Barratt Developments PLC (the "Company") held its fifty-fourth Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 14 November 2012, at the Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LE.
All resolutions put to the meeting were voted on by way of a poll and were passed by the shareholders. The results of the poll for each such resolution are shown below:
Poll Results
Resolution |
Votes For (including Chairman's discretionary votes) |
Votes Against |
Votes Withheld* |
Total Votes Cast (excluding votes withheld) |
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No. of Shares |
% of shares voted |
No. of Shares |
% of shares voted |
No. of Shares |
No. of Shares |
% of issued share capital |
1. |
To receive and consider the reports of the auditor and directors and the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2012. |
576,634,292 |
98.85 |
6,688,320 |
1.15 |
17,926 |
583,322,612 |
59.71 |
2. |
To elect Mr R J Akers as a director. |
576,949,748 |
98.92 |
6,303,612 |
1.08 |
87,178 |
583,253,360 |
59.70 |
3. |
To re-elect Mr R A Lawson as a director. |
580,570,987
|
99.54 |
2,690,163 |
0.46 |
79,388 |
583,261,150 |
59.70 |
4. |
To re-elect Mr M S Clare as a director. |
567,193,120 |
97.24 |
16,081,141 |
2.76 |
66,277 |
583,274,261 |
59.70 |
5. |
To re-elect Mr D F Thomas as a director. |
580,433,865 |
99.52 |
2,825,558 |
0.48 |
81,115 |
583,259,423 |
59.70 |
6. |
To re-elect Mr S J Boyes as a director. |
580,447,825 |
99.52 |
2,803,686 |
0.48 |
89,027 |
583,251,511 |
59.70 |
7. |
To re-elect Miss T E Bamford as a director. |
570,949,594 |
97.89 |
12,307,841 |
2.11 |
83,103 |
583,257,435 |
59.70 |
8. |
To re-elect Mr R MacEachrane as a director. |
557,245,539 |
95.54 |
26,010,631 |
4.46 |
84,368 |
583,256,170 |
59.70 |
9. |
To re-elect Mr M E Rolfe as a director. |
556,793,596 |
95.46 |
26,462,084 |
4.54 |
84,858 |
583,255,680 |
59.70 |
10. |
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor of the Company. |
542,122,253 |
92.94 |
41,175,917 |
7.06 |
42,395 |
583,298,170 |
59.70 |
11. |
To authorise the directors to fix the auditor's remuneration. |
547,932,135 |
94.28 |
33,242,270 |
5.72 |
2,166,133 |
581,174,405 |
59.49 |
12. |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2012. |
559,917,636 |
97.93 |
11,819,527 |
2.07 |
11,603,375 |
571,737,163 |
58.52 |
13. |
To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure. |
544,581,372 |
93.40 |
38,502,844 |
6.60 |
256,322 |
583,084,216 |
59.68 |
14. |
To approve the renewal of the Barratt Developments PLC Long-Term Performance Plan. |
571,187,251 |
98.62 |
7,964,389 |
1.38 |
4,188,898 |
579,151,640 |
59.28 |
15. |
To authorise the Board to allot shares and grant subscription/conversion rights over shares. |
581,311,414 |
99.67 |
1,949,890 |
0.33 |
79,234 |
583,261,304 |
59.70 |
16. |
To authorise the Board to allot equity securities.^ |
582,854,376 |
99.95 |
317,152 |
0.05 |
169,010 |
583,171,528 |
59.69 |
17. |
To authorise the Board to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares.^ |
578,253,409 |
99.46 |
3,155,589 |
0.54 |
1,931,540 |
581,408,998 |
59.51 |
18. |
To allow the Company to hold general meetings, other than an annual general meeting, on not less than 14 clear days' notice.^ |
554,307,737 |
95.04 |
28,916,479 |
4.96 |
116,322 |
583,224,216 |
59.70 |
^ Indicates a special resolution requiring a 75% majority.
*A vote withheld is not a vote in law.
Issued share capital as at voting record date: 976,983,504.
Number of votes per share: one
Resolutions submitted to the National Storage Mechanism (the 'NSM')
Copies of all resolutions, other than those relating to ordinary business, passed at the meeting, (being Resolutions 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18) have today been submitted to the NSM in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2.
These resolutions will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
The poll results will also be available shortly on the Company's website www.barrattdevelopments.co.uk.
For further information please contact:
Mark Clare, Group Chief Executive
David Thomas, Group Finance Director 020 7299 4898
For media enquiries, please contact:
Barratt Developments PLC Patrick Law, Group Corporate Affairs Director |
020 7299 4892 |
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Maitland |
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Liz Morley |
020 7379 5151 |