Result of AGM

British Land Co PLC

11 July 2023

 

The British Land Company PLC

11 July 2023

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The British Land Company PLC (the 'Company') held its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') at 100 Liverpool Street, London EC2M 2RH 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 2023	659,296,123	99.99	33,232	0.01	659,329,355	71.11%	475,901
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2023	610,298,012	92.51	49,400,196	7.49	659,698,208	71.15%	107,048
3	To declare a final dividend of 11.04p per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2023	658,521,138	99.81	1,272,481	0.19	659,793,619	71.16%	11,637
4	To re-appoint Mark Aedy as a Director	659,655,648	99.98	99,847	0.02	659,755,495	71.15%	49,761
5	To re-appoint Simon Carter as a Director	659,470,947	99.96	287,841	0.04	659,758,788	71.15%	46,468
6	To re-appoint Lynn Gladden as a Director	659,438,989	99.95	320,817	0.05	659,759,806	71.15%	45,450
7	To re-appoint Irvinder Goodhew as a Director	659,626,623	99.98	130,659	0.02	659,757,282	71.15%	47,974
8	To re--appoint Alastair Hughes as a Director	657,649,277	99.68	2,112,756	0.32	659,762,033	71.15%	43,223
9	To re-appoint Bhavesh Mistry as a Director	657,022,294	99.59	2,719,832	0.41	659,742,126	71.15%	63,130
10	To re--appoint Preben Prebensen as a Director	659,446,873	99.95	314,588	0.05	659,761,461	71.15%	43,795
11	To re-appoint Tim Score as a Director	628,022,223	95.19	31,732,507	4.81	659,754,730	71.15%	50,526
12	To re-appoint Laura Wade-Gery as a Director	652,295,013	98.87	7,468,321	1.13	659,763,334	71.15%	41,922
13	To re-appoint Loraine Woodhouse as a Director	659,634,800	99.98	119,414	0.02	659,754,214	71.15%	51,042
14	To re--appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company	657,616,614	99.67	2,155,952	0.33	659,772,566	71.15%	32,690
15	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration	659,707,329	99.99	69,383	0.01	659,776,712	71.15%	28,544
16	To authorise the Company to make political donations and political expenditure of not more than £20,000 in total	654,596,974	99.22	5,164,400	0.78	659,761,374	71.15%	43,882
17	To authorise the Directors to allot shares, up to a limited amount	564,176,910	85.76	93,708,653	14.24	657,885,563	70.95%	1,919,693
18	To approve the renewal of the Savings-Related Share Option Scheme	659,605,878	99.98	150,497	0.02	659,756,375	71.15%	48,881
19	To approve the renewal of the Long-Term Incentive Plan	654,197,836	99.16	5,537,836	0.84	659,735,672	71.15%	69,584
20	To empower the Directors to allot shares for cash, without making a pre--emptive offer to shareholders, up to the specified amount 3	657,801,949	99.88	771,837	0.12	658,573,786	71.02%	1,231,470
21	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 investment3	654,813,163	99.44	3,697,192	0.56	658,510,355	71.02%	1,251,901
22	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares, up to the specified limit3	657,094,837	99.69	2,043,596	0.31	659,138,433	71.09%	666,823
23	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice3	570,210,847	86.67	87,677,706	13.33	657,888,553	70.95%	1,916,703

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 7 July 2023 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 927,250,333 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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