Barratt Developments PLC (the "Company") held its fifty-third Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 16 November 2011, at the Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LE.
All resolutions put to the meeting were voted on by way of a poll and were passed by the shareholders. The results of the poll for each such resolution are shown below:
Poll Results
Resolution |
Votes For (including Chairman's discretionary votes) |
Votes Against |
Votes Withheld |
Total Votes Cast (excluding votes withheld) |
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|
No. of Shares |
% of shares voted |
No. of Shares |
% of shares voted |
No. of Shares |
No. of Shares |
% of issued share capital |
1. |
To receive and consider the reports of the auditor and directors and the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2011. |
483,346,809 |
99.99 |
43,102 |
0.01 |
22,124 |
483,389,911 |
50.06 |
2. |
To re-elect Mr R A Lawson as a director. |
479,134,510 |
99.13 |
4,189,276 |
0.87 |
88,249 |
483,323,786 |
50.06 |
3. |
To re-elect Mr M S Clare as a director. |
471,093,825 |
97.47 |
12,242,986 |
2.53 |
75,224 |
483,336,811 |
50.06 |
4. |
To re-elect Mr D F Thomas as a director. |
479,411,890 |
99.19 |
3,907,735 |
0.81 |
92,410 |
483,319,625 |
50.06 |
5. |
To re-elect Mr S J Boyes as a director. |
479,289,302 |
99.16 |
4,052,775 |
0.84 |
69,958 |
483,342,077 |
50.06 |
6. |
To re-elect Mr C Fenton as a director. |
479,308,152 |
99.17 |
4,028,363 |
0.83 |
75,520 |
483,336,515 |
50.06 |
7. |
To re-elect Mr R J Davies as a director. |
479,458,861 |
99.20 |
3,857,474 |
0.80 |
95,700 |
483,316,335 |
50.06 |
8. |
To re-elect Miss T E Bamford as a director. |
479,677,910 |
99.24 |
3,649,596 |
0.76 |
84,529 |
483,327,506 |
50.06 |
9. |
To re-elect Mr R MacEachrane as a director. |
479,500,644 |
99.21 |
3,820,018 |
0.79 |
91,373 |
483,320,662 |
50.06 |
10. |
To re-elect Mr M E Rolfe as a director. |
479,527,784 |
99.21 |
3,801,471 |
0.79 |
82,780 |
483,329,255 |
50.06 |
11. |
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor of the Company. |
466,848,482 |
98.68 |
6,262,333 |
1.32 |
10,301,220 |
473,110,815 |
49.00 |
12. |
To authorise the directors to fix the auditor's remuneration. |
478,065,373 |
99.55 |
2,159,434 |
0.45 |
3,187,228 |
480,224,807 |
49.74 |
13. |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2011. |
454,522,661 |
97.14 |
13,402,157 |
2.86 |
15,487,217 |
467,924,818 |
48.46 |
14. |
To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure. |
442,291,017 |
91.54 |
40,878,187 |
8.46 |
242,831 |
483,169,204 |
50.04 |
15. |
To authorise the Board to allot shares and grant subscription/conversion rights over shares. |
479,097,286 |
99.12 |
4,258,483 |
0.88 |
56,266 |
483,355,769 |
50.06 |
16. |
To authorise the Board to allot equity securities.^ |
482,887,023 |
99.91 |
432,490 |
0.09 |
92,522 |
483,319,513 |
50.06 |
17. |
To authorise the Board to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares.^ |
466,701,473 |
98.00 |
9,503,900 |
2.00 |
7,206,662 |
476,205,373 |
49.32 |
18. |
To allow the Company to hold general meetings, other than an annual general meeting, on not less than 14 clear days' notice.^ |
461,165,519 |
95.40 |
22,219,811 |
4.60 |
26,705 |
483,385,330 |
50.06 |
^ Indicates a special resolution requiring a 75% majority.
Issued share capital as at voting record date: 965,468,597.
Number of votes per share: one
Resolutions submitted to the National Storage Mechanism (the 'NSM')
Copies of all resolutions, other than those relating to ordinary business, passed at the meeting, (being Resolutions 15, 16, 17 and 18) have today been submitted to the NSM in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2.
These resolutions will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
The poll results will also be available shortly on the Company's website www.barrattdevelopments.co.uk.
For further information please contact:
Mark Clare, Group Chief Executive
David Thomas, Group Finance Director 020 7299 4898
For media enquiries, please contact:
Barratt Developments PLC
Dan Bridgett, Head of External Affairs 020 7299 4873
Maitland
Liz Morley 020 7379 5151
Neil Bennett