Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2347R
Barratt Developments PLC
15 November 2012
 



BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS PLC

 

RESULTS OF THE 2012 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

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)



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:

 

Barratt Developments PLC

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



 

Maitland


Liz Morley

020 7379 5151

 

 

 

 


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