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Great Portland Estates PLC

07 July 2022

Great Portland Estates plc

Result of AGM

Thursday 7 July 2022

Great Portland Estates plc (the "Company") announces the results of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Thursday 7 July 2022.

A poll was held on each of the resolutions. Resolutions 1 to 17 (ordinary resolutions) and resolutions 18 to 21 (special resolutions) were all passed by the required majority. The results of the poll are as follows:

 
         Resolution         Votes         %        Votes        %        Total        % of issued      Votes withheld* 
                             for                   Against                           share capital 
      Ordinary 
      resolutions 
     -----------------  ------------  --------  -----------  ------  ------------  -----------------  ---------------- 
      To receive the 
      audited 
      financial 
      statements 
      together with 
      the Directors' 
      and auditor's 
      reports 
      for the year 
      ended 
 1    31 March 2022.     201,551,571   100.00%          484   0.00%   201,552,055              79.39           913,418 
     -----------------  ------------  --------               ------                -----------------  ---------------- 
      To declare a 
      final 
      dividend for the 
      year 
      ended 31 March 
 2    2022.              200,778,029    99.27%    1,474,044   0.73%   202,252,073              79.67           213,400 
     -----------------  ------------  --------               ------                -----------------  ---------------- 
      To approve the 
      Directors' 
      remuneration 
 3    report.            190,081,568    94.56%   10,945,612   5.44%   201,027,180              79.19         1,438,293 
     -----------------  ------------  --------               ------                -----------------  ---------------- 
      To re-elect 
      Richard 
      Mully as a 
      Director 
 4    of the Company.    192,341,289    95.14%    9,830,801   4.86%   202,172,090              79.64           293,383 
     -----------------  ------------  --------               ------                -----------------  ---------------- 
      To re-elect Toby 
      Courtauld 
      as a Director of 
      the 
 5    Company.           201,498,235    99.91%      188,367   0.09%   201,686,602              79.45           778,871 
     -----------------  ------------  --------               ------                -----------------  ---------------- 
      To re-elect Nick 
      Sanderson 
      as a Director of 
      the 
 6    Company.           201,426,873    99.60%      819,031   0.40%   202,245,904              79.67           219,569 
     -----------------  ------------  --------               ------                -----------------  ---------------- 
      To elect Dan 
      Nicholson 
      as a Director of 
      the 
 7    Company.           201,055,144    99.41%    1,190,760   0.59%   202,245,904              79.67           219,569 
     -----------------  ------------  --------               ------                -----------------  ---------------- 
      To re-elect 
      Charles 
      Philipps as a 
      Director 
 8    of the Company.    200,484,303    99.13%    1,759,351   0.87%   202,243,654              79.66           221,819 
     -----------------  ------------  --------               ------                -----------------  ---------------- 
      To elect Mark 
      Anderson 
      as a Director of 
      the 
 9    Company.           201,244,516    99.78%      442,086   0.22%   201,686,602              79.45           778,871 
     -----------------  ------------  --------               ------                -----------------  ---------------- 
      To re-elect Nick 
      Hampton 
      as a Director of 
      the 
 10   Company.           199,923,738    99.13%    1,760,614   0.87%   201,684,352              79.44           781,121 
     -----------------  ------------  --------               ------                -----------------  ---------------- 
      To re-elect 
      Vicky Jarman 
      as a Director of 
      the 
 11   Company.           200,931,198    99.35%    1,318,059   0.65%   202,249,257              79.67           216,216 
     -----------------  ------------  --------               ------                -----------------  ---------------- 
      To re-elect 
      Alison 
      Rose as a 
      Director 
 12   of the Company.    200,372,189    99.35%    1,317,766   0.65%   201,689,955              79.45           775,518 
     -----------------  ------------  --------               ------                -----------------  ---------------- 
      To elect Emma 
      Woods 
      as a Director of 
      the 
 13   Company.           202,177,192   100.00%          501   0.00%   202,177,693              79.64           287,780 
     -----------------  ------------  --------               ------                -----------------  ---------------- 
      To reappoint 
      Deloitte 
 14   LLP as auditor.    198,392,965    98.09%    3,856,051   1.91%   202,249,016              79.67           216,457 
     -----------------  ------------  --------               ------                -----------------  ---------------- 
      To authorise the 
      Audit 
      Committee to 
      agree 
      the remuneration 
      of 
 15   the auditor.       199,974,182    98.87%    2,275,601   1.13%   202,249,783              79.67           215,690 
     -----------------  ------------  --------               ------                -----------------  ---------------- 
      To increase the 
      maximum 
      aggregate fees 
      payable 
      to Non-Executive 
      Directors 
      in accordance 
      with 
      the Company's 
      Articles 
 16   of Association.    201,782,359    99.77%      467,071   0.23%   202,249,430              79.67           216,043 
     -----------------  ------------  --------               ------                -----------------  ---------------- 
      To renew the 
      Directors' 
      authority to 
      allot 
 17   shares.            189,462,038    93.68%   12,787,116   6.32%   202,249,154              79.67           216,319 
     -----------------  ------------  --------               ------                -----------------  ---------------- 
      Special 
      resolutions 
     -----------------  ------------  --------  -----------  ------  ------------  -----------------  ---------------- 
      To renew the 
      Directors' 
      limited 
      authority to 
      allot shares for 
 18   cash.              198,070,161    99.91%      183,444   0.09%   198,253,605              78.09         4,211,868 
     -----------------  ------------  --------               ------                -----------------  ---------------- 
      To renew the 
      Directors' 
      additional 
      limited 
      authority to 
      allot 
      shares for cash 
      in 
      connection with 
      an 
      acquisition or 
      specified 
      capital 
      investment, 
      and including 
      development 
      and/or 
      refurbishment 
 19   expenditure.       195,301,529    99.12%    1,729,766   0.88%   197,031,295              77.61         5,434,178 
     -----------------  ------------  --------               ------                -----------------  ---------------- 
      To renew the 
      authority 
      enabling the 
      Company 
      to buy its own 
 20   shares.            195,848,816    96.87%    6,334,641   3.13%   202,183,457              79.64           282,016 
     -----------------  ------------  --------               ------                -----------------  ---------------- 
      To authorise the 
      calling 
      of general 
      meetings 
      (other than an 
      annual 
      general meeting) 
      on 
      not less than 14 
      clear 
 21   days' notice.      191,833,679    94.85%   10,415,529   5.15%   202,249,208              79.67           216,265 
     -----------------  ------------  --------               ------                -----------------  ---------------- 
 

Notes:

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and therefore cannot be counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.

As at the date of the AGM, the Company's issued share capital was 253,867,911 ordinary shares of 15(5/) (19) pence each.

In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rule 9.6.2 a copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting will be available via the National Storage Mechanism, which can be accessed at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

For further information contact:

Darren Lennark

General Counsel & Company Secretary

Great Portland Estates plc

020 7647 3000

LEI Number: 213800JMEDD2Q4N1MC42

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