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19/05/2016 17:35

RNS Number : 7964Y
Balfour Beatty PLC
19 May 2016
AGM Results
Balfour Beatty plc (the "Company") announces that, at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today, the resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM dated 11 April 2016 were passed following a poll on each resolution.
The results of the polls were as follows:

For
Against
Votes Withheld
Resolution 1: To adopt the Directors' Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2015
512,786,832
(99.93%)
371,876
(0.07%)
9,444,352
Resolution 2: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31December 2015
505,921,427
(96.83%)
16,545,062
(3.17%)
136,870
Resolution 3: To elect Mr P S Aiken AM as a Director
512,721,237
(98.57%)
7,455,288
(1.43%)
2,426,534
Resolution 4: To elect Dr S R Billingham as a Director
521,096,748
(99.73%)
1,410,075
(0.27%)
96,237
Resolution 5: To re-elect Mr S J Doughty CMG as a Director
521,034,973
(99.72%)
1,456,590
(0.28%)
111,497
Resolution 6: To re-elect Mr I G T Ferguson CBE as a Director
521,042,021 
(99.72%)
1,457,050
(0.28%)
103,289
Resolution 7: To elect Mr P J Harrison as a Director
521,136,851
(99.74%)
1,367,993
(0.26%)
98,216
Resolution 8: To re-elect Mrs V M Kempston Darkes as a Director
521,008,098 
(99.71%)
1,494,374 
(0.29%)
100,588
Resolution 9: To re-elect Mr L M Quinn as a Director
503,233,546 
(96.31%)
19,270,329 
(3.69%)
99,185
Resolution 10: To re-elect Mr G C Roberts as a Director
521,104,456
(99.73%)
1,399,737
(0.27%)
98,867
Resolution 11: To appoint KPMG LLP as auditor
521,411,384
(99.80%)
1,039,915
(0.20%)
151,761
Resolution 12: To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board to determine the remuneration of the auditor
521,473,757 
(99.80%)
1,054,756
(0.20%)
74,847
Resolution 13: To authorise the Company and its UK subsidiaries to incur political expenditure
519,674,186 
(99.53%)
2,439,192 
(0.47%)
489,982
Resolution 14: To authorise the Directors to allot shares
517,004,322 
(98.95%)
5,490,213 
(1.05%)
108,825
Resolution 15: To authorise the Directors to allot shares for cash*
522,046,600 
(99.92%)
426,021 
(0.08%)
130,739
Resolution 16: To renew the authority for the Company to purchase its own ordinary and preference shares*
516,570,206
(98.86%)
5,932,604 
(1.14%)
100,549
Resolution 17: To authorise the Company to hold meetings, other than an Annual General Meeting, on 14 clear days' notice*
489,761,488
(93.78%)
32,471,638 
(6.22%)
370,234
* Special resolution
Notes:
1. The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.
2. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes "For" and
"Against" a resolution.
3. The total number of Ordinary Shares of 50p each in the Company in issue at 6.00 pm on 17May
2016 was 689,739,619, each carrying one vote. 
4. Resolutions 15 to 17 were each passed as Special Resolutions.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of each of Resolutions 13 to 17 will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
19 May 2016

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