10th Jul 2009 17:43
10 July 2009
THE BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND GENERAL MEETING
The Board of British Land announces the results of the polls taken at the Annual General Meeting and General Meeting of the Company held earlier today.
Annual General Meeting
Votes (including votes withheld) were cast for a total of 515,047,799 ordinary shares of the Company, representing 60.44 per cent. of the total number of votes capable of being cast at
the meeting.
General Meeting
Votes (including votes withheld) were cast for a total of 464,092,553 ordinary shares of the Company, representing 54.46 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.
Media enquiries:
British Land: Laura De Vere - Tel: +44 (0)20 7467 2920 Mobile: + 44 (0)7739 292920
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APPENDIX
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
RESOLUTION VOTES VOTES
For Against WITHHELD1
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 2009 507,949,987 98.97 5,297,091 1.03 1,800,701
2 To re-elect
C Gibson-Smith
as a Director 486,117,759 94.62 27,659,643 5.38 1,270,377
3 To re-elect
C Grigg as a
Director 512,839,453 99.82 932,955 0.18 1,275,371
4 To re-elect
A Jones as
a Director 512,844,610 99.82 921,802 0.18 1,281,367
5 To re-elect
T Roberts
as a Director 512,849,592 99.82 920,898 0.18 1,277,289
6 To re-elect
J Gildersleeve
as a Director 506,965,669 98.68 6,803,929 1.32 1,278,181
7 To re-elect
A Adams as
a Director 501,542,188 97.62 12,228,744 2.38 1,276,847
8 To re-elect
R Swannell as
a Director 494,886,158 96.11 20,053,404 3.89 108,217
9 To re-elect
Lord Turnbull
As a Director 494,844,113 96.32 18,923,370 3.68 1,280,296
10 To
re-appoint
Deloitte LLP
As Auditors 476,994,199 92.64 37,918,146 7.36 135,434
11 To
authorise the
Directors to
fix the
remuneration
of the
Auditors 484,202,946 94.25 29,567,207 5.75 1,277,626
12 To approve
the
Remuneration
Report and
policy set out
therein 249,587,675 66.57 125,319,482 33.43 140,140,622
13 To renew by
Ordinary
Resolution the
directors'
authority to
allot unissued
share capital
or convertible
securities
(Section 80
Companies Act
1985) 2 504,718,193 98.31 8,659,951 1.69 1,669,635
14 To renew
by Special
Resolution the
limited waiver
of pre-emption
rights
attaching to
future issues
of equity
securities for
cash.
(Section 89
Companies Act
1985) 2 513,336,975 99.93 354,000 0.07 1,356,804
15 To grant
by Special
Resolution
authority to
the Company to
exercise its
power to
purchase its
own shares 2 513,056,717 99.86 693,843 0.14 1,297,219
16 To approve
by Special
Resolution
The calling of
general meetings
(not AGMM) by
notice of at
least 14 clear
days 2 415,444,323 80.87 98,253,631 19.13 1,349,825
17 To approve
by Ordinary
Resolution
the making of
certain limited
donations to
political parties,
independent candidates
and political
organisations of
not more than
£20,000 in total 2 450,261,383 98.09 8,774,309 1.91 56,012,087
GENERAL MEETING
RESOLUTION VOTES VOTES
For Against WITHHELD1
Shares As % of Shares As % of Shares
votes votes
cast1 cast1
1 To approve by
Ordinary Resolution
an increase
in the authorised
share capital of the
Company from
£221,750,000 to
£360,000,000 by the
creation of
553,000,000 new
Ordinary shares 454,944,930 98.11 8,786,587 1.89 361,036
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.
Related Shares:
British Land