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Hammerson plc (JSE:HMN) News - Results of the 2022 Annual General Meeting
Hammerson plc
(Incorporated in England and Wales)
(Company number 360632)
LSE and Euronext Dublin share code: HMSO JSE share code: HMN
ISIN: GB00BK7YQK64
(“Hammerson” or “the Company”)
Results of the 2022 Annual General Meeting
28 April 2022
Further to the announcement entitled ‘Annual Report, Notice of AGM & Scrip Circular’ on Wednesday, 23 March 2022, the Company
announces that at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Hammerson plc (the Company) held at Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GE on
Thursday, 28 April 2022, 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
% of
% of
No. of % of Shares No. of Issued No. of
Resolution Shares
Shares voted Shares Share Shares
voted
Capital
1 To receive the Directors’ Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2021 3,458,247,323 100.00 1,540 0.00 78.25% 3,048,458
2 To receive and approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the
year ended 31 December 2021 3,206,979,255 92.73 251,383,588 7.27 78.25% 2,934,478
3 To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2021 3,458,852,722 100.00 3,426 0.00 78.26% 2,441,173
4 To grant the Board authority to offer the enhanced scrip dividend
alternative* 3,458,838,002 100.00 26,033 0.00 78.26% 2,433,286
5 To elect Habib Annous as a Director of the Company 3,448,025,511 99.69 10,835,310 0.31 78.26% 2,436,500
6 To elect Himanshu Raja as a Director of the Company 3,438,856,134 99.44 19,526,972 0.56 78.25% 2,914,215
7 To re-elect Mike Butterworth as a Director of the Company 3,406,294,918 98.49 52,090,915 1.51 78.25% 2,911,488
8 To re-elect Méka Brunel as a Director of the Company 3,407,850,641 98.54 50,535,155 1.46 78.25% 2,911,525
9 To re-elect Desmond de Beer as a Director of the Company 3,180,204,156 91.96 278,192,954 8.04 78.25% 2,900,211
10 To re-elect Rita-Rose Gagné as a Director of the Company 3,442,130,243 99.52 16,746,627 0.48 78.26% 2,911,525
11 To re-elect Adam Metz as a Director of the Company 3,408,305,500 98.54 50,536,281 1.46 78.26% 2,455,540
12 To re-elect Robert Noel as a Director of the Company 3,364,657,706 97.28 94,163,705 2.72 78.26% 2,475,910
13 To re-elect Carol Welch as a Director of the Company 3,407,850,545 98.54 50,532,595 1.46 78.25% 2,914,181
14 To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor 3,455,731,390 99.91 3,067,829 0.09 78.26% 2,498,102
15 To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor’s
remuneration 3,452,855,223 99.83 5,925,065 0.17 78.26% 2,517,033
16 To authorise the Directors to allot shares 3,272,998,893 94.63 185,855,174 5.37 78.26% 2,443,254
17 To disapply pre-emption rights* 3,348,336,695 96.84 109,399,915 3.16 78.24% 3,560,711
18 To disapply pre-emption rights in addition to those conferred by
resolution 19* 3,332,964,114 96.39 124,772,438 3.61 78.24% 3,560,769
19 To authorise market purchases by the Company of its shares* 3,452,859,868 99.99 302,977 0.01 78.14% 8,134,476
* 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.
Resolutions 3 and 4 passed at the AGM enable the Directors to proceed with the proposed Final 2021 Dividend and Enhanced Scrip Dividend
Alternative, as set out in the circular published on 23 March 2022. Cash payments in respect of the Final 2021 Dividend and the date of issue,
admission and first day of dealings in new shares allotted pursuant to the Enhanced Scrip Dividend Alternative on the London Stock Exchange,
Euronext Dublin and Johannesburg Stock Exchange is expected to be Tuesday, 10 May 2022.
The Board retains the discretion to withdraw or modify the terms of the Enhanced Scrip Dividend Alternative, because there are certain
situations in which the Board may decide that it is no longer appropriate to offer the Enhanced Scrip Dividend Alternative, or it may not be
permissible for the Company to do so. In such circumstances, the Final 2021 Dividend would be paid to all shareholders in cash.
Gwyn Burr did not stand for re-election at the AGM and has now formally stood down as a Director of the Company, as announced on 4
March 2021. Habib Annous has now succeeded Gwyn as Chair of the Remuneration Committee with immediate effect. Andrew Formica did
not stand for re-election at the AGM and has now formally stood down as a Director of the Company, as announced on 4 March 2022.
The issued share capital of the Company as at 6.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 26 April 2022 (the time by which shareholders who wanted to attend,
speak and vote at the AGM were entered on the Register) was 4,419,457,161 ordinary shares, with 7,691,247 shares held in treasury. The total
number of voting rights in Hammerson plc was therefore 4,411,765,914.
Copies of the resolutions passed, other than the resolutions constituting ordinary business, at the AGM will shortly be available for inspection at
the National Storage Mechanism, which is located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. The documents have also
been submitted to Euronext Dublin.
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.
Richard Crowle
Assistant Company Secretary
+44 (0) 20 7887 1000
Hammerson has its primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and secondary inward listings on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and
Euronext Dublin.
Sponsor: Investec Bank Limited
Date: 28-04-2022 04:30:00
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