Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4854K

Persimmon PLC

16 April 2015

 



16 April 2015

PERSIMMON PLC (THE 'COMPANY')

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING RESULTS

At the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 16 April 2015 each of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 16 March 2015 was passed on a show of hands.  

For information, a breakdown of proxy votes lodged prior to the meeting is available on the Company's website at http://corporate.persimmonhomes.com/investors/shareholder-information/meeting-information and a summary is set out below:-

	Resolution	For	% For	Against	% Against	Total Votes	Votes Withheld
1	Receive report and accounts	202,752,125	99.89	59,799	0.03	202,983,984	926,713
2	Approve Annual Report on Remuneration	198,920,016	97.81	4,292,177	2.11	203,383,503	527,194
3	Re-elect N Wrigley	200,009,883	98.34	3,205,089	1.58	203,392,090	518,606
4	Re-elect J Fairburn	201,540,381	99.09	1,662,680	0.82	203,391,966	518,731
5	Re-elect M Killoran	201,344,740	98.99	1,867,387	0.92	203,389,785	520,912
6	Re-elect N Greenaway	201,522,685	99.08	1,689,697	0.83	203,391,966	518,731
7	Re-elect D Jenkinson	201,497,122	99.07	1,704,939	0.84	203,391,966	518,731
8	Re-elect R Pennycook	199,942,785	99.03	1,781,356	0.88	201,904,464	2,006,231
9	Re-elect J Davie	202,228,261	99.43	972,560	0.48	203,390,908	519,789
10	Re-elect M Preston	200,301,890	99.21	1,411,193	0.70	201,903,566	2,007,129
11	Re-elect M Sears	202,240,591	99.43	970,038	0.48	203,390,086	520,611
12	Appoint auditor and authorise Directors to determine their remuneration	201,012,643	98.85	2,155,418	1.06	203,343,516	565,180
13	Authority to allot shares	201,943,211	99.29	1,270,414	0.62	203,388,743	521,736
14	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	202,787,041	99.71	422,881	0.21	203,385,744	524,735
15	Authority to make market purchases of shares	202,360,205	99.5	863,162	0.42	203,386,424	524,273
16	Calling of a general meeting on not less than 14 days notice	183,500,335	90.22	19,725,597	9.70	203,400,280	510,417

Notes:

(i)             Discretionary votes representing less than 0.1% of the votes cast were also received on each resolution.

(ii)            A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the total number of votes cast on a resolution or in the calculation of the percentages of the votes cast for or against a resolution.

(iii)           Resolutions 1-13 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14-16 were special resolutions.

(iv)           The issued share capital of the Company on 16 April 2015 was 306,540,932 ordinary shares.

Copies of the resolutions dealing with special business passed at the Annual General Meeting have been sent to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection.

G N Francis

Group Company Secretary

 

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