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RNS Number : 8896ELand Securities Group PLC21 July 201621 July 2016
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 Park Plaza Victoria London, 239 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1EQ. All resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 16 June 2016, were passed with the requisite majority by means of a poll.
Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 17 to 19 were passed as Special Resolutions.
RESOLUTION
VOTES
FOR*%
FOR
VOTES
AGAINSTTOTAL VOTES FOR / AGAINST
VOTES
WITHHELD**1.
To receive the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2016 and the Directors' and Auditors' Reports thereon
596,883,091
99.94
365,663
597,248,754
1,373,198
2.
To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration
594,708,367
99.37
3,779,868
598,488,235
133,717
3.
To declare a final dividend of 10.55 pence per Ordinary share
597,875,316
100.00
5,834
597,881,150
740,802
4.
To re-elect Dame Alison Carnwath as a Director
588,197,399
98.28
10,277,428
598,474,827
147,125
5.
To re-elect Robert Noel as a Director
598,417,437
99.99
86,826
598,504,263
117,689
6.
To re-elect Martin Greenslade as a Director
598,413,778
99.98
90,083
598,503,861
118,091
7.
To re-elect Kevin O'Byrne as a Director
598,379,832
99.98
117,927
598,497,759
124,193
8.
To re-elect Simon Palley as a Director
597,881,126
99.90
624,609
598,505,735
116,217
9.
To re-elect Christopher Bartram as a Director
598,390,890
99.98
115,437
598,506,327
115,625
10.
To re-elect Stacey Rauch as a Director
598,402,562
99.98
98,476
598,501,038
120,914
11.
To elect Cressida Hogg CBE as a Director
598,390,701
99.98
115,224
598,505,925
116,027
12.
To elect Edward Bonham Carter as a Director
597,635,739
99.84
935,064
598,570,803
51,149
13.
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor
597,803,963
99.87
782,712
598,586,675
35,277
14.
To determine the remuneration of the auditor
597,101,478
99.76
1,431,483
598,532,961
88,991
15.
To make political donations
589,794,943
99.16
5,004,611
594,799,554
3,822,398
16.
To allot securities
545,155,862
91.08
53,390,273
598,546,135
75,817
17.
To disapply pre-emption rights
594,471,198
99.88
706,961
595,178,159
3,443,793
18.
To disapply pre-emption rights for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments
567,663,332
95.37
27,549,803
595,213,135
3,408,817
19.
To purchase own shares
590,769,750
99.31
4,126,718
594,896,468
3,725,484
* 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 20 July 2016: 790,675,593 Ordinary shares of 10p each
Number of votes per share: One
Total number of votes cast: 598,621,952 Ordinary shares (i.e.75.70 % 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.
END
Company contact:
Louise Miller +44 (0)207 024 5257
Senior Assistant Company Secretary
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