Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2347R

Barratt Developments PLC

15 November 2012

 



BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS PLC

 

RESULTS OF THE 2012 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Barratt Developments PLC (the "Company") held its fifty-fourth Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 14 November 2012, at the Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LE.

All resolutions put to the meeting were voted on by way of a poll and were passed by the shareholders. The results of the poll for each such resolution are shown below:

Poll Results

Resolution		Votes For (including Chairman's discretionary votes)		Votes Against		Votes Withheld*	Total Votes Cast (excluding votes withheld)
		No. of Shares	% of shares voted	No. of Shares	% of shares voted	No. of Shares	No. of Shares	% of issued share capital
1.	To receive and consider the reports of the auditor and directors and the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2012.	576,634,292	98.85	6,688,320	1.15	17,926	583,322,612	59.71
2.	To elect Mr R J Akers as a director.	576,949,748	98.92	6,303,612	1.08	87,178	583,253,360	59.70
3.	To re-elect Mr R A Lawson as a director.	580,570,987	99.54	2,690,163	0.46	79,388	583,261,150	59.70
4.	To re-elect Mr M S Clare as a director.	567,193,120	97.24	16,081,141	2.76	66,277	583,274,261	59.70
5.	To re-elect Mr D F Thomas as a director.	580,433,865	99.52	2,825,558	0.48	81,115	583,259,423	59.70
6.	To re-elect Mr S J Boyes as a director.	580,447,825	99.52	2,803,686	0.48	89,027	583,251,511	59.70
7.	To re-elect Miss T E Bamford as a director.	570,949,594	97.89	12,307,841	2.11	83,103	583,257,435	59.70
8.	To re-elect Mr R MacEachrane as a director.	557,245,539	95.54	26,010,631	4.46	84,368	583,256,170	59.70
9.	To re-elect Mr M E Rolfe as a director.	556,793,596	95.46	26,462,084	4.54	84,858	583,255,680	59.70
10.	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor of the Company.	542,122,253	92.94	41,175,917	7.06	42,395	583,298,170	59.70
11.	To authorise the directors to fix the auditor's remuneration.	547,932,135	94.28	33,242,270	5.72	2,166,133	581,174,405	59.49
12.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2012.	559,917,636	97.93	11,819,527	2.07	11,603,375	571,737,163	58.52
13.	To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure.	544,581,372	93.40	38,502,844	6.60	256,322	583,084,216	59.68
14.	To approve the renewal of the Barratt Developments PLC Long-Term Performance Plan.	571,187,251	98.62	7,964,389	1.38	4,188,898	579,151,640	59.28
15.	To authorise the Board to allot shares and grant subscription/conversion rights over shares.	581,311,414	99.67	1,949,890	0.33	79,234	583,261,304	59.70
16.	To authorise the Board to allot equity securities.^	582,854,376	99.95	317,152	0.05	169,010	583,171,528	59.69
17.	To authorise the Board to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares.^	578,253,409	99.46	3,155,589	0.54	1,931,540	581,408,998	59.51
18.	To allow the Company to hold general meetings, other than an annual general meeting, on not less than 14 clear days' notice.^	554,307,737	95.04	28,916,479	4.96	116,322	583,224,216	59.70

^ Indicates a special resolution requiring a 75% majority.

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law.

Issued share capital as at voting record date: 976,983,504.

Number of votes per share: one

Resolutions submitted to the National Storage Mechanism (the 'NSM')

Copies of all resolutions, other than those relating to ordinary business, passed at the meeting, (being Resolutions 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18) have today been submitted to the NSM in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2.

These resolutions will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

The poll results will also be available shortly on the Company's website www.barrattdevelopments.co.uk.

For further information please contact:

Barratt Developments PLC

Mark Clare, Group Chief Executive                                                                  

David Thomas, Group Finance Director                                       020 7299 4898

For media enquiries, please contact:

Barratt Developments PLC Patrick Law, Group Corporate Affairs Director	020 7299 4892
Maitland
Liz Morley	020 7379 5151

 

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