British Land Co PLC

AGM Information • Jul 12, 2022

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British Land Co PLC

12 July 2022

The British Land Company PLC

12 July 2022

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 2022	654,139,956	99.99	54,554	0.01	654,194,510	70.57	2,924,839
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2022	633,429,298	96.49	23,012,044	3.51	656,441,342	70.81	678,007
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy 2022	631,747,807	96.24	24,675,598	3.76	656,423,405	70.81	695,944
4	To declare a final dividend of 11.60p per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2022	643,963,040	98.09	12,548,772	1.91	656,511,812	70.82	607,537
5	To elect Mark Aedy as a Director	656,239,805	99.98	158,941	0.02	656,398,746	70.81	720,603
6	To re-elect Simon Carter as a Director	656,066,784	99.95	345,654	0.05	656,412,438	70.81	706,911
7	To re-elect Lynn Gladden as a Director	656,120,593	99.96	289,160	0.04	656,409,753	70.81	709,596
8	To re-elect Irvinder Goodhew as a Director	656,298,360	99.98	110,126	0.02	656,408,486	70.81	710,863
9	To re--elect Alastair Hughes as a Director	654,156,222	99.95	315,920	0.05	654,472,142	70.60	2,647,207
10	To elect Bhavesh Mistry as a Director	653,262,568	99.52	3,161,385	0.48	656,423,953	70.81	695,396
11	To re--elect Preben Prebensen as a Director	656,111,082	99.95	303,317	0.05	656,414,399	70.81	704,950
12	To re--elect Tim Score as a Director	637,161,424	97.07	19,250,141	2.93	656,411,565	70.81	707,784
13	To re-elect Laura Wade-Gery as a Director	645,700,827	98.37	10,727,988	1.63	656,428,815	70.81	690,534
14	To re-elect Loraine Woodhouse as a Director	656,194,698	99.97	228,634	0.03	656,423,332	70.81	696,017
15	To re--appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company	653,473,215	99.54	3,001,485	0.46	656,474,700	70.82	644,649
16	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration	656,183,077	99.96	289,452	0.04	656,472,529	70.82	645,946
17	To authorise the Company to make political donations and political expenditure of not more than £20,000 in total	650,651,199	99.11	5,831,724	0.89	656,482,923	70.82	636,426
18	To authorise Directors to pay dividends as shares (SCRIP dividends)	656,374,408	99.98	109,424	0.02	656,483,832	70.82	635,517
19	To approve the renewal of the Share Incentive Plan trust deed and rules	653,880,838	99.61	2,569,633	0.39	656,450,471	70.81	668,878
20	To authorise the Directors to allot shares, up to a limited amount	575,022,746	87.59	81,454,862	12.41	656,477,608	70.82	641,741
21	To empower the Directors to allot shares for cash, without making a pre--emptive offer to shareholders, up to the specified amount 3	652,240,345	99.91	581,432	0.09	652,821,777	70.42	4,297,572
22	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	645,366,810	98.86	7,456,923	1.14	652,823,733	70.42	4,295,616
23	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares, up to the specified limit3	653,944,367	99.66	2,220,226	0.34	656,164,593	70.78	953,756
24	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice3	553,091,816	84.25	103,389,862	15.75	656,481,678	70.82	636,671

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 8 July 2022 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 927,000,769 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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