Result of General Meeting

RNS Number : 0965F

Taylor Wimpey PLC

18 April 2011

 



Taylor Wimpey plc (the "Company")

18 April 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RESULTS OF GENERAL MEETING FOR NORTH AMERICAN BUSINESS DISPOSAL

At the General Meeting held at 10.00 am on 18 April 2011 at the offices of J.P Morgan Cazenove at 20 Moorgate, London, EC2R 6DA the ordinary resolution regarding the disposal of the Company's North American Business was duly passed by way of a poll. Completion of the transaction remains subject to certain US and Canadian regulatory approvals and other customary completion arrangements.

The table below shows the results of the poll, which was conducted by Capita Registrars as scrutineers, including the votes received for and against the resolution, representing a total of 52.63 per cent of the 3,197,956,161 ordinary shares in issue as at the date of the meeting (each ordinary share carries one vote).

Resolution	For/ Discretionary	%	Against	%	Total cast	Votes withheld
To approve the disposal of the Company's North American Business	1,682,354,647	99.95	886,847	0.05	1,683,241,494	11,672,238

These results will shortly be available on the Company's website at: www.taylorwimpeyplc.com.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 a copy of the resolution passed at the General Meeting has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

Enquiries:

For further information please contact:

Taylor Wimpey plc                                                                  Tel: [phone]

James Jordan, Group Company Secretary and General Counsel

Jonathan Drake, Investor Relations

Finsbury                                                                                   Tel: [phone]

Andrew Dowler

Clare Hunt

Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification.

James Jordan, Group Company Secretary and General Counsel

 

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