Result of AGM

British Land Co PLC

09 July 2024

 

The British Land Company PLC

9 July 2024

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 2024	704,458,374	99.96	263,402	0.04	704,721,776	75.95%	872,967
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2024	654,074,361	92.75	51,112,558	7.25	705,186,919	76.00%	407,824
3	To declare a final dividend of 10.64p per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2024	703,993,456	99.78	1,587,256	0.22	705,580,712	76.04%	14,031
4	To re-appoint Mark Aedy as a Director	705,423,781	99.99	42,875	0.01	705,466,656	76.03%	119,842
5	To re-appoint Simon Carter as a Director	705,424,015	99.99	51,832	0.01	705,475,847	76.03%	118,246
6	To re-appoint Lynn Gladden as a Director	697,966,426	98.93	7,527,616	1.07	705,494,042	76.03%	98,011
7	To re-appoint Irvinder Goodhew as a Director	690,911,352	97.93	14,576,680	2.07	705,488,032	76.03%	104,020
8	To re-appoint Alastair Hughes as a Director	683,207,104	96.84	22,263,164	3.16	705,470,268	76.03%	121,784
9	To appoint Amanda James as a Director	696,260,470	98.69	9,214,757	1.31	705,475,227	76.03%	116,826
10	To appoint Amanda Mackenzie as a Director	705,368,795	99.98	109,584	0.02	705,478,379	76.03%	113,674
11	To re-appoint Bhavesh Mistry as a Director	704,559,076	99.86	957,955	0.14	705,517,031	76.04%	75,022
12	To re-appoint Preben Prebensen as a Director	675,766,329	96.88	21,775,738	3.12	697,542,067	75.18%	8,049,985
13	To appoint Mary Ricks as a Director	705,401,983	99.99	103,125	0.01	705,505,108	76.04%	86,945
14	To appoint William Rucker as a Director	701,236,122	99.41	4,144,351	0.59	705,380,473	76.02%	205,680
15	To re-appoint Loraine Woodhouse as a Director	705,384,523	99.99	104,026	0.01	705,488,549	76.03%	103,504
16	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company	702,340,334	99.54	3,212,730	0.46	705,553,064	76.04%	41,679
17	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration	704,291,584	99.82	1,259,413	0.18	705,550,997	76.04%	43,746
18	To authorise the Company to make political donations and political expenditure of not more than £20,000 in total	701,020,289	99.36	4,526,373	0.64	705,546,662	76.04%	48,081
19	To authorise the Directors to allot shares, up to a limited amount	605,842,387	86.10	97,800,283	13.90	703,642,670	75.83%	1,952,073
20	To approve the amendments to the Savings-Related Share Option Scheme	703,628,269	99.73	1,881,536	0.27	705,509,805	76.04%	84,288
21	To empower the Directors to allot shares for cash, without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders, up to the specified amount 3	684,813,176	97.07	20,666,046	2.93	705,479,222	76.03%	114,871
22	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	628,213,516	89.50	73,693,518	10.50	701,907,034	75.65%	3,687,059
23	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares, up to the specified limit3	703,119,294	99.72	1,967,139	0.28	705,086,433	75.99%	507,660
24	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice3	625,423,976	88.88	78,215,669	11.12	703,639,645	75.83%	1,954,448

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 5 July 2024 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 927,865,321 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).

Following the recent appointments to the Board we have taken this opportunity to review the composition of the Remuneration, Audit and Nomination Committees. As at today's date, Loraine Woodhouse and Amanda Mackenzie have been appointed as members of the Nomination Committee, Loraine has been appointed as a member of the Remuneration Committee, and Mary Ricks has been appointed as a member of the Audit Committee.

Enquiries:

Company Secretariat

British Land                                                      

York House, 45 Seymour Street, London W1H 7LX

020 7486 4466

 

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