Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7585J

British Land Co PLC

19 July 2013

 



19 July 2013

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 688,400,685 ordinary shares of the Company, representing 69.35 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 2013.	682,653,407	99.23	5,294,255	0.77	453,020
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.	678,005,079	98.87	7,752,198	1.13	2,643,404
3. To re-elect Aubrey Adams as a Director.	682,401,076	99.61	2,675,526	0.39	3,324,079
4. To re-elect Lucinda Bell as a Director.	685,560,141	99.66	2,344,416	0.34	496,125
5. To re-elect Simon Borrows as a Director.	656,162,953	97.15	19,214,527	2.85	13,023,201
6. To re-elect John Gildersleeve as a Director.	686,202,322	99.75	1,696,116	0.25	502,244
7. To re-elect Chris Grigg as a Director.	685,457,418	99.65	2,440,709	0.35	502,558
8. To re-elect Dido Harding as a Director.	686,338,590	99.77	1,553,015	0.23	509,077
9. To re-elect William Jackson as a Director.	686,360,824	99.78	1,531,799	0.22	508,059
10. To re-elect Charles Maudsley as a Director.	685,209,590	99.61	2,694,901	0.39	496,191
11. To re-elect Richard Pym as a Director.	685,924,145	99.71	1,973,181	0.29	503,356
12. To re-elect Tim Roberts as a Director.	685,198,640	99.61	2,701,383	0.39	500,659
13. To re-elect Lord Turnbull as a Director.	686,224,890	99.76	1,663,171	0.24	512,621
14. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor of the Company.	677,871,834	98.91	7,484,018	1.09	3,044,830
15. To authorise the Directors to agree the auditors remuneration.	682,604,284	99.23	5,316,793	0.77	479,604
16. To authorise the Company by ordinary resolution to make limited political donations and political expenditure of not more than £20,000 in total2.	680,224,024	98.97	7,090,289	1.03	1,086,369
17. To authorise the Directors by ordinary resolution to allot shares up to a limited amount2.	590,505,648	86.49	92,276,414	13.51	5,618,620
18. To authorise the Directors by special resolution to allot shares and sell treasury shares without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders2	677,240,988	99.51	3,313,026	0.49	7,846,668
19. To authorise the Company by special resolution to purchase its own shares2	681,284,832	99.51	3,359,941	0.49	3,755,908
20. 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	560,711,765	81.51	127,174,764	18.49	514,152
21. To authorise by ordinary resolution the adoption of The British Land Company Long-Term Incentive Plan 20132	654,652,842	96.39	24,507,477	3.61	9,240,362
22. To authorise the Directors by ordinary resolution to offer ordinary shares (scrip dividends) to shareholders as an alternative to cash dividends.2	687,550,156	99.94	387,841	0.06	462,685

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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