Result of AGM

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British Land Co PLC
15 July 2011
 



15 July 2011

THE BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

The Board of British Land announces the results of the poll taken at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held earlier today.

 

Votes (including votes withheld) were cast for a total of 587,653,261 ordinary shares of the Company, representing 66.2 per cent of the total number of votes capable of being cast at the meeting.

 

Full details of the results of the poll are set out in the Appendix following this announcement.

 

 

APPENDIX

 

 

RESOLUTION

VOTES

VOTES WITHELD shares1

For Shares

As % of votes cast1

Against Shares

As % of votes cast1

1. To receive the accounts and directors' report for the year ended 31 March 2011.

581,335,305

99.00

5,855,544

1.00

461,411

2. To approve the directors' remuneration report.

549,844,256

96.47

20,102,754

3.53

14,705,420

3. To elect Lucinda Bell as a Director.

584,739,921

99.54

2,729,064

0.46

183,276

4. To elect Simon Borrows as a Director.

585,737,100

99.71

1,731,016

0.29

184,145

5. To elect William Jackson as a Director.

585,718,728

99.71

1,731,691

0.29

201,842

6. To re-elect Aubrey Adams as a Director.

566,018,244

96.84

18,442,523

3.16

191,494

7. To re-elect John Gildersleeve as a Director.

585,941,801

99.74

1,514,994

0.26

195,466

8. To re-elect Dido Harding as a Director.

586,188,128

99.78

1,264,972

0.22

199,161

9. To re-elect Chris Gibson-Smith as a Director.

585,754,375

99.70

1,734,459

0.30

163,427

10. To re-elect Chris Grigg as a Director.

584,544,092

99.50

2,943,466

0.50

164,703

11. To re-elect Charles Maudsley as a Director.

584,551,494

99.50

2,932,297

0.50

168,470

12. To re-elect Richard Pym as a Director.

575,970,090

99.47

3,072,548

0.53

8,609,622

13. To re-elect Tim Roberts as a Director.

584,548,806

99.50

2,935,451

0.50

168,004

14. To re-elect Stephen Smith as a Director.

584,540,869

99.50

2,938,989

0.50

172,403

15. To re-elect Lord Turnbull as a Director.

581,964,092

99.66

1,992,030

0.34

3,696,138

16. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditors of the Company.

570,754,032

97.83

12,632,653

2.17

4,265,665

17. To authorise the directors to agree the auditors remuneration.

572,796,406

98.25

10,175,294

1.75

4,680,561

18. To authorise the Company by ordinary resolution to make limited political donations and political expenditure of not more than £20,000 in total2.

532,725,792

97.38

14,352,176

2.62

37,574,293

19. To authorise by ordinary resolution amendments to the Fund Managers' Performance Plan2.

573,239,559

98.09

11,187,352

1.91

225,170

20. To authorise by ordinary resolution amendments to the Share Incentive Plan2.

586,544,668

99.93

433,581

0.07

674,012

21. To authorise the directors by ordinary resolution to allot shares up to a limited amount2

563,070,765

96.53

20,246,741

3.47

4,334,755

22. To authorise the directors by special resolution to allot shares and sell treasury shares without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders2

574,688,200

97.82

12,793,579

2.18

170,482

23. To authorise the Company by special resolution to purchase its own shares2

585,384,397

99.64

2,137,690

0.36

131,174

24. To authorise by special resolution the calling of general meetings (not being an annual general meeting) by notice of not less than 14 clear days2

494,649,800

84.63

89,834,401

15.37

168,060

 

Note 1: A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against each resolution.

Note 2: These resolutions were proposed as Special Business.

 

 

 


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