Capital & Regional plc Result of AGM (6314E)

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RNS Number : 6314E

Capital & Regional plc

09 May 2017

9 May 2017

Capital & Regional plc

Result of AGM

Capital & Regional plc (the "Company") announces that at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company held on 9 May 2017 all of the resolutions set out in the Company's Notice of AGM dated 13 April 2017 were duly passed on a show of hands.

Proxies were received by the Company from shareholders in advance of the meeting as set out in the table below. The Company has a total of 702,342,500 ordinary shares with voting rights in issue.

As announced on 13 April 2017, Ken Ford did not stand for re-election and therefore stepped down as an Executive Director at the meeting.

 
       Resolution number              For         Against     Discretionary(1)      Total           For/ 
                                                                                    Shares      Discretionary 
                                                                                    Voted           as % 
                                                                                                  of Total 
                                                                                                   Shares 
                                                                                                    Voted 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------------  ------------  --------------- 
 1 - To adopt the 
  report and accounts             468,677,977     16,883           5,968         468,700,828      100.00% 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------------  ------------  --------------- 
 2 - To approve the 
  final dividend                  469,714,963     10,000           5,968         469,730,931      100.00% 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------------  ------------  --------------- 
 3 - To approve the 
  annual report on 
  directors' remuneration         460,364,341    6,479,856         8,218         466,852,415       98.61% 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------------  ------------  --------------- 
 4 - To re-appoint 
  Deloitte LLP as auditors        463,708,310    6,016,653         5,968         469,730,931       98.72% 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------------  ------------  --------------- 
 5 - To authorise 
  the directors to 
  fix the remuneration 
  of the auditors                 467,882,856    1,842,107         5,968         469,730,931       99.61% 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------------  ------------  --------------- 
 6 - To re-elect John 
  Clare                           465,525,294    1,997,419         5,968         467,528,681       99.57% 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------------  ------------  --------------- 
 7 - To re-elect Hugh 
  Scott-Barrett                   363,318,727   106,204,297        5,968         469,528,992       77.38% 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------------  ------------  --------------- 
 8 - To elect Lawrence 
  Hutchings effective 
  from 13 June 2017               467,730,091    1,992,622         8,218         469,730,931       99.58% 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------------  ------------  --------------- 
 9 - To re-elect Charles 
  Staveley                        465,579,081    1,943,632         5,968         467,528,681       99.58% 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------------  ------------  --------------- 
 10 - To re-elect 
  Tony Hales                      467,917,788    1,804,925         5,968         469,728,681       99.62% 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------------  ------------  --------------- 
 11 - To re-elect 
  Wessel Hamman                   464,802,703    2,720,010         5,968         467,528,681       99.42% 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------------  ------------  --------------- 
 12 - To re-elect 
  Ian Krieger                     467,660,006    2,062,707         5,968         469,728,681       99.56% 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------------  ------------  --------------- 
 13 - To re-elect 
  Louis Norval                    464,759,338    2,763,375         5,968         467,528,681       99.41% 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------------  ------------  --------------- 
 14 - To re-elect 
  Laura Whyte                     467,863,798    1,858,915         5,968         469,728,681       99.60% 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------------  ------------  --------------- 
 15 To elect Guillaume 
  Poitrinal                       464,810,348    2,712,365         5,968         467,528,681       99.42% 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------------  ------------  --------------- 
 16 - To approve the 
  introduction of the 
  Deferred Bonus Share 
  Plan                            467,322,179    2,400,534         5,968         469,728,681       99.49% 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------------  ------------  --------------- 
 17 - To allot securities         451,971,730   17,750,983         5,968         469,728,681       96.22% 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------------  ------------  --------------- 
 18 - To disapply 
  pre-emption rights              454,255,725   15,455,353         7,603         469,718,681       96.71% 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------------  ------------  --------------- 
 19 - To disapply 
  pre-emption rights 
  for purposes of acquisitions 
  or capital investments          442,117,861   27,604,852         5,968         469,728,681       94.12% 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------------  ------------  --------------- 
 20 - To make market 
  purchases of the 
  Company's own shares 
  in compliance with 
  Section 693 of the 
  Companies Act 2006              468,569,921    1,152,792         5,968         469,728,681       99.75% 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------------  ------------  --------------- 
 21 - To call a general 
  meeting on not less 
  than 14 clear days' 
  notice                          425,853,053   43,867,880         7,747         469,728,680       90.66% 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------------  ------------  --------------- 
 

1 Where shareholders have appointed the Chairman of the meeting as their proxy with discretion as to voting those votes have been cast in favour of all of the resolutions.

- ENDS -

For further information:

 
 Capital & Regional:               Tel: [phone] 
 Hugh Scott-Barrett, Chief 
  Executive 
 Charles Staveley, Group Finance 
  Director 
 
 FTI Consulting                    Tel: [phone] 
 Richard Sunderland 
  Claire Turvey 
  [e-mail] 
 

Notes to editors:

About Capital & Regional plc

Capital & Regional is a UK focused specialist retail REIT with a strong track record of delivering value enhancing retail and leisure asset management opportunities across a c. GBP1 billion portfolio of in-town dominant community shopping centres. Capital & Regional is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and has a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Capital & Regional owns seven shopping centres in Blackburn, Hemel Hempstead, Ilford, Luton, Maidstone, Walthamstow and Wood Green. It also has a 20% joint venture interest in the Kingfisher Centre in Redditch. Capital & Regional manages these assets, which comprise over 900 lettable units and attract c. 1.7 million shopping visits each week, through its in-house expert property and asset management platform.

For further information see www.capreg.com.

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