REG - British Land Co PLC - Result of AGM

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17/07/2018 15:55

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British Land Co PLC
17 July 2018
 


The British Land Company PLC
17 July 2018
 
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The British Land Company PLC (the 'Company') held its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') at The Montcalm London Marble Arch, 2 Wallenberg Place, London W1H 7TN 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 for the year ended 31 March 2018


749,885,361


99.62


2,896,291


0.38


752,781,652


76.70%


1,099,709




2


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2018


718,283,375


95.46


34,197,587


4.54


752,480,962


76.67%


1,400,399




3


To elect Simon Carter as a Director


749,532,293


99.51


3,655,691


0.49


753,187,984


76.74%


692,202




4


To elect Alastair Hughes as a Director


752,280,330


99.88


897,167


0.12


753,177,497


76.74%


702,689




5


To elect Preben Prebensen as a Director


747,585,455


99.62


2,829,997


0.38


750,415,452


76.46%


3,464,733




6


To elect Rebecca Worthington as a Director


752,606,307


99.93


553,633


0.07


753,159,940


76.74%


720,246




7


To re--elect John Gildersleeve as a Director


709,582,089


94.22


43,569,628


5.78


753,151,717


76.74%


728,467




8


To re-elect Lynn Gladden as a Director


751,357,064


99.76


1,796,283


0.24


753,153,347


76.74%


726,839




9


To re--elect Chris Grigg as a Director


751,527,864


99.78


1,658,249


0.22


753,186,113


76.74%


694,073




10


To re--elect William Jackson as a Director


740,585,835


98.33


12,582,354


1.67


753,168,189


76.74%


711,997




11


To re-elect Nicholas Macpherson as a Director


750,834,551


99.69


2,330,216


0.31


753,164,767


76.74%


715,419




12


To re--elect Charles Maudsley as a Director


750,327,648


99.62


2,850,895


0.38


753,178,543


76.74%


701,643




13


To re--elect Tim Roberts as a Director


750,338,014


99.62


2,838,588


0.38


753,176,602


76.74%


703,584




14


To re--elect Tim Score as a Director


745,883,110


99.04


7,266,409


0.96


753,149,519


76.74%


730,667




15


To re- elect Laura Wade--Gery as a Director


751,306,324


99.75


1,862,292


0.25


753,168,616


76.74%


711,570




16


To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company


748,154,282


99.62


2,842,061


0.38


750,996,343


76.52%


2,883,842




17


To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration


750,676,917


99.67


2,451,450


0.33


753,128,367


76.73%


751,819




18


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


728,521,272


97.16


21,283,277


2.84


749,804,549


76.40%


4,075,637




19


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


675,917,466


89.74


77,286,050


10.26


753,203,516


76.74%


675,705




20


To authorise the Directors to allot shares and sell treasury shares for cash, without making a pre--emptive offer to shareholders3


744,640,368


99.39


4,606,786


0.61


749,247,154


76.34%


4,633,032




21


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


734,941,410


98.09


14,304,999


1.91


749,246,409


76.34%


4,633,776




22


To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares3


746,254,068


99.08


6,947,132


0.92


753,201,200


76.74%


678,985




23


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


645,563,941


86.06


104,560,061


13.94


750,124,002


76.43%


3,756,184




24


To adopt revised articles of association of the Company3


747,745,530


99.71


2,185,563


0.29


749,931,093


76.41%


3,949,093



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 13 July 2018 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 981,467,294 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:
Company Secretariat
British Land                                                      
York House, 45 Seymour Street, London W1H 7LX
 
020 7486 4466




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