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16 April 2015
PERSIMMON PLC (THE 'COMPANY')
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING RESULTS
At the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 16 April 2015 each of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 16 March 2015 was passed on a show of hands.
For information, a breakdown of proxy votes lodged prior to the meeting is available on the Company's website at http://corporate.persimmonhomes.com/investors/shareholder-information/meeting-information and a summary is set out below:-
Resolution | For | % For | Against | % Against | Total Votes | Votes Withheld | |
1 | Receive report and accounts | 202,752,125 | 99.89 | 59,799 | 0.03 | 202,983,984 | 926,713 |
2 | Approve Annual Report on Remuneration | 198,920,016 | 97.81 | 4,292,177 | 2.11 | 203,383,503 | 527,194 |
3 | Re-elect N Wrigley | 200,009,883 | 98.34 | 3,205,089 | 1.58 | 203,392,090 | 518,606 |
4 | Re-elect J Fairburn | 201,540,381 | 99.09 | 1,662,680 | 0.82 | 203,391,966 | 518,731 |
5 | Re-elect M Killoran | 201,344,740 | 98.99 | 1,867,387 | 0.92 | 203,389,785 | 520,912 |
6 | Re-elect N Greenaway | 201,522,685 | 99.08 | 1,689,697 | 0.83 | 203,391,966 | 518,731 |
7 | Re-elect D Jenkinson | 201,497,122 | 99.07 | 1,704,939 | 0.84 | 203,391,966 | 518,731 |
8 | Re-elect R Pennycook | 199,942,785 | 99.03 | 1,781,356 | 0.88 | 201,904,464 | 2,006,231 |
9 | Re-elect J Davie | 202,228,261 | 99.43 | 972,560 | 0.48 | 203,390,908 | 519,789 |
10 | Re-elect M Preston | 200,301,890 | 99.21 | 1,411,193 | 0.70 | 201,903,566 | 2,007,129 |
11 | Re-elect M Sears | 202,240,591 | 99.43 | 970,038 | 0.48 | 203,390,086 | 520,611 |
12 | Appoint auditor and authorise Directors to determine their remuneration | 201,012,643 | 98.85 | 2,155,418 | 1.06 | 203,343,516 | 565,180 |
13 | Authority to allot shares | 201,943,211 | 99.29 | 1,270,414 | 0.62 | 203,388,743 | 521,736 |
14 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 202,787,041 | 99.71 | 422,881 | 0.21 | 203,385,744 | 524,735 |
15 | Authority to make market purchases of shares | 202,360,205 | 99.5 | 863,162 | 0.42 | 203,386,424 | 524,273 |
16 | Calling of a general meeting on not less than 14 days notice | 183,500,335 | 90.22 | 19,725,597 | 9.70 | 203,400,280 | 510,417 |
Notes:
(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 1-13 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14-16 were special resolutions.
(iv) The issued share capital of the Company on 16 April 2015 was 306,540,932 ordinary shares.
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.
G N Francis
Group Company Secretary