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British Land Co PLC
18 July 2017
The British Land Company PLC 
18 July 2017
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The British Land Company PLC (the 'Company') held its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') at Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill, 30 Portman Square, London W1H 7BH 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 Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2017
736,106,986
99.30%
5,161,885
0.70%
741,268,871
71.98%
1,657,018
2
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
722,118,468
98.24%
12,935,360
1.76%
735,053,828
71.37%
7,872,061
3
To elect Lord Macpherson as a Director
740,472,964
99.75%
1,850,824
0.25%
742,323,788
72.08%
596,201
4
To re--elect Aubrey Adams as a Director
740,971,927
99.81%
1,441,942
0.19%
742,413,869
72.09%
506,120
5
To re--elect Lucinda Bell as a Director
739,721,803
99.64%
2,691,777
0.36%
742,413,580
72.09%
506,409
6
To re--elect John Gildersleeve as a Director
739,249,595
99.57%
3,169,329
0.43%
742,418,924
72.09%
501,065
7
To re-elect Lynn Gladden as a Director
740,990,446
99.82%
1,314,935
0.18%
742,305,381
72.08%
614,608
8
To re--elect Chris Grigg as a Director
739,645,382
99.63%
2,777,097
0.37%
742,422,479
72.09%
497,510
9
To re--elect William Jackson as a Director
734,893,604
98.99%
7,522,240
1.01%
742,415,844
72.09%
510,045
10
To re--elect Charles Maudsley as a Director
739,232,028
99.56%
3,280,787
0.44%
742,512,815
72.10%
413,074
11
To re--elect Tim Roberts as a Director
739,640,813
99.63%
2,773,808
0.37%
742,414,621
72.09%
511,268
12
To re--elect Tim Score as a Director
740,611,672
99.76%
1,803,279
0.24%
742,414,951
72.09%
510,938
13
To re- elect Laura Wade--Gery as a Director
740,881,923
99.81%
1,426,828
0.19%
742,308,751
72.08%
617,138
14
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company
740,921,244
99.78%
1,625,653
0.22%
742,546,897
72.10%
378,992
15
To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration
741,430,418
99.86%
1,028,335
0.14%
742,458,753
72.09%
467,136
16
To authorise the Company to make limited political donations and political expenditure of not more than 20,000 in total
697,828,190
99.33%
4,736,907
0.67%
702,565,097
68.22%
40,360,792
17
To authorise the Directors to allot shares up to a limited amount
641,488,836
86.94%
96,354,143
13.06%
737,842,979
71.64%
5,077,010
18
To authorise the Directors to allot shares and sell treasury shares for cash, without making a pre--emptive offer to shareholders3
731,120,563
99.36%
4,681,356
0.64%
735,801,919
71.45%
7,118,070
19
To authorise the Directors to allot additional shares and sell treasury shares for cash, without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders in line with recommendations of the Pre-Emption Group3
687,537,784
93.44%
48,258,209
6.56%
735,795,993
71.45%
7,123,554
20
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares3
737,445,038
99.33%
4,937,535
0.67%
742,382,573
72.09%
543,316
21
To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) by notice of not less than 14 clear days3
632,869,235
85.60%
106,434,054
14.40%
739,303,289
71.79%
3,615,413
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 issued share capital of the Company as at 6.30pm on 14 July 2017 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 1,029,863,5654 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 (www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm). A copy of the poll results for the AGM will also shortly be available on the British Land website (www.britishland.com/investors).
Enquiries:
CompanySecretariat
Heledd Hanscomb,BritishLand 02074672852
York House, 45 Seymour Street, London W1H 7LX

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