AGM Information • Jul 15, 2022
AGM Information
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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:
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:
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.
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.
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.
That:
(a) the Directors are generally and unconditionally authorised pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act) to:
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).
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.
(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;
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.
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:
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.
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:
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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