Company Announcements

Result of AGM

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British Land Co PLC
29 July 2020
 

The British Land Company PLC

29 July 2020

 

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The British Land Company PLC (the 'Company') held its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') at York House, 45 Seymour Street, London W1H 7LX 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 2020

608,337,779

99.98%

151,326

0.02%

608,489,105

65.66

739,592

2

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2020

587,950,839

97.92%

12,489,619

2.08%

600,440,458

64.79

8,788,240

3

To re-elect Simon Carter as a Director

604,337,529

99.29%

4,327,830

0.71%

608,665,359

65.68

563,339

4

To re-elect Lynn Gladden as a Director

608,583,335

99.98%

97,502

0.02%

608,680,837

65.68

547,861

5

To re-elect Chris Grigg as a Director

608,538,972

99.98%

129,802

0.02%

608,668,774

65.68

559,924

6

To re-elect Alistair Hughes as a Director

604,041,004

99.24%

4,618,166

0.76%

608,659,170

65.68

569,528

7

To re--elect William Jackson as a Director

608,205,284

99.93%

447,066

0.07%

608,652,350

65.68

576,348

8

To re-elect Nicholas Macpherson as a Director

605,004,475

99.40%

3,663,760

0.60%

608,668,235

65.68

560,463

9

To re--elect Preben Prebensen as a Director

607,151,925

99.75%

1,501,568

0.25%

608,653,493

65.68

575,205

10

To re--elect Tim Score as a Director

607,156,339

99.75%

1,501,026

0.25%

608,657,365

65.68

571,333

11

To re-elect Laura Wade-Gery as a Director

599,680,610

98.52%

9,007,825

1.48%

608,688,435

65.68

540,263

12

To re--elect Rebecca Worthington as a Director

608,493,704

99.99%

76,726

0.01%

608,570,430

65.67

658,268

13

To re--appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company

604,954,079

99.96%

219,381

0.04%

605,173,460

65.30

4,055,238

14

To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration

608,638,437

99.99%

80,169

0.01%

608,718,606

65.69

510,092

15

To authorise the Company to make political donations and political expenditure of not more than £20,000 in total

597,003,515

98.08%

11,691,018

1.92%

608,694,533

65.68

534,165

16

To authorise the Directors to allot shares, up to a limited amount

516,035,222

84.77%

92,703,419

15.23%

608,738,641

65.69

490,057

17

To empower the Directors to allot shares for cash, without making a pre--emptive offer to shareholders, up to the specified amount 3    

585,430,207

96.42%

21,748,096

3.58%

607,178,303

65.52

2,050,395

18

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 investment 3    

580,498,950

95.61%

26,651,246

4.39%

607,150,196

65.52

2,078,196

19

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares, up to the specified limit3

596,659,351

98.06%

11,817,515

1.94%

608,476,866

65.66

751,831

20

To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice3

504,701,294

82.92%

103,979,296

17.08%

608,680,590

65.68

548,109

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 27 July 2020 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 926,691,739 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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