13th Jul 2007 17:44
British Land Co PLC13 July 2007 13th July 2007 THE BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Board of British Land announces the results of the polls taken at the AnnualGeneral Meeting of the Company held earlier today. Votes (including voteswithheld) were cast for a total of 305,454,907 ordinary shares of the Company,representing 59 per cent. of the total number of votes capable of being cast atthe meeting. Full details of the results of the poll are set out in the Appendix to thisannouncement. Contacts The British Land Company PLCLaura de VereCorporate Communications Director 020 7486 4466 Finsbury:Ed Simpkins/Faeth Birch 020 7251 3801 Appendix RESOLUTION VOTES VOTES For Against WITHHELD1 Shares As % of Shares As % of Shares votes votes cast1 cast11 To receivethe Report ofthe Directorsand auditedAccounts forthe year ended31 March 2007 305,190,946 99.91 263,479 0.09 4822 To declarea FinalDividend forthe year ended31 March 2007 305,100,067 99.90 292,566 0.10 62,2743 To re-electMr Bowden as aDirector 304,144,738 99.57 1,298,979 0.43 11,1904 To re-electMr Cowdery asa Director 304,800,838 99.79 630,934 0.21 23,135 5 Resolution withdrawn following the death of Mr Travers 6 Tore-appointDeloitte &Touche LLP asAuditors 299,240,349 98.21 5,444,359 1.79 770,1997 Toauthorise theDirectors tofix theremunerationof theAuditors 299,393,564 99.22 2,338,770 0.78 3,722,5738 To approvetheRemunerationReport andpolicy set outtherein 257,665,842 88.71 32,807,591 11.29 14,981,4749 To renew byOrdinaryResolution thedirectors'authority toallot unissuedshare capitalor convertiblesecurities(Section 80Companies Act1985) 2 302,607,343 99.67 1,008,194 0.33 1,839,37010 To renewby SpecialResolution thelimited waiverof pre-emptionrightsattaching tofuture issuesof equitysecurities forcash.(Section 89(1)Companies Act1985) 2 304,788,895 99.81 570,859 0.19 95,15311 To grantby SpecialResolutionauthority tothe Company toexercise itspower topurchase itsown shares2 305,091,442 99.88 352,263 0.12 11,20212 To approveby SpecialResolutionamendments tothe Company'sArticles ofAssociation2 305,304,652 99.98 49,485 0.02 100,77013 To approveby OrdinaryResolution theuse ofelectronicmeans tocommunicatewithshareholders2 305,351,406 99.98 64,627 0.02 38,87414 To approveby OrdinaryResolution anamendment toThe BritishLand LongTerm IncentivePlan2 259,077,889 85.91 42,480,348 14.09 3,896,670 Note 1: A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in thecalculation of the proportion of the votes for and against each resolution. Note 2: These resolutions were proposed as Special Business. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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