Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5038U

British Land Co PLC

29 July 2020

 

The British Land Company PLC

29 July 2020

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The British Land Company PLC (the 'Company') held its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') at York House, 45 Seymour Street, London W1H 7LX 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 FOR 1		Votes AGAINST		Total Votes Cast		Votes Withheld 2
		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 2020	608,337,779	99.98%	151,326	0.02%	608,489,105	65.66	739,592
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2020	587,950,839	97.92%	12,489,619	2.08%	600,440,458	64.79	8,788,240
3	To re-elect Simon Carter as a Director	604,337,529	99.29%	4,327,830	0.71%	608,665,359	65.68	563,339
4	To re-elect Lynn Gladden as a Director	608,583,335	99.98%	97,502	0.02%	608,680,837	65.68	547,861
5	To re-elect Chris Grigg as a Director	608,538,972	99.98%	129,802	0.02%	608,668,774	65.68	559,924
6	To re-elect Alistair Hughes as a Director	604,041,004	99.24%	4,618,166	0.76%	608,659,170	65.68	569,528
7	To re--elect William Jackson as a Director	608,205,284	99.93%	447,066	0.07%	608,652,350	65.68	576,348
8	To re-elect Nicholas Macpherson as a Director	605,004,475	99.40%	3,663,760	0.60%	608,668,235	65.68	560,463
9	To re--elect Preben Prebensen as a Director	607,151,925	99.75%	1,501,568	0.25%	608,653,493	65.68	575,205
10	To re--elect Tim Score as a Director	607,156,339	99.75%	1,501,026	0.25%	608,657,365	65.68	571,333
11	To re-elect Laura Wade-Gery as a Director	599,680,610	98.52%	9,007,825	1.48%	608,688,435	65.68	540,263
12	To re--elect Rebecca Worthington as a Director	608,493,704	99.99%	76,726	0.01%	608,570,430	65.67	658,268
13	To re--appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company	604,954,079	99.96%	219,381	0.04%	605,173,460	65.30	4,055,238
14	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration	608,638,437	99.99%	80,169	0.01%	608,718,606	65.69	510,092
15	To authorise the Company to make political donations and political expenditure of not more than £20,000 in total	597,003,515	98.08%	11,691,018	1.92%	608,694,533	65.68	534,165
16	To authorise the Directors to allot shares, up to a limited amount	516,035,222	84.77%	92,703,419	15.23%	608,738,641	65.69	490,057
17	To empower the Directors to allot shares for cash, without making a pre--emptive offer to shareholders, up to the specified amount 3	585,430,207	96.42%	21,748,096	3.58%	607,178,303	65.52	2,050,395
18	To empower the Directors to allot additional shares for cash, without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders, up to the specified amount for use in connection with an acquisition or capital investment 3	580,498,950	95.61%	26,651,246	4.39%	607,150,196	65.52	2,078,196
19	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares, up to the specified limit3	596,659,351	98.06%	11,817,515	1.94%	608,476,866	65.66	751,831
20	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice3	504,701,294	82.92%	103,979,296	17.08%	608,680,590	65.68	548,109

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 27 July 2020 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 926,691,739 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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .  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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