REG - Persimmon Plc - Result of AGM

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RNS Number : 5918X  Persimmon PLC  26 April 2023

 

 

26 April 2023

 

PERSIMMON PLC (THE 'COMPANY')

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULTS

 

Persimmon Plc held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders at 12 noon
today. All resolutions set out in the Company's Notice of Annual General
Meeting dated 22 March 2023 were duly passed by shareholders by means of a
poll vote. The total number of votes received for each resolution is set out
below.

 

     Resolution                                                                   Votes For    % For   Votes Against  % Against  Total Votes  % of Issued Share Capital  Votes Withheld
 1   Receive report and                                                           207,959,218  99.97%  58,548         0.03%      208,017,766  65.1%                      709,758

     accounts
 2   Declare final dividend                                                       208,038,598  99.97%  62,404         0.03%      208,101,002  65.2%                      627,442

 3   Approve Directors'                                                           202,837,628  98.7%   2,691,456      1.3%       205,529,084  64.3%                      3,199,709

     Remuneration Policy
 4   Approve Annual Report on Remuneration                                        204,049,778  98.1%   3,883,947      1.9%       207,933,725  65.1%                      795,068
 5   Re-elect R Devlin                                                            202,955,660  97.5%   5,108,480      2.5%       208,064,140  65.1%                      664,653
 6   Re-elect D Finch                                                             206,326,160  99.2%   1,738,864      0.8%       208,065,024  65.1%                      663,769
 7   Elect J Windsor                                                              206,162,566  99.1%   1,899,078      0.9%       208,061,644  65.1%                      666,812
 8   Re-elect N Mills                                                             202,219,015  97.2%   5,842,010      2.8%       208,061,025  65.1%                      667,768
 9   Re-elect A Durbin                                                            202,040,675  97.1%   6,018,324      2.9%       208,058,999  65.1%                      668,049
 10  Re-elect A Wyllie                                                            202,226,874  97.3%   5,693,193      2.7%       207,920,067  65.1%                      808,726
 11  Re-elect S Khoury-Haq                                                        202,218,340  97.3%   5,698,114      2.7%       207,916,454  65.1%                      809,866
 12  Re-appoint auditor                                                           206,250,370  99.1%   1,840,488      0.9%       208,090,858  65.1%                      637,935
 13  Authorise Audit & Risk Committee to                                          207,727,217  99.8%   367,133        0.2%       208,094,350  65.1%                      634,443

     determine the

     auditor's remuneration
 14  Authorise the Company to make political donations                            206,285,720  99.1%   1,801,127      0.9%       208,086,847  65.1%                      638,328
 15  Renew authority to                                                           199,824,648  96.1%   8,112,742      3.9%       207,937,390  65.1%                      791,852

     allot shares
 16  Grant power to disapply pre-emption rights                                   206,469,654  99.5%   1,077,737      0.5%       207,547,391  65.0%                      1,181,852
 17  Grant the power to disapply pre-emption rights on up to a further 5% of the  205,026,854  98.8%   2,530,517      1.2%       207,557,371  65.0%                      1,171,872
     issued share capital in respect of acquisitions or specified capital
     investments
 18  Authorise Company                                                            206,468,658  99.2%   1,601,748      0.8%       208,070,406  65.1%                      658,837

     to make market

     purchases of its

     own shares
 19  Calling of a general                                                         196,950,044  95.8%   8,681,434      4.2%       205,631,478  64.4%                      3,097,229

     meeting on not less

     than 14 clear days'

     notice

 

Notes:

 (i)    Resolutions 1-15 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16-19 were special
        resolutions.
 (ii)   Discretionary votes representing 0.03% (or less) of the votes cast were also
        received on each resolution and are included in the votes 'For' each
        resolution.
 (iii)  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.
 (iv)   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.
 (v)    The poll results will be available to view on the Company's website
        https://www.persimmonhomes.com/corporate/investors/shareholder-centre/annual-general-meetings/2023/
        (https://www.persimmonhomes.com/corporate/investors/shareholder-centre/annual-general-meetings/2023/)
 (vi)   The issued share capital of the Company on 25 April 2023 was 319,415,873
        ordinary shares.

 

 

 

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