Last checked at 18 Apr 2013 16:43
PERSIMMON PLC (THE 'COMPANY')
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING & GENERAL MEETING RESULTS
At the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 18 April 2013 each of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 18 March 2013 was passed on a show of hands. At the General Meeting held on the same day the special resolution set out in the Circular to shareholders dated 18 March 2013 was also passed on a show of hands.
For information, a breakdown of proxy votes lodged prior to both meetings is available on the Company's website, www.corporate.persimmonhomes.com and a summary is set out below:-
Annual General Meeting
No | Resolution | For | Percentage For | Against | Percentage Against | Total Votes | Votes Withheld |
1. | Receive report and accounts | 205,618,165 | 99.91 | 1,852 | 0.00 | 205,795,592 | 1,446,103 |
2. | Approve remuneration report | 161,585,449 | 78.19 | 44,896,486 | 21.72 | 206,662,205 | 578,306 |
3. | Re-elect N Wrigley | 204,805,220 | 99.10 | 1,680,993 | 0.81 | 206,668,824 | 572,993 |
4. | Re-elect J Fairburn | 205,098,977 | 99.46 | 914,353 | 0.44 | 206,208,542 | 1,033,275 |
5. | Re-elect M Killoran | 205,580,036 | 99.47 | 912,086 | 0.44 | 206,675,597 | 566,201 |
6. | Elect N Greenaway | 205,554,235 | 99.46 | 925,164 | 0.45 | 206,675,080 | 566,718 |
7. | Re-elect R Pennycook | 205,169,757 | 99.34 | 1,169,929 | 0.57 | 206,523,223 | 718,594 |
8. | Re-elect J Davie | 196,599,336 | 95.13 | 9,872,445 | 4.78 | 206,670,533 | 571,284 |
9. | Re-elect M Preston | 203,652,141 | 99.04 | 1,790,756 | 0.87 | 205,627,408 | 1,614,409 |
10. | Elect M Sears | 205,466,863 | 99.42 | 1,009,750 | 0.49 | 206,662,560 | 579,257 |
11. | Re-appoint auditor and authorise directors to determine their remuneration | 201,807,005 | 98.14 | 3,642,979 | 1.77 | 205,636,045 | 1,604,883 |
12. | Authority to allot shares | 205,267,227 | 99.32 | 1,216,222 | 0.59 | 206,671,638 | 569,751 |
13. | Authority to Dis-apply pre-emption rights | 205,895,848 | 99.63 | 571,823 | 0.28 | 206,658,947 | 582,870 |
14. | Authority to make market purchases of shares | 206,118,486 | 99.73 | 378,231 | 0.18 | 206,684,916 | 556,901 |
15. | Calling of a general meeting on not less than 14 days notice | 190,440,860 | 92.14 | 16,052,485 | 7.77 | 206,683,117 | 558,700 |
General Meeting
No | Resolution | For | Percentage For | Against | Percentage Against | Total Votes | Votes Withheld |
1. | Approve the return of cash of 75p to shareholders | 208,957,326 | 99.78 | 279,165 | 0.13 | 209,422,342 | 1,489,218 |
Notes:
(i) Discretionary votes not shown
(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) At the AGM resolution numbers 1-12 were ordinary resolutions and resolution numbers 13-15 were special resolutions. The resolution passed at the General Meeting was a special resolution.
(iv) The issued share capital of the Company on 18 April 2013 was 303,330,997 ordinary shares.
Copies of the resolutions dealing with special business passed at the Annual General Meeting and General Meeting have been sent to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection.