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 Β | 98.68 Β | 2,409,822 Β | 1.24 Β | 195,057,465 Β | 257,812 Β |
2 | Approve Remuneration Policy | 187,471,448 Β | 96.67 Β | 6,289,667 Β | 3.24 Β | 193,921,917 Β | 1,392,829 Β |
3 | Approve Annual Report on Remuneration | 174,426,585 Β | 90.19 Β | 18,815,758 Β | 9.73 Β | 193,404,759 Β | 1,910,518 Β |
4 | Re-elect N Wrigley | 192,508,616 Β | 98.66 Β | 2,443,908 Β | 1.25 Β | 195,114,648 Β | 201,399 Β |
5 | Re-elect J Fairburn | 193,092,292 Β | 98.88 Β | 2,012,871 Β | 1.03 Β | 195,280,616 Β | 35,431 Β |
6 | Re-elect M Killoran | 193,482,946 Β | 99.08 Β | 1,634,151 Β | 0.84 Β | 195,280,221 Β | 35,826 Β |
7 | Re-elect D Jenkinson | 193,022,333 Β | 98.84 Β | 2,080,574 Β | 1.07 Β | 195,280,353 Β | 35,694 Β |
8 | Re-elect J Davie | 191,158,511 Β | 97.89 Β | 3,952,958 Β | 2.02 Β | 195,275,372 Β | 40,675 Β |
9 | Re-elect M Sears | 192,618,856 Β | 98.63 Β | 2,496,635 Β | 1.28 Β | 195,285,290 Β | 30,757 Β |
10 | Re-elect R Kentleton | 194,129,725 Β | 99.41 Β | 991,704 Β | 0.51 Β | 195,285,728 Β | 30,319 Β |
11 | Re-elect N Mills | 192,481,546 Β | 98.57 Β | 2,630,293 Β | 1.35 Β | 195,278,008 Β | 38,039 Β |
12 | Elect S Litherland | 194,678,139 Β | 99.70 Β | 413,060 Β | 0.21 Β | 195,257,493 Β | 58,554 Β |
13 | Re-appoint auditor and authorise Directors to determine their remuneration | 195,101,355 Β | 99.90 Β | 20,083 Β | 0.01 Β | 195,287,187 Β | 28,860 Β |
14 | Approve 2017 PSP | 184,689,982 Β | 95.23 Β | 9,075,814 Β | 4.68 Β | 193,940,590 Β | 1,372,021 Β |
15 | Approve purchase of property by Jeff Fairburn's son | 192,751,696 Β | 99.64 Β | 522,670 Β | 0.27 Β | 193,454,872 Β | 1,861,173 Β |
16 | Authority to allot shares | 186,357,407 Β | 95.87 Β | 7,854,976 Β | 4.04 Β | 194,379,991 Β | 936,056 Β |
17 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 193,616,300 Β | 99.38 Β | 1,041,609 Β | 0.53 Β | 194,823,030 Β | 493,017 Β |
18 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights on further 5% in specific circumstances | 188,224,016 Β | 96.62 Β | 6,426,427 Β | 3.30 Β | 194,815,911 Β | 500,136 Β |
19 | Authority to make market purchases of shares | 192,384,648 Β | 98.53 Β | 2,715,109 Β | 1.39 Β | 195,264,285 Β | 49,581 Β |
20 | Calling of a general meeting on not less than 14 days notice | 176,546,119 Β | 90.88 Β | 17,546,162 Β | 9.03 Β | 194,259,756 Β | 1,056,290 Β |
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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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