4th May 2016 16:00
intu properties plc
4 May 2016
RESULTS OF PROXY VOTING AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At the Annual General Meeting held on 4 May 2016, all resolutions proposed at the meeting were passed by vote on a show of hands. For information, the following proxy votes were received prior to the meeting:
Resolutions: | For: | % | Against: | % | Total votes cast: | Withheld: | |
1. | Receive 2015 Annual Report | 1,079,711,854 | 99.95 | 534,571 | 0.05 | 1,080,246,425 | 1,961,302 |
2. | Declare final dividend | 1,081,617,709 | 99.99 | 14,520 | 0.01 | 1,081,632,229 | 575,498 |
3. | Re-elect Patrick Burgess | 1,075,691,515 | 99.45 | 5,933,719 | 0.55 | 1,081,625,234 | 582,493 |
4. | Re-elect John Whittaker | 1,078,833,460 | 99.74 | 2,791,263 | 0.26 | 1,081,624,723 | 583,004 |
5. | Re-elect David Fischel | 1,079,724,692 | 99.82 | 1,899,992 | 0.18 | 1,081,624,684 | 583,043 |
6. | Re-elect Matthew Roberts | 1,079,051,239 | 99.76 | 2,573,729 | 0.24 | 1,081,624,968 | 582,759 |
7. | Re-elect Adèle Anderson | 1,080,098,499 | 99.86 | 1,526,224 | 0.14 | 1,081,624,723 | 583,004 |
8. | Re-elect Richard Gordon | 1,078,548,862 | 99.72 | 3,075,519 | 0.28 | 1,081,624,381 | 583,346 |
9. | Re-elect Andrew Huntley | 1,080,762,191 | 99.92 | 862,190 | 0.08 | 1,081,624,381 | 583,346 |
10. | Re-elect Louise Patten | 1,080,981,922 | 99.94 | 637,612 | 0.06 | 1,081,619,534 | 588,193 |
11. | Re-elect Andrew Strang | 1,080,676,201 | 99.91 | 948,172 | 0.09 | 1,081,624,373 | 583,354 |
12. | Elect Rakhi (Parekh) Goss-Custard | 1,078,912,638 | 99.75 | 2,716,034 | 0.25 | 1,081,628,672 | 579,055 |
13. | Elect John Strachan | 1,079,361,709 | 99.79 | 2,266,963 | 0.21 | 1,081,628,672 | 579,055 |
14. | Re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors and determine their remuneration | 1,077,229,270 | 99.59 | 4,399,677 | 0.41 | 1,081,628,947 | 578,780 |
15. | Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 1,062,093,656 | 98.21 | 19,321,401 | 1.79 | 1,081,415,057 | 792,669 |
16. | Renew authority to allot (*) | 857,106,858 | 79.24 | 224,514,602 | 20.76 | 1,081,621,460 | 586,267 |
17. | Renew power to disapply pre-emption rights (Special Resolution) | 1,064,146,639 | 98.41 | 17,210,242 | 1.59 | 1,081,356,881 | 850,846 |
18. | Authorise the company to purchase its own shares (Special Resolution) | 1,077,060,439 | 99.58 | 4,562,914 | 0.42 | 1,081,623,353 | 584,374 |
19. | To approve the intu Retail Services Sharesave Plan (*) | 884,291,632 | 81.76 | 197,308,795 | 18.42 | 1,081,600,427 | 607,300 |
20. | To approve amendment to Article 5.5 of the Articles of Association regarding currency arrangements for pre-emptive offers (Special Resolution) | 1,076,730,209 | 99.94 | 694,437 | 0.06 | 1,077,424,646 | 4,783,081 |
It is also confirmed, in accordance with LR 9.6.11 and further to the announcement of 7 October 2015 that Neil Sachdev formally retired as a director and stepped down from the Board with effect from the close of the Annual General Meeting.
Notes
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'for' total.
2. A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for or against a resolution.
3. Total voting rights of shares in issue: 1,344,698,112. Every shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held.
* The Board notes that certain South African institutional shareholders have lodged proxy votes against Resolutions 16 and 19, reflected in the above tabled results. These votes are a reflection of, and in accordance with, prevailing institutional voting guidelines in South Africa, which differ from those generally applied in the UK regarding the subjects of both resolutions.
In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions passed at the meeting has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
This announcement can also be viewed on intu properties plc's website at: www.intugroup.co.uk
Enquiries:
Susan Marsden
Group Company Secretary
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