British Land Co PLC

AGM Information • Jul 13, 2021

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British Land Co PLC

13 July 2021

The British Land Company PLC

13 July 2021

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The British Land Company PLC (the 'Company') held its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') at 100 Liverpool Street, London EC2M 2RH earlier today. All resolutions were voted on by way of a poll and were passed by shareholders. The results of the poll are set out below.

Resolutions		Votes FOR1		Votes AGAINST		Total Votes Cast		Votes Withheld2
No. of Shares	% of Shares voted	No. of Shares	% of Shares voted	No. of Shares	% of Issued Capital
1	To receive the Annual Report and audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2021	621,403,054	99.99	31,522	0.01	621,434,576	67.06	965,198
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2021	612,435,184	98.61	8,657,032	1.39	621,092,216	67.02	1,307,558
3	To declare a final dividend of 6.64p per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2021	620,642,225	99.83	1,032,056	0.17	621,674,281	67.08	725,493
4	To re-elect Simon Carter as a Director	621,486,568	99.98	126,684	0.02	621,613,252	67.08	786,965
5	To re-elect Lynn Gladden as a Director	621,454,633	99.97	167,129	0.03	621,621,762	67.08	778,455
6	To elect Irvinder Goodhew as a Director	621,524,763	99.98	96,317	0.02	621,621,080	67.08	779,137
7	To re--elect Alastair Hughes as a Director	621,457,291	99.98	150,477	0.02	621,607,768	67.08	792,449
8	To re-elect Nicholas Macpherson as a Director	621,524,535	99.99	72,648	0.01	621,597,183	67.07	803,034
9	To re--elect Preben Prebensen as a Director	621,458,520	99.97	159,972	0.03	621,618,492	67.08	781,725
10	To re--elect Tim Score as a Director	620,871,116	99.88	736,986	0.12	621,608,102	67.08	792,115
11	To re-elect Laura Wade-Gery as a Director	613,799,960	98.74	7,817,263	1.26	621,617,223	67.08	782,994
12	To elect Loraine Woodhouse as a Director	621,508,730	99.98	103,888	0.02	621,612,618	67.08	787,599
13	To re--appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company	619,590,349	99.67	2,050,447	0.33	621,640,796	67.08	759,421
14	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration	620,854,080	99.87	799,358	0.13	621,653,438	67.08	746,779
15	To authorise the Company to make political donations and political expenditure of not more than £20,000 in total	615,499,951	99.01	6,141,009	0.99	621,640,960	67.08	759,257
16	To authorise the Directors to allot shares, up to a limited amount	550,151,944	88.50	71,489,271	11.50	621,641,215	67.08	759,001
17	To empower the Directors to allot shares for cash, without making a pre--emptive offer to shareholders, up to the specified amount 3	619,335,614	99.94	361,445	0.06	619,697,059	66.87	2,703,158
18	To empower the Directors to allot additional shares for cash, without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders, up to the specified amount for use in connection with an acquisition or capital investment 3	607,137,948	97.97	12,565,633	2.03	619,703,581	66.87	2,696,636
19	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares, up to the specified limit3	619,136,843	99.68	1,990,302	0.32	621,127,145	67.02	1,273,072
20	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice3	524,556,746	84.38	97,113,639	15.62	621,670,385	67.08	729,832

1 Includes discretionary votes.

2 A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.

3 Special Resolution (75% majority required).

The total voting rights of the Company as at 6.30pm on 9 July 2021 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 926,732,278 ordinary shares of 25 pence each (excluding treasury shares).

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the resolutions passed at the AGM, other than resolutions constituting ordinary business, will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.  A copy of the poll results for the AGM will also shortly be available on the British Land website (www.britishland.com/investors).

Enquiries:

Company Secretariat

British Land                                                      

York House, 45 Seymour Street, London W1H 7LX

020 7486 4466

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