Land Securities Group PLC Result of AGM (0031L)

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RNS Number : 0031L

Land Securities Group PLC

13 July 2017

13 July 2017

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 12 June 2017, were passed with the requisite majority by means of a poll.

Resolutions 1 to 17 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 18 to 20 were passed as Special Resolutions.

 
                RESOLUTION                VOTES        %       VOTES       TOTAL VOTES        VOTES 
                                           FOR*       FOR      AGAINST     FOR / AGAINST    WITHHELD** 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------------  ------------ 
       To receive the accounts 
        of the Company for 
        the year ended 31 March 
        2017 and the Directors' 
        and Auditors' Reports 
 1.     thereon                        588,433,854   99.92      449,939      588,883,793     1,429,617 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------------  ------------ 
       To approve the Annual 
 2.     Report on Remuneration         582,807,199   98.83    6,915,526      589,722,725       590,685 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------------  ------------ 
       To declare a final 
        dividend of 11.7 pence 
 3.     per Ordinary share             589,137,290   99.99       64,759      589,202,049     1,111,361 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------------  ------------ 
       To elect Nicholas Cadbury 
 4.     as Director                    589,425,122   99.94      367,142      589,792,264       521,146 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------------  ------------ 
       To re-elect Dame Alison 
 5.     Carnwath as a Director         567,794,789   97.59   14,039,181      581,833,970     8,479,440 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------------  ------------ 
       To re-elect Robert 
 6.     Noel as a Director             589,579,689   99.96      218,739      589,798,428       514,982 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------------  ------------ 
       To re-elect Martin 
 7.     Greenslade as a Director       589,579,723   99.96      216,065      589,795,788       517,622 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------------  ------------ 
       To re-elect Kevin O'Byrne 
 8.     as a Director                  589,387,634   99.93      403,039      589,790,673       522,737 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------------  ------------ 
       To re-elect Simon Palley 
 9.     as a Director                  589,300,381   99.92      494,946      589,795,327       518,083 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------------  ------------ 
       To re-elect Christopher 
 10.    Bartram as a Director          589,676,936   99.98      114,956      589,791,892       521,518 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------------  ------------ 
       To re-elect Stacey 
 11.    Rauch as a Director            586,928,971   99.51    2,864,842      589,793,813       519,597 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------------  ------------ 
       To re-elect Cressida 
 12.    Hogg CBE as a Director         589,691,497   99.98      120,939      589,812,436       500,974 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------------  ------------ 
       To re-elect Edward 
        Bonham Carter as a 
 13.    Director                       589,522,830   99.94      347,741      589,870,571       442,839 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------------  ------------ 
       To re-appoint Ernst 
 14.    & Young LLP as auditor         588,519,136   99.78    1,303,259      589,822,395       491,015 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------------  ------------ 
       To determine the remuneration 
 15.    of the auditor                 588,497,299   99.77    1,340,387      589,837,686       475,724 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------------  ------------ 
 16.   To make political donations     579,550,149   98.73    7,467,351      587,017,500     3,295,910 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------------  ------------ 
 17.   To allot securities             531,454,151   90.69   54,543,018      585,997,169     4,316,241 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------------  ------------ 
       To disapply pre-emption 
 18.    rights                         586,115,226   99.86      803,178      586,918,404     3,395,006 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------------  ------------ 
       To disapply pre-emption 
        rights for purposes 
        of acquisitions or 
 19.    capital investments            556,444,030   94.81   30,471,285      586,915,315     3,398,095 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------------  ------------ 
 20.   To purchase own shares          585,107,295   99.30    4,141,078      589,248,373     1,065,037 
----  ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ---------------  ------------ 
 

* 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 13 July 2017:    790,753,641 Ordinary shares of 10p each 
   --      Number of votes per share:               One 
   --      Total number of votes cast:               590,313,410 Ordinary shares (i.e.74.65% 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.lansec.com/investors/shareholder-investor-information/agm-annual-general-meeting.

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For further information, please contact:

Land Securities Group PLC

Tim Ashby

Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

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