Result of AGM

Barratt Developments PLC

18 October 2023

 

BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS PLC

 

RESULTS OF THE 2023 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Barratt Developments PLC (the "Company") held its sixty-fifth Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") on Wednesday 18 October 2023, at Linklaters LLP, One Silk Street, London EC2Y 8HQ.

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		Total Votes Cast (excluding votes withheld)		Votes Withheld1
		No. of Shares	% of shares voted	No. of Shares	% of shares voted	No. of Shares	% of issued share capital	No. of Shares
1.	To receive the accounts of the Company, the Strategic Report and the Directors' and Auditor's reports for the year ended 30 June 2023	638,894,309	99.99	73,989	0.01	638,968,298	65.56	945,127
2.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2023 (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy)	625,027,962	97.68	14,843,737	2.32	639,871,699	65.66	41,726
3.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy, to take effect from the conclusion of the AGM	624,689,860	97.64	15,087,581	2.36	639,777,441	65.65	135,984
4.	To declare a final dividend of 23.5 pence per ordinary share	639,855,573	99.99	47,183	0.01	639,902,756	65.66	10,669
5.	To elect Caroline Silver as a Director	635,599,433	99.51	3,108,543	0.49	638,707,976	65.54	1,205,449
6.	To elect Jasi Halai as a Director	631,064,820	98.63	8,786,207	1.37	639,851,027	65.65	62,398
7.	To elect Nigel Webb as a Director	637,999,367	99.71	1,855,584	0.29	639,854,951	65.65	58,474
8.	To re-elect David Thomas as a Director	639,354,680	99.92	498,651	0.08	639,853,331	65.65	60,094
9.	To re-elect Steven Boyes as a Director	639,201,394	99.90	654,456	0.10	639,855,850	65.65	57,575
10.	To re-elect Mike Scott as a Director	636,047,053	99.42	3,726,238	0.58	639,773,291	65.65	140,134
11.	To re-elect Katie Bickerstaffe as a Director	626,848,843	98.12	11,984,547	1.88	638,833,390	65.55	1,080,035
12.	To re-elect Jock Lennox as a Director	618,056,219	96.59	21,803,446	3.41	639,859,665	65.65	53,760
13.	To re-elect Chris Weston as a Director	627,932,650	98.14	11,925,369	1.86	639,858,019	65.65	55,406
14.	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor of the Company	632,786,710	98.89	7,092,742	1.11	639,879,452	65.66	33,973
15.	To authorise the Audit Committee to fix the auditor's remuneration	636,029,995	99.40	3,857,324	0.60	639,887,319	65.66	26,106
16.	To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure	599,416,233	93.68	40,452,755	6.32	639,868,988	65.66	44,437
17.	To approve the Barratt Developments PLC Long Term Performance Plan 2023	633,945,682	99.08	5,908,224	0.92	639,853,906	65.65	59,519
18,	To approve the Barratt Developments PLC Deferred Bonus Plan 2023	634,449,693	99.16	5,403,128	0.84	639,852,821	65.65	60,604
19.	To authorise the Board to allot shares and grant subscription/conversion rights over shares	620,724,168	97.01	19,147,145	2.99	639,871,313	65.66	42,112
20.	To authorise the Board to allot or sell ordinary shares without complying with pre-emption rights (general power)*	613,523,287	95.88	26,345,600	4.12	639,868,887	65.66	44,538
21.	To authorise the Board to allot or sell ordinary shares without complying with pre-emption rights (for acquisition or specified capital investment)*	596,440,505	93.53	41,248,319	6.47	637,688,824	65.43	2,224,601
22.	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its ordinary shares*	638,334,047	99.79	1,333,625	0.21	639,667,672	65.63	245,753
23.	To allow the Company to hold general meetings, other than an Annual General Meeting, on not less than 14 clear days' notice*	600,269,055	93.81	39,610,289	6.19	639,879,344	65.66	34,081

¹ A vote withheld is not a vote in law.

* Indicates a special resolution requiring a 75% majority.

Issued share capital as at voting record date: 974,585,856.  Number of votes per share: one

Resolutions submitted to the National Storage Mechanism (the 'NSM')

We will shortly submit copies of all resolutions, other than those relating to ordinary business, passed at the meeting (being Resolutions 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23) to the NSM in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2.

These resolutions will therefore be available for inspection at: https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism.

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

David Thomas, Chief Executive                                                         020 7299 4896

Tina Bains, Company Secretary                                                         01530 278 278

For media enquiries, please contact:

Barratt Developments PLC

Tim Collins, Group Corporate Affairs Director                                    020 7299 4874

Brunswick

Jonathan Glass/Rosie Oddy                                                               020 7404 5959

 

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