Result of AGM

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British Land Co PLC
16 July 2010
 



16 July 2010

 

 

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 540,007,560 ordinary shares of the Company, representing 61.8 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.

 

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British Land: Pip Wood - Tel: +44 (0)20 7467 2838  Mobile: + 44 (0)7771938549

 

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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 2010.

522,953,705

96.98

16,291,983

3.02

761,871

2. To approve the directors' remuneration report.

515,438,175

95.95

21,744,395

4.05

2,824,989

3. To elect D Harding as a Director.

537,610,376

99.89

572,043

0.11

1,825,141

4. To elect C Maudsley as a Director.

537,916,666

99.95

251,933

0.05

1,838,961

5. To elect R Pym as a Director.

533,183,339

99.79

1,136,515

0.21

5,687,705

6. To elect S Smith as a Director.

537,929,890

99.95

252,212

0.05

1,825,458

7. To re-elect C Cowdery as a Director.

495,462,981

92.71

38,988,106

7.29

5,556,473

8. To re-elect R Swannell as a Director.

527,134,272

97.95

11,054,068

2.05

1,819,220

9. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditors.

493,513,289

91.53

45,657,198

8.47

837,072

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

500,335,176

93.00

37,643,679

7.00

2,028,705

11. To authorise the Company by Ordinary Resolution the making of certain limited political donations and political expenditure of not more than £20,000 in total2.

480,891,021

96.29

18,543,138

3.71

40,573,201

12. To authorise the Directors by Ordinary Resolution to allot shares up to a limited amount2

508,136,864

94.73

28,255,950

5.27

3,614,746

13. To authorise the Directors by Special Resolution to allot shares and sell treasury shares without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders2

536,814,404

99.82

971,670

0.18

2,221,486

14. To authorise the Company by Special Resolution to purchase its own shares2

537,131,613

99.80

1,097,529

0.20

1,778,418

15. 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

427,221,991

80.90

100,881,392

19.10

11,904,177

16. To adopt by Special Resolution new articles of association of the Company with effect from the end of the meeting2

537,469,642

99.87

705,451

0.13

1,832,467

 

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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