REG - British Land Co PLC - Result of AGM

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19/07/2019 14:25

RNS Number : 1638G
British Land Co PLC
19 July 2019
 


The British Land Company PLC
19 July 2019
 
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 of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2019


711,891,948


100.00


8,418


0.00


711,900,366


75.86


873,215




2


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2019


672,923,921


94.54


38,861,785


5.46


711,785,706


75.85


1,062,975




3


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy 2019


699,935,009


98.30


12,073,236


1.70


712,008,245


75.87


840,435




4


To declare a final dividend of 7.75p per ordinary 25 pence share for the year ended 31 March 2019


711,979,719


99.95


338,344


0.05


712,318,063


75.90


530,718




5


To re-elect Simon Carter as a Director


709,976,566


99.68


2,300,575


0.32


712,277,141


75.90


571,585




6


To re-elect Lynn Gladden as a Director


711,826,787


99.95


374,071


0.05


712,200,858


75.89


647,868




7


To re-elect Chris Grigg as a Director


711,839,325


99.94


438,019


0.06


712,277,344


75.90


571,382




8


To re-elect Alistair Hughes as a Director


710,505,812


99.76


1,696,539


0.24


712,202,351


75.89


646,375




9


To re--elect William Jackson as a Director


704,184,630


98.89


7,914,071


1.11


712,098,701


75.88


750,025




10


To re-elect Nicholas Macpherson as a Director


710,474,507


99.76


1,726,044


0.24


712,200,551


75.89


572,875




11


To re--elect Preben Prebensen as a Director


710,452,670


99.76


1,736,098


0.24


712,188,768


75.89


584,458




12


To re--elect Tim Score as a Director


705,146,633


99.00


7,124,089


1.00


712,270,722


75.90


577,804




13


To re-elect Laura Wade-Gery as a Director


711,812,942


99.95


379,364


0.05


712,192,306


75.89


581,120




14


To re--elect Rebecca Worthington as a Director


711,833,763


99.95


361,508


0.05


712,195,271


75.89


578,155




15


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


712,120,792


99.98


174,450


0.02


712,295,242


75.90


553,639




16


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


711,897,271


99.94


400,638


0.06


712,297,909


75.90


550,972




17


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


690,288,645


97.30


19,130,815


2.70


709,419,460


75.60


3,428,329




18


To authorise Directors to pay dividends as shares (SCRIP dividends)


711,366,642


99.87


917,246


0.13


712,283,888


75.90


564,838




19


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


608,180,089


85.39


104,090,498


14.61


712,270,587


75.90


577,294




20


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


686,493,075


96.65


23,759,890


3.35


710,252,965


75.68


2,595,916




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


676,662,680


95.27


33,605,217


4.73


710,267,897


75.69


2,580,983




22


To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares3


709,196,265


99.58


2,989,815


0.42


712,186,080


75.89


662,800




23


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


610,892,520


86.11


98,570,053


13.89


709,462,573


75.60


3,386,308



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 17 July 2019 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 938,434,263 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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