Barratt Developments PLC (the "Company") held its fifty-fifth Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") on Wednesday 13 November 2013, at The British Medical Association, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP.
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 2013. |
565,678,330 |
99.94
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348,026
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0.06 |
24,677 |
566,026,356 |
57.52 |
2. |
To declare a final dividend of 2.5 pence per ordinary share in respect of the financial year ended 30 June 2013. |
566,034,388 |
100.00 |
12,084 |
0.00 |
1,561 |
566,046,472 |
57.52 |
3. |
To elect Mrs N S Bibby as a director. |
563,107,707 |
99.49 |
2,893,051 |
0.51 |
50,275 |
566,000,758 |
57.52 |
4. |
To re-elect Mr R A Lawson as a director. |
558,969,125 |
98.76 |
7,015,228 |
1.24 |
66,680 |
565,984,353 |
57.52 |
5. |
To re-elect Mr M S Clare as a director. |
547,895,223 |
96.80 |
18,097,105 |
3.20 |
58,705 |
565,992,328 |
57.52 |
6. |
To re-elect Mr D F Thomas as a director. |
563,430,422 |
99.55 |
2,546,068 |
0.45 |
74,543 |
565,976,490 |
57.52 |
7. |
To re-elect Mr S J Boyes as a director. |
563,433,632 |
99.55 |
2,551,182 |
0.45 |
66,219 |
565,984,814 |
57.52 |
8. |
To re-elect Mr M E Rolfe as a director. |
561,815,337 |
99.26 |
4,163,168 |
0.74 |
72,528 |
565,978,505 |
57.52 |
9. |
To re-elect Mr R J Akers as a director. |
561,303,597 |
99.42 |
3,281,047 |
0.58 |
1,466,389 |
564,584,644 |
57.38 |
10. |
To re-elect Miss T E Bamford as a director. |
561,281,412 |
99.41 |
3,313,231 |
0.59 |
1,456,390 |
564,594,643 |
57.38 |
11. |
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor of the Company. |
551,630,334 |
98.22 |
9,992,572 |
1.78 |
4,428,127 |
561,622,906 |
57.08 |
12. |
To authorise the directors to fix the auditor's remuneration. |
555,393,540 |
98.64 |
7,640,190 |
1.36 |
3,017,303 |
563,033,730 |
57.22 |
13. |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2013. |
540,549,202 |
99.15 |
4,659,006 |
0.85 |
20,842,825 |
545,208,208 |
55.41 |
14. |
To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure. |
559,835,000 |
98.96 |
5,898,338 |
1.04 |
318,695 |
565,733,338 |
57.49 |
15. |
To authorise the Board to allot shares and grant subscription/conversion rights over shares. |
565,157,076 |
99.86 |
771,006 |
0.14 |
122,951 |
565,928,082 |
57.51 |
16. |
To authorise the Board to allot equity securities.^ |
565,048,732 |
99.85 |
854,109 |
0.15 |
148,192 |
565,902,841 |
57.51 |
17. |
To authorise the Board to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares.^ |
561,045,602 |
99.37 |
3,538,542 |
0.63 |
1,463,889 |
564,584,144 |
57.38 |
18. |
To allow the Company to hold general meetings, other than an annual general meeting, on not less than 14 clear days' notice.^ |
532,920,292 |
94.18 |
32,909,839 |
5.82 |
35,902 |
565,830,131 |
57.50 |
^ Indicates a special resolution requiring a 75% majority.
*A vote withheld is not a vote in law.
Issued share capital as at voting record date: 984,006,849
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 Patrick Law, Group Corporate Affairs Director |
020 7299 4892 |
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Maitland |
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Liz Morley |
020 7379 5151 |