Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4234L

British Land Co PLC

18 July 2017

 

The British Land Company PLC

18 July 2017

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The British Land Company PLC (the 'Company') held its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') at Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill, 30 Portman Square, London W1H 7BH earlier today.  All resolutions were voted on by way of a poll and were passed by shareholders.  The results of the poll are set out below.

Resolutions		Votes FOR1		Votes AGAINST		Total Votes Cast		Votes Withheld2
		No. of Shares	% of Shares voted	No. of Shares	% of Shares voted	No. of Shares	% of Issued Capital
1	To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2017	736,106,986	99.30%	5,161,885	0.70%	741,268,871	71.98%	1,657,018
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	722,118,468	98.24%	12,935,360	1.76%	735,053,828	71.37%	7,872,061
3	To elect Lord Macpherson as a Director	740,472,964	99.75%	1,850,824	0.25%	742,323,788	72.08%	596,201
4	To re--elect Aubrey Adams as a Director	740,971,927	99.81%	1,441,942	0.19%	742,413,869	72.09%	506,120
5	To re--elect Lucinda Bell as a Director	739,721,803	99.64%	2,691,777	0.36%	742,413,580	72.09%	506,409
6	To re--elect John Gildersleeve as a Director	739,249,595	99.57%	3,169,329	0.43%	742,418,924	72.09%	501,065
7	To re-elect Lynn Gladden as a Director	740,990,446	99.82%	1,314,935	0.18%	742,305,381	72.08%	614,608
8	To re--elect Chris Grigg as a Director	739,645,382	99.63%	2,777,097	0.37%	742,422,479	72.09%	497,510
9	To re--elect William Jackson as a Director	734,893,604	98.99%	7,522,240	1.01%	742,415,844	72.09%	510,045
10	To re--elect Charles Maudsley as a Director	739,232,028	99.56%	3,280,787	0.44%	742,512,815	72.10%	413,074
11	To re--elect Tim Roberts as a Director	739,640,813	99.63%	2,773,808	0.37%	742,414,621	72.09%	511,268
12	To re--elect Tim Score as a Director	740,611,672	99.76%	1,803,279	0.24%	742,414,951	72.09%	510,938
13	To re- elect Laura Wade--Gery as a Director	740,881,923	99.81%	1,426,828	0.19%	742,308,751	72.08%	617,138
14	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company	740,921,244	99.78%	1,625,653	0.22%	742,546,897	72.10%	378,992
15	To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration	741,430,418	99.86%	1,028,335	0.14%	742,458,753	72.09%	467,136
16	To authorise the Company to make limited political donations and political expenditure of not more than £20,000 in total	697,828,190	99.33%	4,736,907	0.67%	702,565,097	68.22%	40,360,792
17	To authorise the Directors to allot shares up to a limited amount	641,488,836	86.94%	96,354,143	13.06%	737,842,979	71.64%	5,077,010
18	To authorise the Directors to allot shares and sell treasury shares for cash, without making a pre--emptive offer to shareholders3	731,120,563	99.36%	4,681,356	0.64%	735,801,919	71.45%	7,118,070
19	To authorise the Directors to allot additional shares and sell treasury shares for cash, without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders in line with recommendations of the Pre-Emption Group3	687,537,784	93.44%	48,258,209	6.56%	735,795,993	71.45%	7,123,554
20	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares3	737,445,038	99.33%	4,937,535	0.67%	742,382,573	72.09%	543,316
21	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) by notice of not less than 14 clear days3	632,869,235	85.60%	106,434,054	14.40%	739,303,289	71.79%	3,615,413

¹ Includes discretionary votes

² A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.

³ Special Resolution (75% majority required)

The issued share capital of the Company as at 6.30pm on 14 July 2017 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 1,029,863,5654 ordinary shares of 25 pence each (excluding treasury shares).

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the resolutions passed at the AGM, other than resolutions constituting ordinary business, will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism (www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm).  A copy of the poll results for the AGM will also shortly be available on the British Land website (www.britishland.com/investors).

Enquiries:

Company Secretariat

Heledd Hanscomb, British Land                                                020 7467 2852

York House, 45 Seymour Street, London W1H 7LX

 

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