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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.