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15 July 2011
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 587,653,261 ordinary shares of the Company, representing 66.2 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 2011. | 581,335,305 | 99.00 | 5,855,544 | 1.00 | 461,411 |
2. To approve the directors' remuneration report. | 549,844,256 | 96.47 | 20,102,754 | 3.53 | 14,705,420 |
3. To elect Lucinda Bell as a Director. | 584,739,921 | 99.54 | 2,729,064 | 0.46 | 183,276 |
4. To elect Simon Borrows as a Director. | 585,737,100 | 99.71 | 1,731,016 | 0.29 | 184,145 |
5. To elect William Jackson as a Director. | 585,718,728 | 99.71 | 1,731,691 | 0.29 | 201,842 |
6. To re-elect Aubrey Adams as a Director. | 566,018,244 | 96.84 | 18,442,523 | 3.16 | 191,494 |
7. To re-elect John Gildersleeve as a Director. | 585,941,801 | 99.74 | 1,514,994 | 0.26 | 195,466 |
8. To re-elect Dido Harding as a Director. | 586,188,128 | 99.78 | 1,264,972 | 0.22 | 199,161 |
9. To re-elect Chris Gibson-Smith as a Director. | 585,754,375 | 99.70 | 1,734,459 | 0.30 | 163,427 |
10. To re-elect Chris Grigg as a Director. | 584,544,092 | 99.50 | 2,943,466 | 0.50 | 164,703 |
11. To re-elect Charles Maudsley as a Director. | 584,551,494 | 99.50 | 2,932,297 | 0.50 | 168,470 |
12. To re-elect Richard Pym as a Director. | 575,970,090 | 99.47 | 3,072,548 | 0.53 | 8,609,622 |
13. To re-elect Tim Roberts as a Director. | 584,548,806 | 99.50 | 2,935,451 | 0.50 | 168,004 |
14. To re-elect Stephen Smith as a Director. | 584,540,869 | 99.50 | 2,938,989 | 0.50 | 172,403 |
15. To re-elect Lord Turnbull as a Director. | 581,964,092 | 99.66 | 1,992,030 | 0.34 | 3,696,138 |
16. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditors of the Company. | 570,754,032 | 97.83 | 12,632,653 | 2.17 | 4,265,665 |
17. To authorise the directors to agree the auditors remuneration. | 572,796,406 | 98.25 | 10,175,294 | 1.75 | 4,680,561 |
18. To authorise the Company by ordinary resolution to make limited political donations and political expenditure of not more than £20,000 in total2. | 532,725,792 | 97.38 | 14,352,176 | 2.62 | 37,574,293 |
19. To authorise by ordinary resolution amendments to the Fund Managers' Performance Plan2. | 573,239,559 | 98.09 | 11,187,352 | 1.91 | 225,170 |
20. To authorise by ordinary resolution amendments to the Share Incentive Plan2. | 586,544,668 | 99.93 | 433,581 | 0.07 | 674,012 |
21. To authorise the directors by ordinary resolution to allot shares up to a limited amount2 | 563,070,765 | 96.53 | 20,246,741 | 3.47 | 4,334,755 |
22. To authorise the directors by special resolution to allot shares and sell treasury shares without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders2 | 574,688,200 | 97.82 | 12,793,579 | 2.18 | 170,482 |
23. To authorise the Company by special resolution to purchase its own shares2 | 585,384,397 | 99.64 | 2,137,690 | 0.36 | 131,174 |
24. 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 | 494,649,800 | 84.63 | 89,834,401 | 15.37 | 168,060 |
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.