RNS Number : 1081W
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 

 

 

END

 

For further information, please contact:

Land Securities Group PLC                           

Marina Thomas

Company Secretary

Tel: +44 (0) 207 024 3868

 

11 July 2024

 

 

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