Land Securities Group PLC

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Jul 21, 2016

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RNS Number : 8896E

Land Securities Group PLC

21 July 2016

21 July 2016

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 the Park Plaza Victoria London, 239 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1EQ.  All resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 16 June 2016, were passed with the requisite majority by means of a poll.

Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 17 to 19 were passed as Special Resolutions.

	RESOLUTION	VOTES FOR*	% FOR	VOTES AGAINST	TOTAL VOTES FOR / AGAINST	VOTES WITHHELD**
1.	To receive the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2016 and the Directors' and Auditors' Reports thereon	596,883,091	99.94	365,663	597,248,754	1,373,198
2.	To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration	594,708,367	99.37	3,779,868	598,488,235	133,717
3.	To declare a final dividend of 10.55 pence per Ordinary share	597,875,316	100.00	5,834	597,881,150	740,802
4.	To re-elect Dame Alison Carnwath as a Director	588,197,399	98.28	10,277,428	598,474,827	147,125
5.	To re-elect Robert Noel as a Director	598,417,437	99.99	86,826	598,504,263	117,689
6.	To re-elect Martin Greenslade as a Director	598,413,778	99.98	90,083	598,503,861	118,091
7.	To re-elect Kevin O'Byrne as a Director	598,379,832	99.98	117,927	598,497,759	124,193
8.	To re-elect Simon Palley as a Director	597,881,126	99.90	624,609	598,505,735	116,217
9.	To re-elect Christopher Bartram as a Director	598,390,890	99.98	115,437	598,506,327	115,625
10.	To re-elect Stacey Rauch as a Director	598,402,562	99.98	98,476	598,501,038	120,914
11.	To elect Cressida Hogg CBE as a Director	598,390,701	99.98	115,224	598,505,925	116,027
12.	To elect Edward Bonham Carter as a Director	597,635,739	99.84	935,064	598,570,803	51,149
13.	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor	597,803,963	99.87	782,712	598,586,675	35,277
14.	To determine the remuneration of the auditor	597,101,478	99.76	1,431,483	598,532,961	88,991
15.	To make political donations	589,794,943	99.16	5,004,611	594,799,554	3,822,398
16.	To allot securities	545,155,862	91.08	53,390,273	598,546,135	75,817
17.	To disapply pre-emption rights	594,471,198	99.88	706,961	595,178,159	3,443,793
18.	To disapply pre-emption rights  for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments	567,663,332	95.37	27,549,803	595,213,135	3,408,817
19.	To purchase own shares	590,769,750	99.31	4,126,718	594,896,468	3,725,484

* 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 20 July 2016:    790,675,593  Ordinary shares of 10p each

·      Number of votes per share:               One

·      Total number of votes cast:               598,621,952   Ordinary shares (i.e.75.70 % 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 http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.  

A copy of the voting results shown above is also available on the Company's website at www.landsecurities.com/investors/shareholder-investor-information/agm-annual-general-meeting.

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Company contact:

Louise Miller                                            +44 (0)207 024 5257

Senior Assistant Company Secretary

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