Taylor Wimpey plc
25 April 2019
TAYLOR WIMPEY PLC RESULTS OF THE 2019 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At the Annual General Meeting of Taylor Wimpey plc (the "Company") held at The British Medical Association, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP on Thursday 25 April 2019, all the resolutions were voted on by poll and were passed by the Shareholders. The Poll results will be available shortly on the Company's website www.taylorwimpey.co.uk.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the special business resolutions (19, 20 and 22) passed at the meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:
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Votes For (including discretion) |
Votes Against |
Votes Withheld |
Total votes cast (excluding Votes Withheld) |
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Resolution |
Number of shares |
% of shares voted |
Number of shares |
% of shares voted |
Number of shares |
Number of shares |
% of issued share capital |
1 |
To receive the 2018 Directors' and Auditors' Reports and Financial Statements |
2,097,047,150 |
99.99 |
194,294 |
0.01 |
2,200,657 |
2,097,241,444 |
63.95% |
2 |
To approve a final dividend |
2,099,076,449 |
99.98 |
355,633 |
0.02 |
152,270 |
2,099,432,082 |
64.02% |
3 |
To approve a special dividend |
2,099,043,192 |
99.98 |
377,424 |
0.02 |
163,736 |
2,099,420,616 |
64.02% |
4 |
To re-elect Kevin Beeston as a director |
2,068,800,989 |
98.56 |
30,310,148 |
1.44 |
473,213 |
2,099,111,137 |
64.01% |
5 |
To re-elect Pete Redfern as a director |
2,075,994,577 |
98.90 |
23,123,707 |
1.10 |
466,067 |
2,099,118,284 |
64.01% |
6 |
To re-elect James Jordan as a director |
2,067,015,932 |
98.69 |
27,352,021 |
1.31 |
5,216,397 |
2,094,367,953 |
63.86% |
7 |
To re-elect Kate Barker DBE as a director |
2,058,404,324 |
98.06 |
40,630,827 |
1.94 |
549,200 |
2,099,035,151 |
64.00% |
8 |
To re-elect Gwyn Burr as a director |
2,082,025,654 |
99.19 |
16,970,226 |
0.81 |
588,471 |
2,098,995,880 |
64.00% |
9 |
To re-elect Angela Knight CBE as a director |
2,087,164,179 |
99.43 |
11,874,151 |
0.57 |
546,021 |
2,099,038,330 |
64.00% |
10 |
To re-elect Humphrey Singer as a director |
2,086,246,985 |
99.39 |
12,754,226 |
0.61 |
583,140 |
2,099,001,211 |
64.00% |
11 |
To elect Chris Carney as a director |
2,073,273,017 |
98.77 |
25,852,451 |
1.23 |
458,884 |
2,099,125,468 |
64.01% |
12 |
To elect Jennie Daly as a director |
2,073,264,837 |
98.77 |
25,895,576 |
1.23 |
423,939 |
2,099,160,413 |
64.01% |
13 |
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors |
2,088,104,820 |
99.55 |
9,383,625 |
0.45 |
2,095,906 |
2,097,488,445 |
63.96% |
14 |
To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditors' fees |
2,096,021,374 |
99.93 |
1,548,456 |
0.07 |
2,012,325 |
2,097,569,830 |
63.96% |
15 |
To give the directors authority to allot shares in the Company |
2,009,877,424 |
95.76 |
89,048,798 |
4.24 |
654,480 |
2,098,926,222 |
64.00% |
16 |
To dis-apply pre-emption rights (General Power) |
2,012,382,313 |
96.17 |
80,228,293 |
3.83 |
6,969,502 |
2,092,610,606 |
63.81% |
17 |
To dis-apply pre-emption rights (Additional Power) |
1,948,839,314 |
93.13 |
143,757,105 |
6.87 |
6,983,688 |
2,092,596,419 |
63.81% |
18 |
To empower the Company to make market purchases of its shares |
2,092,057,121 |
99.68 |
6,651,295 |
0.32 |
869,043 |
2,098,708,416 |
63.99% |
19 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
2,017,010,585 |
96.62 |
70,656,381 |
3.38 |
11,910,493 |
2,087,666,966 |
63.66% |
20 |
To authorise political donations and expenditure |
1,996,655,547 |
95.87 |
86,009,893 |
4.13 |
16,914,723 |
2,082,665,440 |
63.51% |
21 |
Resolution 21 - Withdrawn* |
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22 |
To approve the calling of general meetings on 14 days' notice |
1,937,643,792 |
92.78 |
150,749,083 |
7.22 |
11,191,476 |
2,088,392,875 |
63.68% |
*The resolution to approve the sale of a property to a director was withdrawn at today's Annual General Meeting.