Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5243V

British Land Co PLC

10 July 2009

 



10 July 2009

THE BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND GENERAL MEETING

The Board of British Land announces the results of the polls taken at the Annual General Meeting and General Meeting of the Company held earlier today. 

Annual General Meeting

Votes (including votes withheld) were cast for a total of 515,047,799 ordinary shares of the Company, representing 60.44 per cent. of the total number of votes capable of being cast at

the meeting.

General Meeting

Votes (including votes withheld) were cast for a total of 464,092,553 ordinary shares of the Company, representing 54.46 per cent. of the total number of votes capable of being cast at

the meeting.

Full details of the results of the poll are set out in the Appendix following this

announcement.

Media enquiries: 

British Land: Laura De Vere - Tel: [phone] Mobile: + 44 (0)7739 292920

Finsbury: Ed Simpkins - Tel: [phone] Mobile: + 44 (0)7947740551

APPENDIX

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

RESOLUTION                   VOTES                                 VOTES

                        For                  Against               WITHHELD¹

                       Shares   As % of      Shares      As % of   Shares

                                votes                    votes

                                cast 1                   cast 1

1 To receive

the Report of

the Directors

and audited

Accounts for

the year ended

31 March 2009       507,949,987    98.97    5,297,091    1.03    1,800,701

2 To re-elect

C Gibson-Smith

as a Director       486,117,759    94.62    27,659,643    5.38    1,270,377 

3 To re-elect

C Grigg as a

Director            512,839,453    99.82    932,955       0.18    1,275,371

4 To re-elect

A Jones as

a Director          512,844,610    99.82    921,802       0.18    1,281,367

5 To re-elect

T Roberts

as a Director       512,849,592    99.82    920,898       0.18    1,277,289 

6 To re-elect

J Gildersleeve

as a Director       506,965,669    98.68    6,803,929     1.32    1,278,181

7 To re-elect

A Adams as

a Director          501,542,188    97.62    12,228,744    2.38    1,276,847

8 To re-elect

R Swannell as 

a Director          494,886,158    96.11    20,053,404    3.89    108,217

9 To re-elect

Lord Turnbull

As a Director       494,844,113    96.32    18,923,370    3.68    1,280,296

10 To

re-appoint

Deloitte LLP

As Auditors         476,994,199   92.64     37,918,146    7.36    135,434

11 To

authorise the

Directors to

fix the

remuneration

of the

Auditors            484,202,946   94.25     29,567,207    5.75    1,277,626 

12 To approve

the

Remuneration

Report and

policy set out

therein             249,587,675   66.57     125,319,482   33.43   140,140,622 

13 To renew by

Ordinary

Resolution the

directors'

authority to

allot unissued

share capital

or convertible

securities

(Section 80

Companies Act

1985) 2              504,718,193    98.31   8,659,951     1.69    1,669,635 

14 To renew

by Special

Resolution the

limited waiver

of pre-emption

rights

attaching to

future issues

of equity

securities for

cash.

(Section 89

Companies Act

1985) 2             513,336,975     99.93   354,000       0.07    1,356,804 

15 To grant

by Special

Resolution

authority to

the Company to

exercise its

power to

purchase its

own shares 2        513,056,717     99.86   693,843       0.14     1,297,219

16 To approve

by Special

Resolution

The calling of

general meetings

(not AGMM) by

notice of at

least 14 clear

days 2              415,444,323     80.87    98,253,631   19.13    1,349,825

17 To approve

by Ordinary

Resolution

the making of 

certain limited

donations to 

political parties,

independent candidates

and political 

organisations of

not more than

£20,000 in total 2   450,261,383    98.09    8,774,309    1.91    56,012,087

GENERAL MEETING

RESOLUTION                    VOTES                                VOTES

                     For                   Against                 WITHHELD¹ 

                   Shares      As % of     Shares      As % of     Shares

                               votes                   votes

                               cast¹                   cast¹

1 To approve by

Ordinary Resolution

an increase

in the authorised

share capital of the

Company from

£221,750,000 to

£360,000,000 by the

creation of 

553,000,000 new

Ordinary shares     454,944,930 98.11     8,786,587    1.89      361,036

Note 1: A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the

calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against each resolution.

Note 2: These resolutions were proposed as Special Business.

 

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