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Results of the 2018 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 2018 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, 24 April 2018, 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 Directors’ Annual Report and Financial
Statements 602,527,242 99.93 400,398 0.07 75.91% 520,523
2 To receive and approve the 2017 Directors’ Remuneration
Report 573,338,546 96.62 20,082,608 3.38 74.72% 10,027,007
3 To declare a final dividend 602,551,365 100.00 0 0.00 75.87% 896,798
4 To re-elect David Atkins 590,915,231 99.28 4,266,729 0.72 74.94% 8,266,203
5 To re-elect Pierre Bouchut 590,876,580 99.28 4,303,530 0.72 74.94% 8,268,053
6 To re-elect Gwyn Burr 582,958,338 97.95 12,221,273 2.05 74.94% 8,268,552
7 To re-elect Peter Cole 591,189,024 99.33 3,992,864 0.67 74.94% 8,266,275
8 To re-elect Timon Drakesmith 591,540,965 99.39 3,640,976 0.61 74.94% 8,266,222
9 To re-elect Terry Duddy 590,757,294 99.26 4,424,186 0.74 74.94% 8,266,683
10 To re-elect Andrew Formica 590,785,887 99.26 4,396,073 0.74 74.94% 8,266,203
11 To re-elect Judy Gibbons 591,366,806 99.36 3,813,304 0.64 74.94% 8,268,053
12 To re-elect Jean-Philippe Mouton 590,878,798 99.28 4,303,162 0.72 74.94% 8,266,203
13 To re-elect David Tyler 564,493,569 95.46 26,818,956 4.54 74.45% 12,135,637
14 To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor 597,173,345 99.12 5,274,191 0.88 75.85% 1,000,626
15 To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor’s
remuneration 600,137,278 99.53 2,819,151 0.47 75.92% 491,734
16 To authorise the Directors to allot securities pursuant to
Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 461,611,571 76.56 141,346,806 23.44 75.92% 489,786
17* To empower the directors pursuant to Section 570 and 573
of the Companies Act 2006 to allot equity securities as
though Section 561(1) of that Act did not apply to such
allotment 591,258,436 98.42 9,512,000 1.58 75.64% 2,677,727
18* To empower the directors pursuant to Section 570 and 573
of the Companies Act 2006 to allot equity securities as
though Section 561(1) of that Act did not apply to such
allotment in addition to those conferred by resolution 17 583,831,087 97.18 16,938,468 2.82 75.64% 2,678,607
19* To authorise market purchases by the Company of its
shares 593,782,621 98.51 8,979,230 1.49 75.89% 686,311
20 To renew the rules of the SAYE 596,080,809 98.87 6,826,119 1.13 75.91% 541,235
21 To receive and approve the SAYE Ireland 600,282,722 99.57 2,622,499 0.43 75.91% 542,942
22 To receive and approve the SIP 602,501,943 99.93 402,563 0.07 75.91% 543,657
* 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 Board notes that, although resolution 16 was passed with the requisite majority, 23.44% of votes received were against. This resolution is considered
routine for listed companies in the UK and is within the Investment Association's Share Capital Management Guidelines. The Board is aware however, that
certain overseas institutional investors have a policy of not supporting this authority for the Directors to issue shares. The Company will continue to engage
with those shareholders on this matter in future.
The issued share capital of the Company as at 6.00pm on 20 April 2018 (the time by which shareholders who wanted to attend, speak and vote at the AGM
were entered on the Register) was 794,227,196 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
24 April 2018
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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