Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9234Y

British Land Co PLC

11 July 2008

 



British Land Co PLC

11 July 2008

  THE BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC

  RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Board of British Land announces the results of the polls taken at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held earlier today. Votes (including votes withheld) were cast for a total of 303,023,017 ordinary shares of the Company, representing 59.28 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 to this announcement.

Media enquiries:

British Land: Laura De Vere - Laura De Vere - Tel: [phone] Mobile: [phone]

Finsbury: Ed Simpkins - Tel: [phone] Mobile: [phone]

  Appendix

RESOLUTION                                                                       VOTES                                          VOTES WITHHELD ⁽¹⁾

                                                                For                                             Against

                                                             Shares              As % of                 Shares         As % of            Shares

                                                                                     votes                                         votes

                                                                                     cast ⁽¹⁾                                       cast ⁽¹⁾

1 To receive the Report of

the Directors and audited

Accounts for the year ended

31 March 2008                                   302,161,379      99.88                    357,879        0.12              503,759

2 To declare a Final

Dividend for

the year ended

31 March 2008                                  302,999,913       99.99                       22,622        0.01                   482 

3 To re-elect

S Hester as a

Director                                              300,884,045      99.30                   2,116,465        0.70              22,507

4 To re-elect

G Roberts as

a Director                                           302,084,672       99.70                      918,583        0.30             19,762

5 To re-appoint

Deloitte &

Touche LLP as

Auditors                                              298,340,796       99.58                  1,254,513         0.42        3,427,708

6 To authorise the

Directors to fix the

remuneration of the

Auditors                                              301,815,666       99.61                  1,189,552         0.39             17,799 

7 To approve the

Remuneration

Report and

policy set out

therein                                               290,783,838        96.91                  9,267,224           3.09        2,971,955 

8 To renew by Ordinary

Resolution the

directors' authority to

allot unissued

share capital

or convertible securities

(Section 80

Companies Act 1985) ⁽²⁾                    295,991,172       97.72                  6,914,963           2.28            116,882 

9 To renew by Special

Resolution the

limited waiver

of pre-emption

rights attaching to

future issues

of equity

securities for cash.

(Section 89

Companies Act1985) ⁽²⁾                     302,576,879      99.89                    324,939              0.11            121,199 

10 To grant by Special

Resolution

authority to

the Company to

exercise its power to

purchase its

own shares  ⁽²⁾                                   302,969,164      99.99                      37,491              0.01              16,362

11 To approve

by Special

Resolution

amendments to

the Company's

Articles of

Association  ⁽²⁾                                  301,283,172      99.57                  1,307,225            0.43           432,620

12 To approve by Special

Resolution amendments to

the Company's

Articles of Association 

Adopted pursuant to 

Resolution 11 ⁽²⁾                               301,927,920      99.78                     652,663             0.22          442,434

13 To approve by Ordinary

Resolution an

amendment to

The British Land Fund 

Managers' 

Performance Plan  ⁽²⁾                         295,034,829     99.76                     699,744              0.24       7,288,444

14 To approve by Ordinary

Resolution an

amendment to

The British Land Fund 

Managers' Performance 

Plan, to Commence from 

1 April 2007 ⁽²⁾                                 290,210,317     98.13                  5,522,928             1.87       7,289,772

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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