1 May 2019
PERSIMMON PLC (THE 'COMPANY')
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULTS
Persimmon Plc held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders at 12 noon today. All resolutions set out in the Company's Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 18 March 2019 were duly passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote. The total number of votes received for each resolution is set out below.
|
|
Resolution |
For |
% For |
Against |
% Against |
Total Votes |
% of Issued Share Capital |
Votes Withheld |
|
1 |
Receive report and accounts |
206,028,846 |
99.94 |
127,915 |
0.06 |
206,156,761 |
64.72% |
1,748,084 |
|
2 |
Declare final dividend |
205,909,184 |
99.78 |
448,702 |
0.22 |
206,357,886 |
64.79% |
1,546,959 |
|
3 |
Approve Annual Report on Remuneration |
189,241,854 |
92.25 |
15,905,543 |
7.75 |
205,147,397 |
64.41% |
2,756,203 |
|
4 |
Elect R Devlin |
202,988,525 |
98.43 |
3,243,491 |
1.57 |
206,232,016 |
64.75% |
1,672,657 |
|
5 |
Re-elect D Jenkinson |
203,592,957 |
98.72 |
2,640,631 |
1.28 |
206,233,588 |
64.75% |
1,671,257 |
|
6 |
Re-elect M Killoran |
202,329,374 |
98.11 |
3,902,264 |
1.89 |
206,231,638 |
64.75% |
1,673,002 |
|
7 |
Re-elect N Mills |
203,329,490 |
98.60 |
2,886,201 |
1.40 |
206,215,691 |
64.74% |
1,675,154 |
|
8 |
Re-elect M Sears |
195,318,311 |
94.71 |
10,911,507 |
5.29 |
206,229,818 |
64.75% |
1,675,027 |
|
9 |
Re-elect R Kentleton |
203,805,299 |
98.82 |
2,430,302 |
1.18 |
206,235,601 |
64.75% |
1,669,244 |
|
10 |
Re-elect S Litherland |
203,061,143 |
98.46 |
3,167,909 |
1.54 |
206,229,052 |
64.75% |
1,675,793 |
|
11 |
Re-appoint auditor |
204,628,617 |
99.21 |
1,621,233 |
0.79 |
206,249,850 |
64.75% |
1,654,995 |
|
12 |
Authorise Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration |
206,168,427 |
99.96 |
81,789 |
0.04 |
206,250,216 |
64.75% |
1,653,857 |
|
13 |
Renew authority to allot shares |
198,689,071 |
96.34 |
7,547,727 |
3.66 |
206,236,798 |
64.75% |
1,667,416 |
|
14 |
Renew authority to disapply pre-emption rights |
205,364,254 |
99.58 |
866,039 |
0.42 |
206,230,293 |
64.75% |
1,674,552 |
|
15 |
Authorise Company to make market purchases of its own shares |
203,437,109 |
98.64 |
2,798,154 |
1.36 |
206,235,263 |
64.75% |
1,669,423 |
|
16 |
Calling of a general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice |
183,830,520 |
89.58 |
21,389,754 |
10.42 |
205,220,274 |
64.43% |
2,683,748 |
Notes:
(i) Resolutions 1-13 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14-16 were special resolutions.
(ii) Discretionary votes representing 0.07% (or less) of the votes cast were also received on each resolution and are included in the votes 'For' each resolution.
(iii) A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the total number of votes cast on a resolution or in the calculation of the percentages of the votes cast for or against a resolution.
(iv) Copies of the resolutions dealing with special business passed at the Annual General Meeting have been sent to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection.
(v) The poll results will be available to view on the Company's website https://www.persimmonhomes.com/corporate/investors/shareholder-information/meeting-information
(vi) The issued share capital of the Company on 29 April 2019 was 318,517,590 ordinary shares.
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