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15 July 2015
WORKSPACE GROUP PLC
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
15 July 2015
Workspace Group PLC announces that each of the resolutions set out in the notice of Annual General Meeting dated 15 June 2015 were passed on a show of hands by shareholders at today's Annual General Meeting.
Danny Kitchen, Chairman, commented:
"I would like to thank all of our shareholders who took the time to vote on the resolutions for Workspace's 29th Annual General Meeting. Over the last quarter, we have maintained the strong rent roll growth that we delivered in the prior year and we are seeing continued high demand from our customer base of new and growing companies. Looking forward, I am confident that our strategy of active portfolio management and strong pipeline of redevelopment and refurbishment projects, as well as targeted acquisitions, will continue to create added value for shareholders."
Resolutions passed at the meeting included the following:
· | Resolution 13 on the renewal of the Directors' authority to allot shares , such authority to expire on the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the company in 2016 or, if earlier, on 30 September 2016;
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· | Resolution 14 on the renewal of the Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights, such authority to expire on the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the company in 2016 or, if earlier, on 30 September 2016;
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· | Resolution 15 on the renewal of the Directors' authority for the purchase by the Company of its own shares, such authority to expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the company in 2016 or, if earlier, 18 months after the passing of this resolution; and
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· | Resolution 16 on the authority of the company to call a general meeting on 14 days' notice.
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A copy of the above resolutions has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Details of the proxy votes received by the Company in advance of the Annual General Meeting are available on the Company's website at www.workspace.co.uk.
Carmelina Carfora
Company Secretary
15 July 2015