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19 March 2024
Crest Nicholson Holdings plc
(the 'Company')
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Crest Nicholson Holdings plc is pleased to announce the voting results of its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held earlier today at 500 Dashwood Lang Road, Bourne Business Park, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 2HJ.
All resolutions were duly passed by shareholders by way of a poll.
The full details of each resolution are set out in the Notice of Meeting circulated to shareholders on 13 February 2024 (and available on the Company's website at www.crestnicholson.com/investors/shareholder-centre). The voting results, incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the AGM are set out below and will also be available on the Company's website www.crestnicholson.com/investors/shareholder-centre.
| Resolution
| Votes for | % of votes cast | Votes against | % of votes cast | Total votes | % of ISC voted | Votes withheld1 |
1 | Receive the annual accounts and reports | 175,222,722 | 99.99 | 14,474 | 0.01 | 175,237,196 | 68.21 | 126,323 |
2 | Declare a final dividend | 175,219,784 | 99.92 | 141,326 | 0.08 | 175,361,110 | 68.25 | 2,409 |
3 | Elect Bill Floydd | 175,259,772 | 99.95 | 85,806 | 0.05 | 175,345,578 | 68.25 | 17,941 |
4 | Elect Maggie Semple OBE | 175,290,595 | 99.97 | 59,708 | 0.03 | 175,350,303 | 68.25 | 13,216 |
5 | Re-elect Iain Ferguson CBE | 146,836,794 | 83.75 | 28,482,949 | 16.25 | 175,319,743 | 68.24 | 43,776 |
6 | Re-elect Peter Truscott | 173,782,793 | 99.11 | 1,554,871 | 0.89 | 175,337,664 | 68.25 | 25,855 |
7 | Re-elect David Arnold | 173,818,042 | 99.13 | 1,526,767 | 0.87 | 175,344,809 | 68.25 | 18,708 |
8 | Re-elect Louise Hardy | 173,713,711 | 99.07 | 1,635,658 | 0.93 | 175,349,369 | 68.25 | 14,148 |
9 | Re-elect Octavia Morley | 173,836,569 | 99.14 | 1,512,800 | 0.86 | 175,349,369 | 68.25 | 14,148 |
10 | Re-appoint PwC as auditors | 175,296,974 | 99.96 | 61,854 | 0.04 | 175,358,828 | 68.25 | 4,691 |
11 | Authorise Audit & Risk Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration | 175,322,983 | 99.99 | 22,264 | 0.01 | 175,345,247 | 68.25 | 18,272 |
12 | Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy) | 172,275,257 | 98.25 | 3,067,217 | 1.75 | 175,342,474 | 68.25 | 21,045 |
13 | Authority to allot shares | 173,933,548 | 99.19 | 1,420,187 | 0.81 | 175,353,735 | 68.25 | 9,784 |
14 | Disapply pre-emption rights* | 173,327,585 | 98.85 | 2,014,161 | 1.15 | 175,341,746 | 68.25 | 21,773 |
15 | Disapply the application of pre-emption rights for acquisitions or capital investment* | 172,108,620 | 98.32 | 2,947,119 | 1.68 | 175,055,739 | 68.14 | 307,780 |
16 | Purchase own shares* | 175,110,824 | 99.98 | 33,378 | 0.02 | 175,144,202 | 68.17 | 219,317 |
17 | Calling general meetings on 14 days' notice* | 173,203,718 | 98.77 | 2,155,206 | 1.23 | 175,358,924 | 68.25 | 4,595 |
*Special resolutions
Note
1 A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for or against a resolution.
The number of shares in issue as at the date of this announcement is 256,920,539.
Copies of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority's National Storage Mechanism, in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2.
For further information, please contact:
Penny Thomas
Group Company Secretary
+44(0)7977 851249
19 March 2024