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Great Portland Estates PLC
06 July 2023
Great Portland Estates plc
Result of AGM
Thursday 6 July 2023
Great Portland Estates plc (the "Company") announces the results
of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
held on Thursday 6 July 2023.
A poll was held on each of the resolutions. Resolutions 1 to 17
(ordinary resolutions) and resolutions 18 to 21 (special
resolutions) were all passed by the required majority. The results
of the poll are as follows:
Resolution Votes for % Votes % Total % of Votes
Against issued withheld*
share
capital
Ordinary resolutions
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To receive the
audited financial
statements together
with the Directors'
and auditor's reports
for the year ended
1 31 March 2023. 203,706,769 100.00% 2,097 0.00% 203,708,866 80.24 858,807
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To declare a final
dividend for the
year ended 31 March
2 2023. 201,915,695 98.70% 2,651,712 1.30% 204,567,407 80.58 266
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To approve the
Directors' remuneration
3 report. 197,428,528 96.51% 7,135,959 3.49% 204,564,487 80.58 3,186
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To approve the
Directors' remuneration
4 policy. 189,336,232 92.56% 15,228,255 7.44% 204,564,487 80.58 3,186
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To re-elect Richard
Mully as a Director
5 of the Company. 194,734,258 95.20% 9,829,131 4.80% 204,563,389 80.58 4,284
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To re-elect Toby
Courtauld as a
Director of the
6 Company. 201,372,958 98.70% 2,660,276 1.30% 204,033,234 80.37 534,439
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To re-elect Nick
Sanderson as a
Director of the
7 Company. 201,343,706 98.43% 3,219,683 1.57% 204,563,389 80.58 4,284
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To re-elect Dan
Nicholson as a
Director of the
8 Company. 201,708,840 98.60% 2,854,549 1.40% 204,563,389 80.58 4,284
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To re-elect Nick
Hampton as a Director
9 of the Company. 197,164,056 96.63% 6,869,178 3.37% 204,033,234 80.37 534,439
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To re-elect Mark
Anderson as a Director
10 of the Company. 199,779,472 97.91% 4,254,861 2.09% 204,034,333 80.37 533,340
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To re-elect Vicky
Jarman as a Director
11 of the Company. 200,313,104 97.92% 4,251,384 2.08% 204,564,488 80.58 3,185
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To elect Champa
Magesh as a Director
12 of the Company. 204,557,845 100.00% 6,643 0.00% 204,564,488 80.58 3,185
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To re-elect Emma
Woods as a Director
13 of the Company. 198,046,201 96.81% 6,518,287 3.19% 204,564,488 80.58 3,185
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To appoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers
14 LLP as auditor. 203,992,044 99.72% 571,497 0.28% 204,563,541 80.58 4,132
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To authorise the
Audit Committee
to agree the remuneration
15 of the auditor. 204,521,501 99.98% 42,316 0.02% 204,563,817 80.58 3,856
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To renew the Directors'
authority to allot
16 shares. 193,479,779 94.58% 11,085,137 5.42% 204,564,916 80.58 2,757
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To approve the
adoption of the
Great Portland
Estates Restricted
17 Share Plan. 191,485,183 93.61% 13,078,430 6.39% 204,563,613 80.58 4,060
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Special resolutions
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To renew the Directors'
limited authority
to allot shares
18 for cash. 198,765,872 97.17% 5,798,768 2.83% 204,564,640 80.58 3,033
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To renew the Directors'
additional limited
authority to allot
shares for cash
in connection with
an acquisition
or specified capital
investment, and
including development
and/or refurbishment
19 expenditure. 192,080,265 95.13% 9,833,423 4.87% 201,913,688 79.53 2,653,985
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To renew the authority
enabling the Company
to buy its own
20 shares. 198,135,737 96.88% 6,387,859 3.12% 204,523,596 80.56 44,077
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To authorise the
calling of general
meetings (other
than an annual
general meeting)
on not less than
14 clear days'
21 notice. 195,650,236 95.64% 8,914,680 4.36% 204,564,916 80.58 2,757
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Notes:
*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and therefore cannot be
counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and
against a resolution.
As at the date of the AGM, the Company's issued share capital
was 253,867,911 ordinary shares of 15(5/) (19) pence each.
In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing
Rule 9.6.2 a copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General
Meeting will be available via the National Storage Mechanism, which
can be accessed at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .
For further information contact:
Darren Lennark
General Counsel & Company Secretary
Great Portland Estates plc
020 7647 3000
LEI Number: 213800JMEDD2Q4N1MC42
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