Result of AGM
Great Portland Estates plc
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
Thursday 3 July 2025
Great Portland Estates plc (the "Company") announces the results of voting on the resolutions at its AGM held on Thursday 3 July 2025.
A poll was held on each of the resolutions. Resolutions 1 to 15 (ordinary resolutions) and resolutions 16 to 19 (special resolutions) were all passed by the required majority. The results of the poll are as follows:
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Resolution |
Votes for |
% |
Votes Against |
% |
Total |
% of issued share capital |
Votes withheld* |
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Ordinary resolutions |
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1 |
To receive the audited financial statements together with the Directors' and auditor's reports for the year ended 31 March 2025. |
288,563,486 |
100.00 |
5,846 |
0.00 |
288,569,332 |
71.04% |
1,039,502 |
|
2 |
To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2025. |
289,606,391 |
100.00 |
2,160 |
0.00 |
289,608,551 |
71.30% |
283 |
|
3 |
To approve the Directors' remuneration report. |
264,555,784 |
93.25 |
19,150,390 |
6.75 |
283,706,174 |
69.85% |
5,903,652 |
|
4 |
To elect William Eccleshare as a Director of the Company. |
289,345,559 |
99.92 |
239,188 |
0.08 |
289,584,747 |
71.29% |
24,087 |
|
5 |
To re-elect Toby Courtauld as a Director of the Company. |
289,550,135 |
99.99 |
37,893 |
0.01 |
289,588,028 |
71.29% |
24,087 |
|
6 |
To re-elect Nick Sanderson as a Director of the Company. |
289,523,352 |
99.98 |
64,676 |
0.02 |
289,588,028 |
71.29% |
24,087 |
|
7 |
To re-elect Dan Nicholson as a Director of the Company. |
289,547,751 |
99.99 |
40,277 |
0.01 |
289,588,028 |
71.29% |
24,087 |
|
8 |
To re-elect Karen Green as a Director of the Company. |
286,374,408 |
98.89 |
3,210,338 |
1.11 |
289,584,746 |
71.29% |
24,087 |
|
9 |
To re-elect Mark Anderson as a Director of the Company. |
285,668,262 |
98.65 |
3,916,484 |
1.35 |
289,584,746 |
71.29% |
24,087 |
|
10 |
To re-elect Vicky Jarman as a Director of the Company. |
286,434,037 |
98.91 |
3,150,709 |
1.09 |
289,584,746 |
71.29% |
24,087 |
|
11 |
To re-elect Champa Magesh as a Director of the Company. |
286,515,762 |
98.94 |
3,066,600 |
1.06 |
289,582,362 |
71.29% |
26,471 |
|
12 |
To re-elect Emma Woods as a Director of the Company. |
275,221,713 |
95.04 |
14,362,020 |
4.96 |
289,583,733 |
71.29% |
24,087 |
|
13 |
To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor. |
287,924,923 |
99.43 |
1,663,026 |
0.57 |
289,587,949 |
71.29% |
24,166 |
|
14 |
To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditor. |
288,568,377 |
99.65 |
1,015,341 |
0.35 |
289,583,718 |
71.29% |
25,116 |
|
15 |
To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares. |
271,797,128 |
93.86 |
17,789,320 |
6.14 |
289,586,448 |
71.29% |
22,386 |
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Special resolutions |
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16 |
To renew the Directors' limited authority to allot shares for cash. |
284,847,109 |
98.36 |
4,740,717 |
1.64 |
289,587,826 |
71.29% |
22,386 |
|
17 |
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 expenditure. |
272,990,496 |
94.79 |
14,998,744 |
5.21 |
287,989,240 |
70.90% |
1,620,972 |
|
18 |
To renew the authority enabling the Company to buy its own shares. |
283,844,033 |
98.06 |
5,600,877 |
1.94 |
289,444,910 |
71.26% |
164,310 |
|
19 |
To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice. |
273,445,679 |
94.43 |
16,142,735 |
5.57 |
289,588,414 |
71.29% |
24,087 |
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 406,188,658 ordinary shares of 155/19 pence each.
In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rule 6.4.2 a copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM 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