Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Jul 15, 2025
Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements
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British Land Co PLC
15 July 2025
15 July 2025
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 FOR 1 | Votes AGAINST | Total Votes Cast | Votes Withheld 2 | ||||
| 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 for the year ended 31 March 2025 | 732,516,982 | 99.97 | 249,514 | 0.03 | 732,766,496 | 73.34% | 668,729 |
| 2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2025 | 680,636,151 | 92.81 | 52,704,343 | 7.19 | 733,340,494 | 73.40% | 94,731 |
| 3 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 692,241,284 | 94.40 | 41,089,905 | 5.60 | 733,331,189 | 73.39% | 104,036 |
| 4 | To declare a final dividend of 10.56p per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2025 | 733,343,251 | 99.99 | 62,905 | 0.01 | 733,406,156 | 73.40% | 29,069 |
| 5 | To re-appoint Mark Aedy as a Director | 733,009,574 | 99.96 | 286,227 | 0.04 | 733,295,801 | 73.39% | 139,424 |
| 6 | To re-appoint Simon Carter as a Director | 733,128,282 | 99.98 | 165,732 | 0.02 | 733,294,014 | 73.39% | 141,211 |
| 7 | To re-appoint Lynn Gladden as a Director | 693,797,561 | 94.61 | 39,509,759 | 5.39 | 733,307,320 | 73.39% | 127,905 |
| 8 | To re-appoint Alastair Hughes as a Director | 718,017,832 | 97.92 | 15,265,506 | 2.08 | 733,283,338 | 73.39% | 151,881 |
| 9 | To re-appoint Amanda James as a Director | 732,607,426 | 99.90 | 710,300 | 0.10 | 733,317,726 | 73.39% | 117,493 |
| 10 | To re-appoint Amanda Mackenzie as a Director | 714,761,900 | 97.47 | 18,548,316 | 2.53 | 733,310,216 | 73.39% | 125,003 |
| 11 | To re-appoint Mary Ricks as a Director | 733,118,346 | 99.97 | 194,033 | 0.03 | 733,312,379 | 73.39% | 122,840 |
| 12 | To re-appoint William Rucker as a Director | 658,358,461 | 89.87 | 74,225,433 | 10.13 | 732,583,894 | 73.32% | 851,325 |
| 13 | To appoint David Walker as a Director | 730,753,036 | 99.65 | 2,550,046 | 0.35 | 733,303,082 | 73.39% | 132,137 |
| 14 | To re-appoint Loraine Woodhouse as a Director | 656,612,878 | 89.54 | 76,688,992 | 10.46 | 733,301,870 | 73.39% | 129,076 |
| 15 | To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company | 655,401,193 | 89.37 | 77,966,346 | 10.63 | 733,367,539 | 73.40% | 67,680 |
| 16 | To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration | 722,967,610 | 98.59 | 10,375,457 | 1.41 | 733,343,067 | 73.40% | 92,152 |
| 17 | To authorise the Company to make political donations and political expenditure of not more than £20,000 in total | 729,063,923 | 99.41 | 4,317,924 | 0.59 | 733,381,847 | 73.40% | 53,372 |
| 18 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares, up to the specified amount | 621,457,871 | 84.74 | 111,902,987 | 15.26 | 733,360,858 | 73.40% | 71,867 |
| 19 | To empower the Directors to allot shares for cash, without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders, up to the specified amount3 | 715,008,538 | 97.50 | 18,367,704 | 2.50 | 733,376,242 | 73.40% | 58,977 |
| 20 | 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 investment3 | 649,399,153 | 88.96 | 80,564,776 | 11.04 | 729,963,929 | 73.06% | 3,471,296 |
| 21 | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares, up to the specified limit3 | 730,353,745 | 99.87 | 918,591 | 0.13 | 731,272,336 | 73.19% | 2,162,883 |
| 22 | To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice3 | 649,550,077 | 88.57 | 83,835,600 | 11.43 | 733,385,677 | 73.40% | 49,548 |
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 11 July 2025 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 999,168,241 ordinary shares of 25 pence each (excluding treasury shares).
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2 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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