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British Land Co PLC
18 July 2014
 



18 July 2014

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 were cast for a total of 703,289,533 ordinary shares of the Company, representing 69.44 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 Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2014.

697,966,825

99.26

5,175,439

0.74

1,067,591

2. To approve the Directors' Annual report on Remuneration.

673,635,629

97.17

19,593,933

2.83

10,980,292

3. To approve the Company's Remuneration Policy.

684,058,054

97.30

18,953,426

2.70

1,198,374

4. To elect Tim Score as a Director.

703,086,809

99.98

164,118

0.02

958,928

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

702,016,671

99.82

1,237,599

0.18

955,585

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

701,860,837

99.80

1,394,256

0.20

954,762

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

694,864,082

99.30

4,863,835

0.70

4,481,937

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

697,242,181

99.15

6,005,824

0.85

961,850

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

701,864,736

99.80

1,385,223

0.20

959,896

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

702,028,042

99.83

1,214,977

0.17

966,836

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

702,075,570

99.83

1,174,149

0.17

960,136

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

701,879,335

99.80

1,375,325

0.20

955,195

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

701,877,560

99.80

1,375,217

0.20

957,078

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

701,921,679

99.81

1,323,097

0.19

965,079

15. To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the auditor of the Company.

701,145,170

99.70

2,096,736

0.30

967,949

16. To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration.

701,080,305

99.69

2,209,162

0.31

920,388

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

697,810,718

99.26

5,232,461

0.74

1,166,675

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

614,355,748

87.99

83,894,450

12.01

5,959,657

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

696,213,074

99.60

2,784,647

0.40

5,212,134

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

701,366,621

99.73

1,922,912

0.27

920,322

21. 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

574,976,906

81.76

128,304,685

18.24

928,262

22. To authorise by ordinary resolution the renewal of the Savings-Related Share Option Scheme2

693,030,230

98.55

10,213,511

1.45

966,114

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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