Hammerson PLC Result of AGM (2778D)

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RNS Number : 2778D

Hammerson PLC

25 April 2017

Hammerson plc

Results of the 2017 Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting of Hammerson plc (the 'Company') held at Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GE on Tuesday, 25 April 2017, all the resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by Shareholders. The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

 
                                               Votes For                 Votes Against            Votes       **Votes 
                                                                                                   Cast       Withheld 
------------------------------------  --------------------------  --------------------------  ------------  ---------- 
       Resolution                        No. of      % of Shares     No. of      % of Shares   % of Issued    No. of 
                                          Shares        voted         Shares        voted         Share        Shares 
                                                                                                 Capital 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To receive the Directors' 
       Annual 
       Report and Financial 
 1     Statements                      570,316,910         99.87       738,474          0.13         71.99   1,304,125 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To receive and approve the 
       2016 
       Directors' Remuneration 
 2     Report                          564,636,283         99.41     3,379,250          0.59         71.61   4,343,976 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To receive and approve the 
       Remuneration 
 3     Policy                          563,721,945         98.73     7,263,050          1.27         71.99   1,374,514 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 4     To declare a final dividend     571,028,168        100.00        14,980          0.00         71.99   1,316,361 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 5     To re-elect David Atkins        567,137,302         99.20     4,596,608          0.80         72.08     625,599 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 6     To re-elect Pierre Bouchut      569,609,990         99.63     2,123,920          0.37         72.08     625,599 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 7     To re-elect Gwyn Burr           569,567,119         99.62     2,166,791          0.38         72.08     625,599 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 8     To re-elect Peter Cole          565,608,056         98.93     6,125,782          1.07         72.08     625,671 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 9     To re-elect Timon Drakesmith    563,562,784         98.57     8,171,126          1.43         72.08     625,599 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 10    To re-elect Terry Duddy         569,615,081         99.63     2,118,829          0.37         72.08     625,599 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 11    To re-elect Andrew Formica      569,576,955         99.62     2,156,955          0.38         72.08     625,599 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 12    To re-elect Judy Gibbons        570,604,858         99.80     1,129,052          0.20         72.08     625,599 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Jean-Philippe 
 13    Mouton                          564,632,084         98.76     7,101,826          1.24         72.08     625,599 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 14    To re-elect David Tyler         556,426,555         97.32    15,307,864          2.68         72.08     625,090 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To appoint 
       PricewaterhouseCoopers 
 15    LLP as auditor                  569,337,474         99.58     2,392,862          0.42         72.08     629,173 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To authorise the Audit 
       Committee 
       to agree the auditor's 
 16    remuneration                    570,281,880         99.75     1,453,119          0.25         72.08     624,510 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To authorise the Directors to 
        allot securities pursuant to 
        Section 551 of the Companies 
 17     Act 2006                       442,864,914         77.46   128,866,555         22.54         72.08     628,040 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To empower the directors 
       pursuant 
       to Section 570 and 573 of the 
       Companies Act 2006 to allot 
       equity 
       securities as though Section 
       561(1) of that Act did not 
       apply 
 18*   to such allotment               557,432,635         97.72    12,995,789          2.28         71.92   1,931,085 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To empower the directors 
       pursuant 
       to Section 570 and 573 of the 
       Companies Act 2006 to allot 
       equity 
       securities as though Section 
       561(1) of that Act did not 
       apply 
       to such allotment in addition 
       to those conferred by 
       resolution 
 19*   18                              554,181,835         97.15    16,246,589          2.85         71.92   1,931,085 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To authorise market purchases 
 20*    by the Company of its shares   563,372,012         98.60     7,990,614          1.40         72.03     996,883 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To receive and approve the 
       rules 
 21    of the 2017 LTIP                558,093,094         98.16    10,475,335          1.84         71.68   3,791,080 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To receive and adopt new 
       Articles 
 22*   of Association                  571,729,833        100.00         1,499          0.00         72.08     628,177 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To approve the Scrip Dividend 
 23     Scheme                         570,988,234        100.00         6,742          0.00         71.99   1,318,533 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 

* Special resolution (75% majority required).

** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.

The issued share capital of the Company as at 6.00pm on 21 April 2017 (the time by which shareholders who wanted to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were entered on the Register) was 793,189,086 ordinary shares.

Copies of the resolutions passed, other than the resolutions constituting ordinary business, at the Annual General Meeting will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism, which is located at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting is also available on the Hammerson plc website (www.hammerson.com).

The full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Meeting which is also available at www.hammerson.com.

Sarah Booth

General Counsel and Company Secretary

25 April 2017

Note: the announcement above has also been released on the SENS system of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

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