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RNS Number : 1911S  British Land Co PLC  12 July 2022

The British Land Company PLC

12 July 2022

 

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 FOR(1)                        Votes AGAINST                       Total Votes Cast                  Votes Withheld(2)
         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    654,139,956          99.99          54,554               0.01           654,194,510            70.57      2,924,839
         for the year ended 31 March 2022
 2       To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2022  633,429,298          96.49          23,012,044           3.51           656,441,342            70.81      678,007
 3       To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy 2022                              631,747,807          96.24          24,675,598           3.76           656,423,405            70.81      695,944
 4       To declare a final dividend of 11.60p per ordinary share for the year ended 31  643,963,040          98.09          12,548,772           1.91           656,511,812            70.82      607,537
         March 2022
 5       To elect Mark Aedy as a Director                                                656,239,805          99.98          158,941              0.02           656,398,746            70.81      720,603
 6       To re-elect Simon Carter as a Director                                          656,066,784          99.95          345,654              0.05           656,412,438            70.81      706,911
 7       To re-elect Lynn Gladden as a Director                                          656,120,593          99.96          289,160              0.04           656,409,753            70.81      709,596
 8       To re-elect Irvinder Goodhew as a Director                                      656,298,360          99.98          110,126              0.02           656,408,486            70.81      710,863
 9       To re--elect Alastair Hughes as a Director                                      654,156,222          99.95          315,920              0.05           654,472,142            70.60      2,647,207
 10      To elect Bhavesh Mistry as a Director                                           653,262,568          99.52          3,161,385            0.48           656,423,953            70.81      695,396
 11      To re--elect Preben Prebensen as a Director                                     656,111,082          99.95          303,317              0.05           656,414,399            70.81      704,950
 12      To re--elect Tim Score as a Director                                            637,161,424          97.07          19,250,141           2.93           656,411,565            70.81      707,784
 13      To re-elect Laura Wade-Gery as a Director                                       645,700,827          98.37          10,727,988           1.63           656,428,815            70.81      690,534
 14      To re-elect Loraine Woodhouse as a Director                                     656,194,698          99.97          228,634              0.03           656,423,332            70.81      696,017
 15      To re--appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company             653,473,215          99.54          3,001,485            0.46           656,474,700            70.82      644,649
 16      To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration            656,183,077          99.96          289,452              0.04           656,472,529            70.82      645,946
 17      To authorise the Company to make political donations and political expenditure  650,651,199          99.11          5,831,724            0.89           656,482,923            70.82      636,426
         of not more than £20,000 in total
 18      To authorise Directors to pay dividends as shares (SCRIP dividends)             656,374,408          99.98          109,424              0.02           656,483,832            70.82      635,517
 19      To approve the renewal of the Share Incentive Plan trust deed and rules         653,880,838          99.61          2,569,633            0.39           656,450,471            70.81      668,878
 20      To authorise the Directors to allot shares, up to a limited amount              575,022,746          87.59          81,454,862           12.41          656,477,608            70.82      641,741
 21      To empower the Directors to allot shares for cash, without making a             652,240,345          99.91          581,432              0.09           652,821,777            70.42      4,297,572
         pre--emptive offer to shareholders, up to the specified amount (3    )
 22      To empower the Directors to allot additional shares for cash, without making a  645,366,810          98.86          7,456,923            1.14           652,823,733            70.42      4,295,616
         pre-emptive offer to shareholders, up to the specified amount for use in
         connection with an acquisition or capital investment(3)
 23      To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares, up to the specified        653,944,367          99.66          2,220,226            0.34           656,164,593            70.78      953,756
         limit(3)
 24      To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general      553,091,816          84.25          103,389,862          15.75          656,481,678            70.82      636,671
         meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice(3)

(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 8 July 2022 (the time
by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were
required to be entered on the register) was 927,000,769 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
(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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