RNS Number : 6909ACapital & Regional plc25 May 2023

25 May 2023

CAPITAL & REGIONAL PLC ("Capital & Regional" or "the Company")

UK company number 01399411

LSE share code: CAL   

ISIN: GB00BL6XZ716

LEI: 21380097W74N9OYF5Z25

Result of AGM

Capital & Regional plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company, held on 25 May 2023, all of the resolutions set out in the Company's Notice of AGM, dated 20 April 2023, were duly passed on a poll with the results as stated below. 

As at the close of business on 23 May 2023, being the last day for registration of shareholdings before the AGM, the Company had a total of 169,191,918 ordinary shares in issue each carrying one vote and therefore the total number of voting rights in respect of the AGM was 169,191,918.

Resolution number

For

% For

Against

% Against

Total Shares Voted

% Shares Voted

Votes Withheld

1 - To adopt the report and accounts

136,039,509

100.00

305

0.00

136,039,814

80.41%

3,282

2 - To approve the final dividend of 2.75 pence per share

136,039,509

100.00

305

0.00

136,039,814

80.41%

3,282

3 - To approve the 2022 Directors' Remuneration Report

128,912,089

94.76

7,124,225

5.24

136,036,314

80.40%

6,782

4 - To appoint Mazars LLP as auditors

136,037,403

100.00

2,324

0.00

136,039,727

80.41%

3,369

5 - To authorise the directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors

136,039,422

100.00

305

0.00

136,039,727

80.41%

3,369

6 - To re-elect David Hunter as a director of the Company

132,758,118

97.59

3,281,018

2.41

136,039,136

80.41%

3,960

7 - To re-elect Lawrence Hutchings as a director of the Company

136,008,981

99.98

30,155

0.02

136,039,136

80.41%

3,960

8 - To re-elect Stuart Wetherly as a director of the Company

136,023,479

100.00

4,073

0.00

136,027,552

80.40%

15,544

9 - To re-elect Ian Krieger as a director of the Company

135,682,159

99.74

356,977

0.26

136,039,136

80.41%

3,960

10 - To re-elect Laura Whyte as a director of the Company

134,621,358

98.96

1,417,777

1.04

136,039,135

80.41%

3,961

11 - To re-elect Katie Wadey as a director of the Company

136,037,955

100.00

1,181

0.00

136,039,136

80.41%

3,960

12 - To re-elect Norbert Sasse as a director of the Company

134,947,708

99.20

1,091,427

0.80

136,039,135

80.41%

3,961

13 - To elect Panico Theocharides as a director of the Company

130,950,885

96.26

5,088,250

3.74

136,039,135

80.41%

3,961

14 - To renew the Scrip dividend scheme.

135,968,488

99.95

71,326

0.05

136,039,814

80.41%

3,282

15 - To allot securities.

130,918,413

96.24

5,121,401

3.76

136,039,814

80.41%

3,282

16 - Special resolution - To disapply pre-emption rights

130,804,966

96.15

5,234,761

3.85

136,039,727

80.41%

3,369



17 - Special resolution - To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions or capital investments

130,844,217

96.18

5,195,510

3.82

136,039,727

80.41%

3,369

18 - Special resolution - To make market purchases of the Company's own shares in compliance with Section 693 of the Companies Act 2006

135,018,969

99.25

1,020,844

0.75

136,039,813

80.41%

3,283

19 - Special resolution - To call a general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice

134,961,199

99.21

1,078,024

0.79

136,039,223

80.41%

3,873

1Where shareholders have appointed the Chairman of the meeting as their proxy with discretion as to voting, those votes have been cast in favour of all of the resolutions.

2A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

Votes of independent shareholders on the resolutions concerning the election or re-election of the independent Non-executive Directors:

Resolution number

For

% For

Against

% Against

Total Shares Voted

% Shares Voted

Votes Withheld

6 - To re-elect David Hunter

28,722,400

89.75

3,281,018

10.25

32,003,418

49.12%

3,960

9 - To re-elect Ian Krieger

31,646,441

98.88

356,977

1.12

32,003,418

49.12%

3,960

10 - To re-elect Laura Whyte

30,585,640

95.57

1,417,777

4.43

32,003,417

49.12%

3,961

11 - To re-elect Katie Wadey

32,002,237

100.00

1,181

0.00

32,003,418

49.12%

3,960

- ENDS -

For further information:

Capital & Regional plc                                  020 7932 8000

Lawrence Hutchings

Stuart Wetherly

[email protected]

FTI Consulting                                                 020 3727 1000

Richard Sunderland

Maria Saud

Katie Hughes                                                  

[email protected]

About Capital & Regional plc

Capital & Regional is a UK focused retail property REIT specialising in shopping centres that dominate their catchment, serving the non-discretionary and value orientated needs of the local communities. It has a strong track record of delivering value enhancing retail and leisure asset management opportunities across its portfolio of in-town shopping centres. 

Using its in-house expert property and asset management platform Capital & Regional owns and / or manages shopping centres in Hemel Hempstead, Ilford, Maidstone, Redditch, Walthamstow and Wood Green.

Capital & Regional is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and has a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)

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