Last checked at 19 Jun 2009 13:59
Taylor Wimpey plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting held on Friday 19 June 2009 all resolutions put to the meeting were approved by votes on a show of hands.
Two copies of the Special Resolutions (Resolutions 8 and 11) and other Special Business (Resolutions 9 and 10) will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority on 22 June 2009 and will be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.
Information on the proxy votes lodged for resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting is as follows:
| Number of shares in issue: 3,196,698,822 Number of shareholders at meeting date: 26,967 Voting: Show of hands - one vote per attendee at the meeting; On a poll - one vote per share. | ||||||||
| Number of votes comprised in valid forms of proxy lodged with the Registrar by 11.00 am on 17 June 2009 | Votes for | Votes to be cast at Chairman's Discretion | Votes against | Votes witheld | Total votes indicated in proxies lodged with the Registrar | Poll Yes / No | ||
| Resolution 1 | Receive the 2008 Accounts | 1,680,154,191 | 1,624,201 | 1,456,849 | 141,049 | 1,683,376,290 | No | |
| Resolution 2 | Elect Chris Rickard as a Director | 1,677,665,506 | 1,756,240 | 3,659,505 | 295,039 | 1,683,376,290 | No | |
| Resolution 3 | Re-elect Norman Askew as a Director | 1,666,331,279 | 1,693,067 | 15,009,061 | 342,883 | 1,683,376,290 | No | |
| Resolution 4 | Re-elect Mike Davies as a Director | 1,668,019,632 | 1,709,569 | 13,362,222 | 284,867 | 1,683,376,290 | No | |
| Resolution 5 | Re-appoint Auditors | 1,587,019,603 | 1,690,521 | 92,454,951 | 2,211,213 | 1,683,376,288 | No | |
| Resolution 6* | Authority to allot shares (withdrawn) | xxxxxxxxxxxx | xxxxxxxxxxxx | xxxxxxxxxxxx | xxxxxxxxxxxx | xxxxxxxxxxxx | xxxxxxxxxxx | |
| Resolution 7* | Authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights (withdrawn) | xxxxxxxxxxxx | xxxxxxxxxxxx | xxxxxxxxxxxx | xxxxxxxxxxxx | xxxxxxxxxxxx | xxxxxxxxxxx | |
| Resolution 8 | Authority to make market purchases | 1,678,209,245 | 2,161,022 | 2,765,618 | 240,405 | 1,683,376,290 | No | |
| Resolution 9 | Approve the Remuneration Report | 1,603,133,879 | 2,182,493 | 22,929,913 | 55,130,005 | 1,683,376,290 | No | |
| Resolution 10 | Authority to make political donations | 1,642,260,667 | 2,161,273 | 15,997,783 | 22,956,567 | 1,683,376,290 | No | |
| Resolution 11 | Notice period for General Meetings | 1,660,188,235 | 2,401,304 | 19,966,575 | 820,176 | 1,683,376,290 | No | |
*As set out in the Company's Prospectus dated 8 May 2009 relating to the Placing and Open Offer and explained at the Annual General Meeting, Resolutions 6 (allotment authority) and 7 (dis-application of pre-emption rights) were withdrawn prior to the meeting as they had been superceded by equivalent resolutions, passed at the General Meeting held on 27 May 2009, based on the Company's enlarged issued share capital after shareholders' approval of the Placing and Open Offer.
James Jordan
Group Company Secretary and General Counsel
19 June 2009