Barratt Developments PLC (the "Company") held its fifty-seventh Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") on Wednesday 11 November 2015, 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 Withheld1 |
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 auditor's report, strategic report, the directors' report and the accounts for the financial year ended 30 June 2015. |
674,495,764 |
99.96% |
262,374 |
0.04% |
3,769,284 |
674,758,138 |
67.34% |
2. |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report as set out on pages 75 to 78 and pages 84 to 95 of the annual report for the financial year ended 30 June 2015. |
620,551,709 |
94.94% |
33,096,748 |
5.06% |
24,878,965 |
653,648,457 |
65.23% |
3. |
To declare a final dividend of 10.3 pence per ordinary share in respect of the financial year ended 30 June 2015. |
674,759,566 |
99.99% |
43,586 |
0.01% |
3,724,270 |
674,803,152 |
67.35% |
4. |
To approve a special cash payment of 10.0 pence per share.2 |
674,628,591 |
99.97% |
169,686 |
0.03% |
3,729,145 |
674,798,277 |
67.35% |
5. |
To re-elect Mr J M Allan as a director. |
666,602,916 |
98.86% |
7,672,516 |
1.14% |
4,251,990 |
674,275,432 |
67.29% |
6. |
To re-elect Mr D F Thomas as a director. |
639,414,142 |
94.76% |
35,349,222 |
5.24% |
3,764,058 |
674,763,364 |
67.34% |
7. |
To re-elect Mr S J Boyes as a director. |
670,631,263 |
99.39% |
4,129,101 |
0.61% |
3,767,058 |
674,760,364 |
67.34% |
8. |
To re-elect Mr M E Rolfe as a director. |
671,981,825 |
99.59% |
2,781,762 |
0.41% |
3,763,835 |
674,763,587 |
67.34% |
9. |
To re-elect Mr R J Akers as a director. |
671,969,544 |
99.59% |
2,798,859 |
0.41% |
3,759,019 |
674,768,403 |
67.34% |
10. |
To re-elect Miss T E Bamford as a director. |
671,987,126 |
99.59% |
2,789,850 |
0.41% |
3,750,446 |
674,776,976 |
67.34% |
11. |
To re-elect Mrs N S Bibby as a director. |
671,991,388 |
99.59% |
2,793,730 |
0.41% |
3,742,304 |
674,785,118 |
67.34% |
12. |
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor of the Company. |
667,853,295 |
99.31% |
4,644,162 |
0.69% |
6,029,965 |
672,497,457 |
67.12% |
13. |
To authorise the directors to fix the auditor's remuneration. |
670,552,238 |
99.38% |
4,208,760 |
0.62% |
3,766,424 |
674,760,998 |
67.34% |
14. |
To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure. |
669,896,779 |
99.30% |
4,753,326 |
0.70% |
3,877,317 |
674,650,105 |
67.33% |
15. |
To approve the renewal and amendment of the Barratt Developments PLC Co-Investment Plan (to be renamed the Deferred Bonus Plan). |
641,699,129 |
95.43% |
30,722,472 |
4.57% |
6,105,821 |
672,421,601 |
67.11% |
16. |
To authorise the Board to allot shares and grant subscription/conversion rights over shares. |
658,675,809 |
97.62% |
16,089,352 |
2.38% |
3,762,261 |
674,765,161 |
67.34% |
17. |
To authorise the Board to allot or sell Ordinary Shares without complying with pre-emption rights.* |
673,285,657 |
99.79% |
1,444,999 |
0.21% |
3,796,766 |
674,730,656 |
67.34% |
18. |
To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares.* |
674,132,339 |
99.90% |
651,409 |
0.10% |
3,743,674 |
674,783,748 |
67.34% |
19. |
To allow the Company to hold general meetings, other than an annual general meeting, on not less than 14 clear days' notice.* |
611,880,101 |
90.68% |
62,890,626 |
9.32% |
3,756,695 |
674,770,727 |
67.34% |
1 A vote withheld is not a vote in law.
2 Special cash payment will be distributed by way of a special dividend which will be taxable in the same way as the ordinary dividend.
* Indicates a special resolution requiring a 75% majority.
Issued share capital as at voting record date: 1,001,995,857
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 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19) 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:
David Thomas, Chief Executive 020 7299 4896
Tom Keevil, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary 01530 278 278
For media enquiries, please contact:
Barratt Developments PLC
Patrick Law, Group Corporate Affairs Director 020 7299 4892
Maitland
James Devas 020 7379 5151