REG - British Land Co PLC - Result of AGM
RNS Number : 0947FBritish Land Co PLC13 July 2021The British Land Company PLC
13 July 2021
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The British Land Company PLC (the 'Company') held its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') at 100 Liverpool Street, London EC2M 2RH 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 2021
621,403,054
99.99
31,522
0.01
621,434,576
67.06
965,198
2
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2021
612,435,184
98.61
8,657,032
1.39
621,092,216
67.02
1,307,558
3
To declare a final dividend of 6.64p per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2021
620,642,225
99.83
1,032,056
0.17
621,674,281
67.08
725,493
4
To re-elect Simon Carter as a Director
621,486,568
99.98
126,684
0.02
621,613,252
67.08
786,965
5
To re-elect Lynn Gladden as a Director
621,454,633
99.97
167,129
0.03
621,621,762
67.08
778,455
6
To elect Irvinder Goodhew as a Director
621,524,763
99.98
96,317
0.02
621,621,080
67.08
779,137
7
To re--elect Alastair Hughes as a Director
621,457,291
99.98
150,477
0.02
621,607,768
67.08
792,449
8
To re-elect Nicholas Macpherson as a Director
621,524,535
99.99
72,648
0.01
621,597,183
67.07
803,034
9
To re--elect Preben Prebensen as a Director
621,458,520
99.97
159,972
0.03
621,618,492
67.08
781,725
10
To re--elect Tim Score as a Director
620,871,116
99.88
736,986
0.12
621,608,102
67.08
792,115
11
To re-elect Laura Wade-Gery as a Director
613,799,960
98.74
7,817,263
1.26
621,617,223
67.08
782,994
12
To elect Loraine Woodhouse as a Director
621,508,730
99.98
103,888
0.02
621,612,618
67.08
787,599
13
To re--appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company
619,590,349
99.67
2,050,447
0.33
621,640,796
67.08
759,421
14
To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration
620,854,080
99.87
799,358
0.13
621,653,438
67.08
746,779
15
To authorise the Company to make political donations and political expenditure of not more than £20,000 in total
615,499,951
99.01
6,141,009
0.99
621,640,960
67.08
759,257
16
To authorise the Directors to allot shares, up to a limited amount
550,151,944
88.50
71,489,271
11.50
621,641,215
67.08
759,001
17
To empower the Directors to allot shares for cash, without making a pre--emptive offer to shareholders, up to the specified amount 3
619,335,614
99.94
361,445
0.06
619,697,059
66.87
2,703,158
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
607,137,948
97.97
12,565,633
2.03
619,703,581
66.87
2,696,636
19
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares, up to the specified limit3
619,136,843
99.68
1,990,302
0.32
621,127,145
67.02
1,273,072
20
To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice3
524,556,746
84.38
97,113,639
15.62
621,670,385
67.08
729,832
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 9 July 2021 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 926,732,278 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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