3rd Jul 2025 12:56
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:
| Resolution | Votes for | % | Votes Against | % | Total | % of issued share capital | Votes withheld* |
Ordinary resolutions | ||||||||
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 |
Special resolutions | ||||||||
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
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