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HAMMERSON PLC - Results of the 2017 Annual General Meeting

Release Date: 25/04/2017 15:00
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Results of the 2017 Annual General Meeting

     Hammerson plc
     (Incorporated in England and Wales)
     (Company number 360632)
     LSE share code: HMSO JSE share code: HMN
     ISIN: GB0004065016
     (“Hammerson” or “the Company”)

     Results of the 2017 Annual General Meeting

     At the Annual General Meeting of Hammerson plc (the ‘Company’) held at Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GE on Tuesday, 25 April 2017, all the
     resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by Shareholders. The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

                                                                             Votes For                    Votes Against             Votes Cast       **Votes
                                                                                                                                                     Withheld
                                                                       No. of       % of Shares       No. of        % of Shares     % of Issued          No. of
     Resolution
                                                                       Shares         voted           Shares          voted        Share Capital         Shares
1    To receive the 2016 Directors’ Annual Report and Financial
                                                                      570,316,910          99.87         738,474            0.13           71.99          1,304,125
     Statements
2    To receive and approve the 2016 Directors’ Remuneration
                                                                      564,636,283          99.41        3,379,250           0.59           71.61          4,343,976
     Report
3    To receive and approve the Remuneration Policy                   563,721,945          98.73       7,263,050            1.27           71.99          1,374,514
4    To declare a final dividend                                      571,028,168         100.00          14,980            0.00           71.99          1,316,361
5    To re-elect David Atkins                                         567,137,302          99.20       4,596,608            0.80           72.08            625,599
6    To re-elect Pierre Bouchut                                       569,609,990          99.63       2,123,920            0.37           72.08            625,599
7    To re-elect Gwyn Burr                                            569,567,119          99.62       2,166,791            0.38           72.08            625,599
8    To re-elect Peter Cole                                           565,608,056          98.93       6,125,782            1.07           72.08            625,671
9    To re-elect Timon Drakesmith                                     563,562,784          98.57       8,171,126            1.43           72.08            625,599
10   To re-elect Terry Duddy                                          569,615,081          99.63       2,118,829            0.37           72.08            625,599
11   To re-elect Andrew Formica                                       569,576,955          99.62       2,156,955            0.38           72.08            625,599
12   To re-elect Judy Gibbons                                         570,604,858          99.80       1,129,052            0.20           72.08            625,599
13   To re-elect Jean-Philippe Mouton                                 564,632,084          98.76       7,101,826            1.24           72.08            625,599
14   To re-elect David Tyler                                          556,426,555          97.32      15,307,864            2.68           72.08            625,090
15   To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor                 569,337,474          99.58       2,392,862            0.42           72.08            629,173
16   To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor’s          570,281,880          99.75       1,453,119            0.25           72.08            624,510
      remuneration
17    To authorise the Directors to allot securities pursuant to
                                                                      442,864,914           77.46      128,866,555         22.54            72.08           628,040
      Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006
18*   To empower the directors pursuant to Section 570 and 573
      of the Companies Act 2006 to allot equity securities as
                                                                      557,432,635           97.72       12,995,789          2.28            71.92          1,931,085
      though Section 561(1) of that Act did not apply to such
      allotment
19*   To empower the directors pursuant to Section 570 and 573
      of the Companies Act 2006 to allot equity securities as
                                                                      554,181,835           97.15       16,246,589          2.85            71.92          1,931,085
      though Section 561(1) of that Act did not apply to such
      allotment in addition to those conferred by resolution 18
20*   To authorise market purchases by the Company of its
                                                                      563,372,012           98.60        7,990,614          1.40            72.03           996,883
      shares
21    To receive and approve the rules of the 2017 LTIP               558,093,094           98.16       10,475,335          1.84            71.68          3,791,080
22*   To receive and adopt new Articles of Association                571,729,833          100.00            1,499          0.00            72.08            628,177
23    To approve the Scrip Dividend Scheme                            570,988,234          100.00            6,742          0.00            71.99          1,318,533

      * Special resolution (75% majority required).
      ** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a resolution.

      The issued share capital of the Company as at 6.00pm on 21 April 2017 (the time by which shareholders who wanted to attend, speak and vote at the AGM
      were entered on the Register) was 793,189,086 ordinary shares.

      Copies of the resolutions passed, other than the resolutions constituting ordinary business, at the Annual General Meeting will shortly be available for
      inspection at the National Storage Mechanism, which is located at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

      A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting is also available on the Hammerson plc website (www.hammerson.com).

      The full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Meeting which is also available at www.hammerson.com.

      Sarah Booth
      General Counsel and Company Secretary

      25 April 2017

Hammerson has its primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and a secondary inward listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Joint Sponsors:

Deutsche Securities (SA) Proprietary Limited

Java Capital

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