Land Securities Group PLC Result of AGM

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Land Securities Group PLC

11 July 2024

 

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*	% FOR	VOTES AGAINST	TOTAL VOTES FOR / AGAINST	VOTES WITHHELD**
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: [phone]

 

11 July 2024

 

 

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