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British Land Co PLC

29 July 2020

The British Land Company PLC

29 July 2020

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The British Land Company PLC (the 'Company') held its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') at York House, 45 Seymour Street, London W1H 7LX 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              Votes AGAINST              Total Votes             Votes 
                                           (1)                                               Cast             Withheld 
                                                                                                                   (2) 
                                      No. of       % of        No. of       % of        No. of           % 
                                      Shares     Shares        Shares     Shares        Shares          of 
                                                  voted                    voted                    Issued 
                                                                                                   Capital 
                                ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------- 
      To receive the 
       Annual Report 
       and audited 
       financial statements 
       of the Company 
       for the year 
       ended 31 March 
 1     2020                      608,337,779     99.98%       151,326      0.02%   608,489,105       65.66     739,592 
     -------------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To approve the 
       Directors' Remuneration 
       Report for the 
       year ended 31 
 2     March 2020                587,950,839     97.92%    12,489,619      2.08%   600,440,458       64.79   8,788,240 
     -------------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Simon Carter 
 3     as a Director             604,337,529     99.29%     4,327,830      0.71%   608,665,359       65.68     563,339 
     -------------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Lynn Gladden 
 4     as a Director             608,583,335     99.98%        97,502      0.02%   608,680,837       65.68     547,861 
     -------------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Chris Grigg 
 5     as a Director             608,538,972     99.98%       129,802      0.02%   608,668,774       65.68     559,924 
     -------------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Alistair Hughes 
 6     as a Director             604,041,004     99.24%     4,618,166      0.76%   608,659,170       65.68     569,528 
     -------------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re--elect 
       William Jackson 
 7     as a Director             608,205,284     99.93%       447,066      0.07%   608,652,350       65.68     576,348 
     -------------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Nicholas Macpherson 
 8     as a Director             605,004,475     99.40%     3,663,760      0.60%   608,668,235       65.68     560,463 
     -------------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re--elect 
       Preben Prebensen 
 9     as a Director             607,151,925     99.75%     1,501,568      0.25%   608,653,493       65.68     575,205 
     -------------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re--elect 
       Tim Score as 
 10    a Director                607,156,339     99.75%     1,501,026      0.25%   608,657,365       65.68     571,333 
     -------------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Laura Wade-Gery 
 11    as a Director             599,680,610     98.52%     9,007,825      1.48%   608,688,435       65.68     540,263 
     -------------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re--elect 
       Rebecca Worthington 
 12    as a Director             608,493,704     99.99%        76,726      0.01%   608,570,430       65.67     658,268 
     -------------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re--appoint 
       PricewaterhouseCoopers 
       LLP as auditor 
 13    of the Company            604,954,079     99.96%       219,381      0.04%   605,173,460       65.30   4,055,238 
     -------------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the Audit Committee 
       to agree the 
 14    auditor's remuneration    608,638,437     99.99%        80,169      0.01%   608,718,606       65.69     510,092 
     -------------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the Company 
       to make political 
       donations and 
       political expenditure 
       of not more 
       than GBP20,000 
 15    in total                  597,003,515     98.08%    11,691,018      1.92%   608,694,533       65.68     534,165 
     -------------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the Directors 
       to allot shares, 
       up to a limited 
 16    amount                    516,035,222     84.77%    92,703,419     15.23%   608,738,641       65.69     490,057 
     -------------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To empower the 
       Directors to 
       allot shares 
       for cash, without 
       making a pre--emptive 
       offer to shareholders, 
       up to the specified 
 17    amount (3)                585,430,207     96.42%    21,748,096      3.58%   607,178,303       65.52   2,050,395 
     -------------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      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 investment 
 18    (3)                       580,498,950     95.61%    26,651,246      4.39%   607,150,196       65.52   2,078,196 
     -------------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the Company 
       to purchase 
       its own shares, 
       up to the specified 
 19    limit(3)                  596,659,351     98.06%    11,817,515      1.94%   608,476,866       65.66     751,831 
     -------------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the calling 
       of general meetings 
       (other than 
       an annual general 
       meeting) on 
       not less than 
       14 clear days' 
 20    notice(3)                 504,701,294     82.92%   103,979,296     17.08%   608,680,590       65.68     548,109 
     -------------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  ---------- 
 

(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 27 July 2020 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 926,691,739 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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