Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1638G

British Land Co PLC

19 July 2019

 

The British Land Company PLC

19 July 2019

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 of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2019	711,891,948	100.00	8,418	0.00	711,900,366	75.86	873,215
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2019	672,923,921	94.54	38,861,785	5.46	711,785,706	75.85	1,062,975
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy 2019	699,935,009	98.30	12,073,236	1.70	712,008,245	75.87	840,435
4	To declare a final dividend of 7.75p per ordinary 25 pence share for the year ended 31 March 2019	711,979,719	99.95	338,344	0.05	712,318,063	75.90	530,718
5	To re-elect Simon Carter as a Director	709,976,566	99.68	2,300,575	0.32	712,277,141	75.90	571,585
6	To re-elect Lynn Gladden as a Director	711,826,787	99.95	374,071	0.05	712,200,858	75.89	647,868
7	To re-elect Chris Grigg as a Director	711,839,325	99.94	438,019	0.06	712,277,344	75.90	571,382
8	To re-elect Alistair Hughes as a Director	710,505,812	99.76	1,696,539	0.24	712,202,351	75.89	646,375
9	To re--elect William Jackson as a Director	704,184,630	98.89	7,914,071	1.11	712,098,701	75.88	750,025
10	To re-elect Nicholas Macpherson as a Director	710,474,507	99.76	1,726,044	0.24	712,200,551	75.89	572,875
11	To re--elect Preben Prebensen as a Director	710,452,670	99.76	1,736,098	0.24	712,188,768	75.89	584,458
12	To re--elect Tim Score as a Director	705,146,633	99.00	7,124,089	1.00	712,270,722	75.90	577,804
13	To re-elect Laura Wade-Gery as a Director	711,812,942	99.95	379,364	0.05	712,192,306	75.89	581,120
14	To re--elect Rebecca Worthington as a Director	711,833,763	99.95	361,508	0.05	712,195,271	75.89	578,155
15	To re--appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company	712,120,792	99.98	174,450	0.02	712,295,242	75.90	553,639
16	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration	711,897,271	99.94	400,638	0.06	712,297,909	75.90	550,972
17	To authorise the Company to make limited political donations and political expenditure of not more than £20,000 in total	690,288,645	97.30	19,130,815	2.70	709,419,460	75.60	3,428,329
18	To authorise Directors to pay dividends as shares (SCRIP dividends)	711,366,642	99.87	917,246	0.13	712,283,888	75.90	564,838
19	To authorise the Directors to allot shares up to a limited amount	608,180,089	85.39	104,090,498	14.61	712,270,587	75.90	577,294
20	To authorise the Directors to allot shares and sell treasury shares for cash, without making a pre--emptive offer to shareholders3	686,493,075	96.65	23,759,890	3.35	710,252,965	75.68	2,595,916
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	676,662,680	95.27	33,605,217	4.73	710,267,897	75.69	2,580,983
22	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares3	709,196,265	99.58	2,989,815	0.42	712,186,080	75.89	662,800
23	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice3	610,892,520	86.11	98,570,053	13.89	709,462,573	75.60	3,386,308

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 17 July 2019 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 938,434,263 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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