Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3731L

Persimmon PLC

29 April 2020

 

29 April 2020

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dated 17 March 2020 were duly passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote, except for Resolution 2, which was withdrawn. The total number of votes received for each resolution is set out below.

	Resolution	Votes For	% For	Votes Against	% Against	Total Votes	% of Issued Share Capital	Votes Withheld
1	Receive report and accounts	199,202,933	99.98	47,164	0.02	199,250,097	62.47%	1,322,427
2	Declare final dividend	R E S O L U T I O N  W I T H D R A W N
3	Approve Directors' Remuneration Policy	196,105,834	97.80	4,403,134	2.20	200,508,968	62.87%	63,556
4	Approve Annual Report on Remuneration	198,263,119	99.50	999,047	0.50	199,262,166	62.48%	1,310,380
5	Re-elect R Devlin	198,340,049	99.19	1,621,553	0.81	199,961,602	62.70%	604,918
6	Re-elect D Jenkinson	200,365,199	99.93	142,088	0.07	200,507,287	62.87%	65,036
7	Re-elect M Killoran	199,210,327	99.34	1,316,283	0.66	200,526,610	62.87%	45,864
8	Re-elect N Mills	199,460,074	99.47	1,062,891	0.53	200,522,965	62.87%	49,509
9	Re-elect R Kentleton	198,208,428	98.84	2,321,248	1.16	200,529,676	62.88%	42,798
10	Re-elect S Litherland	199,395,490	99.44	1,124,271	0.56	200,519,761	62.87%	50,378
11	Re-elect M Sears	196,978,910	98.82	2,346,347	1.18	199,325,257	62.50%	1,244,689
12	Elect J Place	200,253,543	99.94	117,300	0.06	200,370,843	62.83%	43,879
13	Re-appoint auditor	200,472,606	99.97	69,785	0.03	200,542,391	62.88%	30,134
14	Authorise Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration	200,467,848	99.97	59,859	0.03	200,527,707	62.88%	40,080
15	Renew authority to allot shares	195,431,837	97.69	4,625,885	2.31	200,057,722	62.73%	514,753
16	Renew authority to disapply pre-emption rights	200,123,704	99.79	414,949	0.21	200,538,653	62.88%	33,872
17	Authorise Company to make market purchases of its own shares	196,142,447	97.81	4,400,604	2.19	200,543,051	62.88%	29,473
18	Calling of a general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice	188,551,881	94.01	12,012,858	5.99	200,564,739	62.89%	7,786

Notes:

(i)	Resolutions 1-15 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16-18 were special resolutions.
(ii)	Discretionary votes representing 0.05% (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 28 April 2020 was 318,930,623 ordinary shares.

 

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