Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8008X

Persimmon PLC

01 May 2019

 

1 May 2019

PERSIMMON PLC (THE 'COMPANY')

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULTS

Persimmon Plc held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders at 12 noon today. All resolutions set out in the Company's Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 18 March 2019 were duly passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote.  The total number of votes received for each resolution is set out below.

	Resolution	For	% For	Against	% Against	Total Votes	% of Issued Share Capital	Votes Withheld
1	Receive report and accounts	206,028,846	99.94	127,915	0.06	206,156,761	64.72%	1,748,084
2	Declare final dividend	205,909,184	99.78	448,702	0.22	206,357,886	64.79%	1,546,959
3	Approve Annual Report on Remuneration	189,241,854	92.25	15,905,543	7.75	205,147,397	64.41%	2,756,203
4	Elect R Devlin	202,988,525	98.43	3,243,491	1.57	206,232,016	64.75%	1,672,657
5	Re-elect D Jenkinson	203,592,957	98.72	2,640,631	1.28	206,233,588	64.75%	1,671,257
6	Re-elect M Killoran	202,329,374	98.11	3,902,264	1.89	206,231,638	64.75%	1,673,002
7	Re-elect N Mills	203,329,490	98.60	2,886,201	1.40	206,215,691	64.74%	1,675,154
8	Re-elect M Sears	195,318,311	94.71	10,911,507	5.29	206,229,818	64.75%	1,675,027
9	Re-elect R Kentleton	203,805,299	98.82	2,430,302	1.18	206,235,601	64.75%	1,669,244
10	Re-elect S Litherland	203,061,143	98.46	3,167,909	1.54	206,229,052	64.75%	1,675,793
11	Re-appoint auditor	204,628,617	99.21	1,621,233	0.79	206,249,850	64.75%	1,654,995
12	Authorise Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration	206,168,427	99.96	81,789	0.04	206,250,216	64.75%	1,653,857
13	Renew authority to allot shares	198,689,071	96.34	7,547,727	3.66	206,236,798	64.75%	1,667,416
14	Renew authority to disapply pre-emption rights	205,364,254	99.58	866,039	0.42	206,230,293	64.75%	1,674,552
15	Authorise Company to make market purchases of its own shares	203,437,109	98.64	2,798,154	1.36	206,235,263	64.75%	1,669,423
16	Calling of a general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice	183,830,520	89.58	21,389,754	10.42	205,220,274	64.43%	2,683,748

Notes:

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

(ii)            Discretionary votes representing 0.07% (or less) of the votes cast were also received on each resolution and are included in the votes 'For' each resolution.

(iii)           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.

(iv)           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.

(v)           The poll results will be available to view on the Company's website https://www.persimmonhomes.com/corporate/investors/shareholder-information/meeting-information

(vi)           The issued share capital of the Company on 29 April 2019 was 318,517,590 ordinary shares.

 

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