REG - British Land Co PLC - Result of AGM

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29/07/2020 13:15

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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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