Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9555W

Barratt Developments PLC

13 November 2014

 



BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS PLC

 

RESULTS OF THE 2014 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Barratt Developments PLC (the "Company") held its fifty-sixth Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") on Wednesday 12 November 2014, 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)
		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 auditor's report, strategic report, the directors' report and the accounts for the financial year ended 30 June 2014.	580,544,068	100%	25,789	0.00%	2,156,370	580,569,857	58.53%
2.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy set out on pages 64 to 74 of the annual report to take effect from the conclusion of the meeting.	572,737,897	99%	5,790,872	1%	4,197,458	578,528,769	58.33%
3.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report set out on pages 62 to 63 and pages 75 to 86 of the annual report for the financial year ended 30 June 2014.	574,319,290	99.26%	4,260,439	0.74%	4,146,498	578,579,729	58.33%
4.	To declare a final dividend of 7.1 pence per ordinary share in respect of the financial year ended 30 June 2014.	580,598,360	100%	9,325	0%	2,118,542	580,607,685	58.54%
5.	To elect J M Allan as a director.	577,515,192	99.47%	3,053,263	0.53%	2,157,772	580,568,455	58.53%
6.	To re-elect Mr M S Clare as a director.	556,378,333	95.83%	24,194,403	4.17%	2,153,491	580,572,736	58.54%
7.	To re-elect Mr D F Thomas as a director.	575,979,763	99.21%	4,587,389	0.79%	2,159,075	580,567,152	58.53%
8.	To re-elect Mr S J Boyes as a director.	575,996,743	99.21%	4,570,409	0.79%	2,159,075	580,567,152	58.53%
9.	To re-elect Mr M E Rolfe as a director.	578,622,453	99.66%	1,947,574	0.34%	2,156,200	580,570,027	58.53%
10.	To re-elect Mr R J Akers as a director.	578,582,111	99.66%	1,989,958	0.34%	2,154,158	580,572,069	58.54%
11.	To re-elect Miss T E Bamford as a director.	578,635,237	99.66%	1,946,264	0.34%	2,144,726	580,581,501	58.54%
12.	To re-elect Mrs N S Bibby as a director.	578,627,581	99.66%	1,954,096	0.34%	2,144,550	580,581,677	58.54%
13.	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor of the Company.	569,723,365	98.87%	6,532,404	1.13%	6,470,458	576,255,769	58.10%
14.	To authorise the directors to fix the auditor's remuneration.	573,337,526	99.15%	4,943,122	0.85%	4,445,579	578,280,648	58.30%
15.	To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure.	575,630,379	99.25%	4,348,404	0.75%	2,747,444	579,978,783	58.48%
16.	To approve the increase of the directors' fee limit from £600,000 to £800,000.	578,567,350	99.84%	921,740	0.16%	3,237,137	579,489,090	58.43%
17.	To authorise the Board to allot shares and grant subscription/conversion rights over shares.	569,867,805	98.16%	10,665,642	1.84%	2,192,780	580,533,447	58.53%
18.	To authorise the Board to allot or sell Ordinary Shares without complying with pre-emption rights.^	569,027,269	98.01%	11,538,183	1.99%	2,160,775	580,565,452	58.53%
19.	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares.^	580,334,500	99.95%	312,810	0.05%	2,078,917	580,647,310	58.54%
20.	To allow the Company to hold general meetings, other than an annual general meeting, on not less than 14 clear days' notice.^	547,208,563	94.25%	33,375,886	5.75%	2,141,778	580,584,449	58.54%

^ 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: 991,835,923

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 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20) 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:

Barratt Developments PLC

David Thomas, Group Finance Director                                             020 7299 4896

Tom Keevil, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary          01530 278 278

For media enquiries, please contact:

Barratt Developments PLC

Patrick Law, Group Corporate Affairs Director                                   020 7299 4892

Maitland

Liz Morley                                                                                           020 7379 5151

 

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