Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6702H

British Land Co PLC

13 July 2012

 



13 July 2012

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 630,839,517 ordinary shares of the Company, representing 70.96 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 2012.	625,145,618	99.19	5,106,322	0.81	587,577
2. To approve the directors' remuneration report.	582,447,056	92.89	44,581,030	7.11	3,811,487
3. To re-elect Aubrey Adams as a Director.	628,995,277	99.81	1,179,808	0.19	664,432
4. To re-elect Lucinda Bell as a Director.	628,117,682	99.67	2,071,896	0.33	649,939
5. To re-elect Simon Borrows as a Director.	624,131,005	99.58	2,639,464	0.42	4,069,048
6. To re-elect Chris Gibson-Smith as a Director.	628,340,682	99.71	1,837,134	0.29	661,701
7. To re-elect John Gildersleeve as a Director.	628,774,036	99.78	1,408,014	0.22	657,467
8. To re-elect Chris Grigg as a Director.	627,977,859	99.65	2,203,255	0.35	658,403
9. To re-elect Dido Harding as a Director.	628,908,828	99.80	1,257,086	0.20	673,603
10. To re-elect William Jackson as a Director.	628,953,589	99.81	1,227,888	0.19	658,040
11. To re-elect Charles Maudsley as a Director.	628,064,044	99.66	2,116,323	0.34	659,150
12. To re-elect Richard Pym as a Director.	628,586,606	99.75	1,595,171	0.25	657,740
13. To re-elect Tim Roberts as a Director.	628,066,776	99.66	2,118,527	0.34	654,214
14. To re-elect Stephen Smith as a Director.	628,061,508	99.66	2,114,905	0.34	663,104
15. To re-elect Lord Turnbull as a Director.	628,697,904	99.76	1,488,161	0.24	653,452
16. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditors of the Company.	610,937,285	97.44	16,080,403	2.56	3,821,829
17. To authorise the directors to agree the auditors remuneration.	616,090,612	98.27	10,857,241	1.73	3,891,664
18. To authorise the Company by ordinary resolution to make limited political donations and political expenditure of not more than £20,000 in total2.	624,075,072	99.06	5,923,785	0.94	841,366
19. To authorise the Directors by ordinary resolution to allot shares up to a limited amount2.	533,123,397	85.72	88,814,701	14.28	8,901,419
20. To authorise the Directors by special resolution to allot shares and sell treasury shares without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders2	619,543,654	99.82	1,115,127	0.18	10,181,386
21. To authorise the Company by special resolution to purchase its own shares2	624,001,145	99.55	2,829,521	0.45	4,007,760
22. 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	514,382,340	81.62	115,834,102	18.38	623,075

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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