Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5095K

British Land Co PLC

15 July 2011

 



15 July 2011

THE BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

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

Votes (including votes withheld) were cast for a total of 587,653,261 ordinary shares of the Company, representing 66.2 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.

APPENDIX

RESOLUTION	VOTES				VOTES WITHELD shares1
	For Shares	As % of votes cast1	Against Shares	As % of votes cast1
1. To receive the accounts and directors' report for the year ended 31 March 2011.	581,335,305	99.00	5,855,544	1.00	461,411
2. To approve the directors' remuneration report.	549,844,256	96.47	20,102,754	3.53	14,705,420
3. To elect Lucinda Bell as a Director.	584,739,921	99.54	2,729,064	0.46	183,276
4. To elect Simon Borrows as a Director.	585,737,100	99.71	1,731,016	0.29	184,145
5. To elect William Jackson as a Director.	585,718,728	99.71	1,731,691	0.29	201,842
6. To re-elect Aubrey Adams as a Director.	566,018,244	96.84	18,442,523	3.16	191,494
7. To re-elect John Gildersleeve as a Director.	585,941,801	99.74	1,514,994	0.26	195,466
8. To re-elect Dido Harding as a Director.	586,188,128	99.78	1,264,972	0.22	199,161
9. To re-elect Chris Gibson-Smith as a Director.	585,754,375	99.70	1,734,459	0.30	163,427
10. To re-elect Chris Grigg as a Director.	584,544,092	99.50	2,943,466	0.50	164,703
11. To re-elect Charles Maudsley as a Director.	584,551,494	99.50	2,932,297	0.50	168,470
12. To re-elect Richard Pym as a Director.	575,970,090	99.47	3,072,548	0.53	8,609,622
13. To re-elect Tim Roberts as a Director.	584,548,806	99.50	2,935,451	0.50	168,004
14. To re-elect Stephen Smith as a Director.	584,540,869	99.50	2,938,989	0.50	172,403
15. To re-elect Lord Turnbull as a Director.	581,964,092	99.66	1,992,030	0.34	3,696,138
16. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditors of the Company.	570,754,032	97.83	12,632,653	2.17	4,265,665
17. To authorise the directors to agree the auditors remuneration.	572,796,406	98.25	10,175,294	1.75	4,680,561
18. To authorise the Company by ordinary resolution to make limited political donations and political expenditure of not more than £20,000 in total2.	532,725,792	97.38	14,352,176	2.62	37,574,293
19. To authorise by ordinary resolution amendments to the Fund Managers' Performance Plan2.	573,239,559	98.09	11,187,352	1.91	225,170
20. To authorise by ordinary resolution amendments to the Share Incentive Plan2.	586,544,668	99.93	433,581	0.07	674,012
21. To authorise the directors by ordinary resolution to allot shares up to a limited amount2	563,070,765	96.53	20,246,741	3.47	4,334,755
22. To authorise the directors by special resolution to allot shares and sell treasury shares without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders2	574,688,200	97.82	12,793,579	2.18	170,482
23. To authorise the Company by special resolution to purchase its own shares2	585,384,397	99.64	2,137,690	0.36	131,174
24. To authorise by special resolution the calling of general meetings (not being an annual general meeting) by notice of not less than 14 clear days2	494,649,800	84.63	89,834,401	15.37	168,060

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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