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British Land Co PLC
19 July 2013
 



19 July 2013

THE BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

The Board of British Land announces the results of the poll taken at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held earlier today.

 

Votes (including votes withheld) were cast for a total of 688,400,685 ordinary shares of the Company, representing 69.35 per cent of the total number of votes capable of being cast at the meeting.

 

Full details of the results of the poll are set out in the Appendix following this announcement.

 

 

 

 

APPENDIX

 

 

RESOLUTION

VOTES

VOTES WITHELD shares1

For Shares

As % of votes cast1

Against Shares

As % of votes cast1

1. To receive the Accounts and Directors' Report for the year ended 31 March 2013.

682,653,407

99.23

5,294,255

0.77

453,020

2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.

678,005,079

98.87

7,752,198

1.13

2,643,404

3. To re-elect Aubrey Adams as a Director.

682,401,076

99.61

2,675,526

0.39

3,324,079

4. To re-elect Lucinda Bell as a Director.

685,560,141

99.66

2,344,416

0.34

496,125

5. To re-elect Simon Borrows as a Director.

656,162,953

97.15

19,214,527

2.85

13,023,201

6. To re-elect John Gildersleeve as a Director.

686,202,322

99.75

1,696,116

0.25

502,244

7. To re-elect Chris Grigg as a Director.

685,457,418

99.65

2,440,709

0.35

502,558

8. To re-elect Dido Harding as a Director.

686,338,590

99.77

1,553,015

0.23

509,077

9. To re-elect William Jackson as a Director.

686,360,824

99.78

1,531,799

0.22

508,059

10. To re-elect Charles Maudsley as a Director.

685,209,590

99.61

2,694,901

0.39

496,191

11. To re-elect Richard Pym as a Director.

685,924,145

99.71

1,973,181

0.29

503,356

12. To re-elect Tim Roberts as a Director.

685,198,640

99.61

2,701,383

0.39

500,659

13. To re-elect Lord Turnbull as a Director.

686,224,890

99.76

1,663,171

0.24

512,621

14. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor of the Company.

677,871,834

98.91

7,484,018

1.09

3,044,830

15. To authorise the Directors to agree the auditors remuneration.

682,604,284

99.23

5,316,793

0.77

479,604

16. To authorise the Company by ordinary resolution to make limited political donations and political expenditure of not more than £20,000 in total2.

680,224,024

98.97

7,090,289

1.03

1,086,369

17. To authorise the Directors by ordinary resolution to allot shares up to a limited amount2.

590,505,648

86.49

92,276,414

13.51

5,618,620

18. To authorise the Directors by special resolution to allot shares and sell treasury shares without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders2

677,240,988

99.51

3,313,026

0.49

7,846,668

19. To authorise the Company by special resolution to purchase its own shares2

681,284,832

99.51

3,359,941

0.49

3,755,908

20. To authorise by special resolution the calling of general meetings (not being an annual general meeting) by notice of not less than 14 clear days2

560,711,765

81.51

127,174,764

18.49

514,152

21. To authorise by ordinary resolution the adoption of The British Land Company Long-Term Incentive Plan 20132

654,652,842

96.39

24,507,477

3.61

9,240,362

22. To authorise the Directors by ordinary resolution to offer ordinary shares (scrip dividends) to shareholders as an alternative to cash dividends.2

687,550,156

99.94

387,841

0.06

462,685

Note 1: A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against each resolution.

Note 2: These resolutions were proposed as Special Business.

 

 

 


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