27 Apr 2017 16:37
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27 April 2017
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PERSIMMON PLC (THE 'COMPANY')
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING RESULTS
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At the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 27 April 2017 each of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 20 March 2017 was passed on a show of hands.
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For information, a breakdown of proxy votes lodged prior to the meeting is available on the Company's website at https://www.persimmonhomes.com/corporate/investors/shareholder-information/meeting-information and a summary is set out below:-
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Resolution | For | % For | Against | % Against | Total Votes | Votes Withheld | |
1 | Receive report and accounts | 192,485,730 Â | 98.68 Â | 2,409,822 Â | 1.24 Â | 195,057,465 Â | 257,812 Â |
2 | Approve Remuneration Policy | 187,471,448 Â | 96.67 Â | 6,289,667 Â | 3.24 Â | 193,921,917 Â | 1,392,829 Â |
3 | Approve Annual Report on Remuneration | 174,426,585 Â | 90.19 Â | 18,815,758 Â | 9.73 Â | 193,404,759 Â | 1,910,518 Â |
4 | Re-elect N Wrigley | 192,508,616 Â | 98.66 Â | 2,443,908 Â | 1.25 Â | 195,114,648 Â | 201,399 Â |
5 | Re-elect J Fairburn | 193,092,292 Â | 98.88 Â | 2,012,871 Â | 1.03 Â | 195,280,616 Â | 35,431 Â |
6 | Re-elect M Killoran | 193,482,946 Â | 99.08 Â | 1,634,151 Â | 0.84 Â | 195,280,221 Â | 35,826 Â |
7 | Re-elect D Jenkinson | 193,022,333 Â | 98.84 Â | 2,080,574 Â | 1.07 Â | 195,280,353 Â | 35,694 Â |
8 | Re-elect J Davie | 191,158,511 Â | 97.89 Â | 3,952,958 Â | 2.02 Â | 195,275,372 Â | 40,675 Â |
9 | Re-elect M Sears | 192,618,856 Â | 98.63 Â | 2,496,635 Â | 1.28 Â | 195,285,290 Â | 30,757 Â |
10 | Re-elect R Kentleton | 194,129,725 Â | 99.41 Â | 991,704 Â | 0.51 Â | 195,285,728 Â | 30,319 Â |
11 | Re-elect N Mills | 192,481,546 Â | 98.57 Â | 2,630,293 Â | 1.35 Â | 195,278,008 Â | 38,039 Â |
12 | Elect S Litherland | 194,678,139 Â | 99.70 Â | 413,060 Â | 0.21 Â | 195,257,493 Â | 58,554 Â |
13 | Re-appoint auditor and authorise Directors to determine their remuneration | 195,101,355 Â | 99.90 Â | 20,083 Â | 0.01 Â | 195,287,187 Â | 28,860 Â |
14 | Approve 2017 PSP | 184,689,982 Â | 95.23 Â | 9,075,814 Â | 4.68 Â | 193,940,590 Â | 1,372,021 Â |
15 | Approve purchase of property by Jeff Fairburn's son | 192,751,696 Â | 99.64 Â | 522,670 Â | 0.27 Â | 193,454,872 Â | 1,861,173 Â |
16 | Authority to allot shares | 186,357,407 Â | 95.87 Â | 7,854,976 Â | 4.04 Â | 194,379,991 Â | 936,056 Â |
17 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 193,616,300 Â | 99.38 Â | 1,041,609 Â | 0.53 Â | 194,823,030 Â | 493,017 Â |
18 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights on further 5% in specific circumstances | 188,224,016 Â | 96.62 Â | 6,426,427 Â | 3.30 Â | 194,815,911 Â | 500,136 Â |
19 | Authority to make market purchases of shares | 192,384,648 Â | 98.53 Â | 2,715,109 Â | 1.39 Â | 195,264,285 Â | 49,581 Â |
20 | Calling of a general meeting on not less than 14 days notice | 176,546,119 Â | 90.88 Â | 17,546,162 Â | 9.03 Â | 194,259,756 Â | 1,056,290 Â |
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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.
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T L Davison
Company Secretary
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Notes:
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(i) Discretionary votes representing less than 0.1% of the votes cast were also received on each resolution.
(ii) 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.
(iii) Resolutions 1-16 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17-20 were special resolutions.
(iv) The issued share capital of the Company on 27 April 2017 was 308,592,265 ordinary shares.
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