Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9348U

British Land Co PLC

17 July 2018

 

The British Land Company PLC

17 July 2018

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The British Land Company PLC (the 'Company') held its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') at The Montcalm London Marble Arch, 2 Wallenberg Place, London W1H 7TN 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 audited financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2018	749,885,361	99.62	2,896,291	0.38	752,781,652	76.70%	1,099,709
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2018	718,283,375	95.46	34,197,587	4.54	752,480,962	76.67%	1,400,399
3	To elect Simon Carter as a Director	749,532,293	99.51	3,655,691	0.49	753,187,984	76.74%	692,202
4	To elect Alastair Hughes as a Director	752,280,330	99.88	897,167	0.12	753,177,497	76.74%	702,689
5	To elect Preben Prebensen as a Director	747,585,455	99.62	2,829,997	0.38	750,415,452	76.46%	3,464,733
6	To elect Rebecca Worthington as a Director	752,606,307	99.93	553,633	0.07	753,159,940	76.74%	720,246
7	To re--elect John Gildersleeve as a Director	709,582,089	94.22	43,569,628	5.78	753,151,717	76.74%	728,467
8	To re-elect Lynn Gladden as a Director	751,357,064	99.76	1,796,283	0.24	753,153,347	76.74%	726,839
9	To re--elect Chris Grigg as a Director	751,527,864	99.78	1,658,249	0.22	753,186,113	76.74%	694,073
10	To re--elect William Jackson as a Director	740,585,835	98.33	12,582,354	1.67	753,168,189	76.74%	711,997
11	To re-elect Nicholas Macpherson as a Director	750,834,551	99.69	2,330,216	0.31	753,164,767	76.74%	715,419
12	To re--elect Charles Maudsley as a Director	750,327,648	99.62	2,850,895	0.38	753,178,543	76.74%	701,643
13	To re--elect Tim Roberts as a Director	750,338,014	99.62	2,838,588	0.38	753,176,602	76.74%	703,584
14	To re--elect Tim Score as a Director	745,883,110	99.04	7,266,409	0.96	753,149,519	76.74%	730,667
15	To re- elect Laura Wade--Gery as a Director	751,306,324	99.75	1,862,292	0.25	753,168,616	76.74%	711,570
16	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company	748,154,282	99.62	2,842,061	0.38	750,996,343	76.52%	2,883,842
17	To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration	750,676,917	99.67	2,451,450	0.33	753,128,367	76.73%	751,819
18	To authorise the Company to make limited political donations and political expenditure of not more than £20,000 in total	728,521,272	97.16	21,283,277	2.84	749,804,549	76.40%	4,075,637
19	To authorise the Directors to allot shares, up to a limited amount	675,917,466	89.74	77,286,050	10.26	753,203,516	76.74%	675,705
20	To authorise the Directors to allot shares and sell treasury shares for cash, without making a pre--emptive offer to shareholders3	744,640,368	99.39	4,606,786	0.61	749,247,154	76.34%	4,633,032
21	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	734,941,410	98.09	14,304,999	1.91	749,246,409	76.34%	4,633,776
22	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares3	746,254,068	99.08	6,947,132	0.92	753,201,200	76.74%	678,985
23	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice3	645,563,941	86.06	104,560,061	13.94	750,124,002	76.43%	3,756,184
24	To adopt revised articles of association of the Company3	747,745,530	99.71	2,185,563	0.29	749,931,093	76.41%	3,949,093

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 total voting rights of the Company as at 6.30pm on 13 July 2018 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 981,467,294 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

British Land                                                      

York House, 45 Seymour Street, London W1H 7LX

020 7486 4466

 

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