
744,893,883 Ordinary shares of 102/3p each |
|
Number of votes per share |
One |
|
Total number of votes cast |
557,177,147 Ordinary shares (i.e 74.80% 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 https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism
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
Marina Thomas
Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0) 207 024 3868
11 July 2024
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