RNS Number : 1661R
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 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 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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