British Land Co PLC Result of AGM (4234L)

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RNS Number : 4234L

British Land Co PLC

18 July 2017

The British Land Company PLC

18 July 2017

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The British Land Company PLC (the 'Company') held its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') at Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill, 30 Portman Square, London W1H 7BH 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               Votes 
                                                                                           Cast            Withheld(2) 
----------------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  ------------------------  ------------ 
                                       No.          %           No.          %           No.           % 
                                 of Shares         of     of Shares         of     of Shares          of 
                                               Shares                   Shares                    Issued 
                                                voted                    voted                   Capital 
---  -----------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
      To receive 
       the Annual 
       Report and 
       Accounts 
       for the year 
       ended 31 
 1     March 2017              736,106,986     99.30%     5,161,885      0.70%   741,268,871      71.98%     1,657,018 
---  -----------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
      To approve 
       the Directors' 
       Remuneration 
 2     Report                  722,118,468     98.24%    12,935,360      1.76%   735,053,828      71.37%     7,872,061 
---  -----------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
      To elect 
       Lord Macpherson 
 3     as a Director           740,472,964     99.75%     1,850,824      0.25%   742,323,788      72.08%       596,201 
---  -----------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
       To re--elect 
        Aubrey Adams 
 4      as a Director          740,971,927     99.81%     1,441,942      0.19%   742,413,869      72.09%       506,120 
---  -----------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
      To re--elect 
       Lucinda Bell 
 5     as a Director           739,721,803     99.64%     2,691,777      0.36%   742,413,580      72.09%       506,409 
---  -----------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
      To re--elect 
       John Gildersleeve 
 6     as a Director           739,249,595     99.57%     3,169,329      0.43%   742,418,924      72.09%       501,065 
---  -----------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
      To re-elect 
       Lynn Gladden 
 7     as a Director           740,990,446     99.82%     1,314,935      0.18%   742,305,381      72.08%       614,608 
---  -----------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
      To re--elect 
       Chris Grigg 
 8     as a Director           739,645,382     99.63%     2,777,097      0.37%   742,422,479      72.09%       497,510 
---  -----------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
      To re--elect 
       William Jackson 
 9     as a Director           734,893,604     98.99%     7,522,240      1.01%   742,415,844      72.09%       510,045 
---  -----------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
      To re--elect 
       Charles Maudsley 
 10    as a Director           739,232,028     99.56%     3,280,787      0.44%   742,512,815      72.10%       413,074 
---  -----------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
      To re--elect 
       Tim Roberts 
 11    as a Director           739,640,813     99.63%     2,773,808      0.37%   742,414,621      72.09%       511,268 
---  -----------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
      To re--elect 
       Tim Score 
 12    as a Director           740,611,672     99.76%     1,803,279      0.24%   742,414,951      72.09%       510,938 
---  -----------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
      To re- elect 
       Laura Wade--Gery 
 13    as a Director           740,881,923     99.81%     1,426,828      0.19%   742,308,751      72.08%       617,138 
---  -----------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
      To re-appoint 
      PricewaterhouseCoopers 
      LLP as auditor 
 14   of the Company           740,921,244     99.78%     1,625,653      0.22%   742,546,897      72.10%       378,992 
---  -----------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
      To authorise 
       the Directors 
       to agree 
       the auditor's 
 15    remuneration            741,430,418     99.86%     1,028,335      0.14%   742,458,753      72.09%       467,136 
---  -----------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
      To authorise 
       the Company 
       to make limited 
       political 
       donations 
       and political 
       expenditure 
       of not more 
       than GBP20,000 
 16    in total                697,828,190     99.33%     4,736,907      0.67%   702,565,097      68.22%    40,360,792 
---  -----------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
      To authorise 
       the Directors 
       to allot 
       shares up 
       to a limited 
 17    amount                  641,488,836     86.94%    96,354,143     13.06%   737,842,979      71.64%     5,077,010 
---  -----------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
      To authorise 
       the Directors 
       to allot 
       shares and 
       sell treasury 
       shares for 
       cash, without 
       making a 
       pre--emptive 
       offer to 
 18    shareholders(3)         731,120,563     99.36%     4,681,356      0.64%   735,801,919      71.45%     7,118,070 
---  -----------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
      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 
 19    Group(3)                687,537,784     93.44%    48,258,209      6.56%   735,795,993      71.45%     7,123,554 
---  -----------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
      To authorise 
       the Company 
       to purchase 
 20    its own shares(3)       737,445,038     99.33%     4,937,535      0.67%   742,382,573      72.09%       543,316 
---  -----------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
      To authorise 
       the calling 
       of general 
       meetings 
       (other than 
       an annual 
       general meeting) 
       by notice 
       of not less 
       than 14 clear 
 21    days(3)                 632,869,235     85.60%   106,434,054     14.40%   739,303,289      71.79%     3,615,413 
---  -----------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
 

(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 issued share capital of the Company as at 6.30pm on 14 July 2017 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 1,029,863,5654 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

   Heledd Hanscomb, British Land                                                020 7467 2852 

York House, 45 Seymour Street, London W1H 7LX

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