Results of AGM and GM

RNS Number : 7250C

Persimmon PLC

18 April 2013

 

PERSIMMON PLC (THE 'COMPANY')

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING & GENERAL MEETING RESULTS

At the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 18 April 2013 each of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 18 March 2013 was passed on a show of hands.   At the General Meeting held on the same day the special resolution set out in the Circular to shareholders dated 18 March 2013 was also passed on a show of hands.

For information, a breakdown of proxy votes lodged prior to both meetings is available on the Company's website, www.corporate.persimmonhomes.com and a summary is set out below:-

Annual General Meeting

No	Resolution	For	Percentage For	Against	Percentage Against	Total Votes	Votes Withheld
1.	Receive report and accounts	205,618,165	99.91	1,852	0.00	205,795,592	1,446,103
2.	Approve remuneration report	161,585,449	78.19	44,896,486	21.72	206,662,205	578,306
3.	Re-elect N Wrigley	204,805,220	99.10	1,680,993	0.81	206,668,824	572,993
4.	Re-elect J Fairburn	205,098,977	99.46	914,353	0.44	206,208,542	1,033,275
5.	Re-elect M Killoran	205,580,036	99.47	912,086	0.44	206,675,597	566,201
6.	Elect N Greenaway	205,554,235	99.46	925,164	0.45	206,675,080	566,718
7.	Re-elect R Pennycook	205,169,757	99.34	1,169,929	0.57	206,523,223	718,594
8.	Re-elect J Davie	196,599,336	95.13	9,872,445	4.78	206,670,533	571,284
9.	Re-elect M Preston	203,652,141	99.04	1,790,756	0.87	205,627,408	1,614,409
10.	Elect M Sears	205,466,863	99.42	1,009,750	0.49	206,662,560	579,257
11.	Re-appoint auditor and authorise directors to determine their remuneration	201,807,005	98.14	3,642,979	1.77	205,636,045	1,604,883
12.	Authority to allot shares	205,267,227	99.32	1,216,222	0.59	206,671,638	569,751
13.	Authority to Dis-apply pre-emption rights	205,895,848	99.63	571,823	0.28	206,658,947	582,870
14.	Authority to make market purchases of shares	206,118,486	99.73	378,231	0.18	206,684,916	556,901
15.	Calling of a general meeting on not less than 14 days notice	190,440,860	92.14	16,052,485	7.77	206,683,117	558,700

General Meeting

No	Resolution	For	Percentage For	Against	Percentage Against	Total Votes	Votes Withheld
1.	Approve the return of cash of 75p to shareholders	208,957,326	99.78	279,165	0.13	209,422,342	1,489,218

Notes:

(i)             Discretionary votes not shown

(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)           At the AGM resolution numbers 1-12 were ordinary resolutions and resolution numbers 13-15 were special resolutions. The resolution passed at the General Meeting was a special resolution.

(iv)           The issued share capital of the Company on 18 April 2013 was 303,330,997 ordinary shares.

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

 

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