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British Land Co PLC

AGM Information Jul 15, 2022

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Company Number: 621920

THE COMPANIES ACT 2006 COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES RESOLUTIONS OF THE BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC (the Company)

At the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company held at 100 Liverpool Street, London, EC2M 2RH on 12 July 2022, the following resolutions relating to the Special Business of the AGM were passed:

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

RESOLUTION 17

That the Company, and any company which is or becomes a subsidiary of the Company at any time during the period to which this resolution relates, is generally authorised to:

  • (a) make donations to political parties and independent election candidates;
  • (b) make donations to political organisations other than political parties; and
  • (c) incur political expenditure,

during the period commencing on the date this resolution is passed and ending at the earlier of the conclusion of the Company's annual general meeting to be held in 2023 or close of business on 29 September 2023 provided that, in each case, any such donation and expenditure made by the Company or by any such subsidiary shall not exceed £20,000 per company and together, those made by any subsidiary and the Company shall not exceed in aggregate £20,000.

Any terms used in this resolution which are defined in Part 14 of the Companies Act 2006 shall bear the same meaning for the purposes of this resolution.

RESOLUTION 18

That the Directors are generally and unconditionally authorised to offer holders of ordinary shares the right to elect to receive ordinary shares in the capital of the Company, credited as fully paid, instead of cash in respect of the whole (or some part, to be determined by the Directors) of any dividends declared or paid during the period starting from the date of this resolution and ending on the earlier of three years from the date of this resolution and the beginning of the third Annual General Meeting of the Company following the date of this resolution, and the Directors are permitted to do all acts and things required or be done in Article 178 of the Articles of Association of the Company.

RESOLUTION 19

That, the British Land Share Incentive Plan (the SIP) and trust deed and rules, copies of which are produced to the meeting and signed by the chairman for the purposes of identification and summarised in the explanatory notes to the Notice, be and are hereby approved and renewed.

RESOLUTION 20

That:

(a) the Directors are generally and unconditionally authorised pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act) to:

  • (i) allot shares in the Company, and to grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, shares in the Company:
    • A. up to an aggregate nominal amount of £77,237,612; and
    • B. comprising equity securities (as defined in the Act) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £154,475,224 (including within the applicable limit any shares issued or rights granted under paragraph A above) in connection with an offer by way of a rights issue:
      • i. to holders of ordinary shares in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings; and
      • ii. to people who are holders of other equity securities (as defined in section 560 of the Act), as required by the rights of those securities or as the Directors otherwise consider necessary,

and so that the Directors may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which they consider necessary or appropriate to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter; for a period expiring at the conclusion of the Company's AGM in 2023 or close of business on 29 September 2023 (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked or varied by the Company at a general meeting).

  • (ii) make an offer or agreement before the expiry of this authority which would or might require shares to be allotted, or rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares to be granted, after the expiry of this authority and the Directors may allot shares and grant rights in pursuance of that offer or agreement as if this authority had not expired;
  • (b) subject to paragraph (c) below, all existing authorities vested in the Directors on the date of this Notice to allot shares or grant rights pursuant to section 551 of that remain unexercised at the commencement of the meeting are revoked; and
  • (c) paragraph (b) above shall be without prejudice to the continuing authority of the Directors to allot shares, or grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares, pursuant to an offer or agreement made by the Company before the expiry of the authority pursuant to which such offer or agreement was made.

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

RESOLUTION 21

THAT, subject to passing resolution 20, and in place of the existing power given to them pursuant to the special resolution of the Company passed on 13 July 2021, the Directors are empowered pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act) to allot equity securities for cash pursuant to the authority conferred by resolution 20 as if section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to the allotment.

This power:

(a) expires on the revocation or expiry (unless renewed) of the authority conferred on the Directors by resolution 20, but the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after expiry of this power and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of that offer or agreement as if this power had not expired;

  • (b) shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities in connection with an offer of equity securities (but in the case of the authority granted under resolution 20 (a)(i)(2) by way of a rights issue only):
    • (i) to the ordinary shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings; and
    • (ii) to people who hold other equity securities, if this is required by the rights of those securities or, if the Directors consider it necessary, as permitted by the rights of those securities,

and so that the Directors may limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which they consider necessary or appropriate to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter; and

(c) in the case of the authority granted under resolution 20 (a)(i)(1) shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities for cash otherwise than pursuant to paragraph (b) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £11,585,641.

This power applies in relation to a sale of shares which is an allotment of equity securities by virtue of section 560(3) of the Act as if in the first paragraph of this resolution the words 'pursuant to the authority conferred by resolution 20' were omitted.

RESOLUTION 22

THAT, subject to passing resolution 20 and in addition to any power granted under resolution 21, the Directors are empowered pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act) to allot equity securities for cash pursuant to the authority conferred by resolution 20 as if section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to the allotment.

This power:

  • (a) expires on the revocation or expiry (unless renewed) of the authority conferred on the Directors by resolution 20, but the Company make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after expiry of this power and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of that offer or agreement as if the power had not expired;
  • (b) in the case of the authority granted under resolution 20 (a)(i)(1) shall be:
    • (i)
    • (ii) used only for the purposes of financing (or refinancing, it the power is to be exercised within six months after the date of the original transaction which the Directors determine to be an acquisition or other capital investment of a kind contemplated by the current of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights published by the Pre-Emption Group in 2015.

This power applies in relation to a sale of shares which is an allotment of equity securities by virtue of section 560(3) of the Act as if in the first paragraph of this resolution the words 'pursuant to the authority conferred by resolution 20' were omitted.

RESOLUTION 23

THAT the Company is generally and unconditionally authorised to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Act) of its ordinary shares, subject to the following conditions:

  • (a) the maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares authorised to be purchased is 92,685,134;
  • (b) the minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for an ordinary share is its nominal value;
  • (c) the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for each ordinary share is the higher of: (i) an amount equal to 105% of the average of the middle market quotations of an ordinary share of the Company as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the ordinary share is contracted to be purchased; and (ii) an amount equal to the higher of the last independent trade of an ordinary share and the highest current independent bid for an ordinary share as derived from the London Stock Exchange trading system (SETS);
  • (d) this authority shall expire at the earlier of the Conclusion of the Company's AGM in 2023 or close of business on 29 September 2023; and
  • (e) a contract to purchase shares under this authority may be made before the expiry of this authority, and concluded in whole or in part after the expiry of this authority.

RESOLUTION 24

THAT a general meeting of the Company, other than an annual general meeting, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

BRONA MCKEOWN General Counsel and Company Secretary 14 July 2022

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