Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0335T

Barratt Developments PLC

14 November 2013

 



BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS PLC

 

RESULTS OF THE 2013 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Barratt Developments PLC (the "Company") held its fifty-fifth Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") on Wednesday 13 November 2013, at The British Medical Association, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP.

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 2013.	565,678,330	99.94	348,026	0.06	24,677	566,026,356	57.52
2.	To declare a final dividend of 2.5 pence per ordinary share in respect of the financial year ended 30 June 2013.	566,034,388	100.00	12,084	0.00	1,561	566,046,472	57.52
3.	To elect Mrs N S Bibby as a director.	563,107,707	99.49	2,893,051	0.51	50,275	566,000,758	57.52
4.	To re-elect Mr R A Lawson as a director.	558,969,125	98.76	7,015,228	1.24	66,680	565,984,353	57.52
5.	To re-elect Mr M S Clare as a director.	547,895,223	96.80	18,097,105	3.20	58,705	565,992,328	57.52
6.	To re-elect Mr D F Thomas as a director.	563,430,422	99.55	2,546,068	0.45	74,543	565,976,490	57.52
7.	To re-elect Mr S J Boyes as a director.	563,433,632	99.55	2,551,182	0.45	66,219	565,984,814	57.52
8.	To re-elect Mr M E Rolfe as a director.	561,815,337	99.26	4,163,168	0.74	72,528	565,978,505	57.52
9.	To re-elect Mr R J Akers as a director.	561,303,597	99.42	3,281,047	0.58	1,466,389	564,584,644	57.38
10.	To re-elect Miss T E Bamford as a director.	561,281,412	99.41	3,313,231	0.59	1,456,390	564,594,643	57.38
11.	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor of the Company.	551,630,334	98.22	9,992,572	1.78	4,428,127	561,622,906	57.08
12.	To authorise the directors to fix the auditor's remuneration.	555,393,540	98.64	7,640,190	1.36	3,017,303	563,033,730	57.22
13.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2013.	540,549,202	99.15	4,659,006	0.85	20,842,825	545,208,208	55.41
14.	To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure.	559,835,000	98.96	5,898,338	1.04	318,695	565,733,338	57.49
15.	To authorise the Board to allot shares and grant subscription/conversion rights over shares.	565,157,076	99.86	771,006	0.14	122,951	565,928,082	57.51
16.	To authorise the Board to allot equity securities.^	565,048,732	99.85	854,109	0.15	148,192	565,902,841	57.51
17.	To authorise the Board to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares.^	561,045,602	99.37	3,538,542	0.63	1,463,889	564,584,144	57.38
18.	To allow the Company to hold general meetings, other than an annual general meeting, on not less than 14 clear days' notice.^	532,920,292	94.18	32,909,839	5.82	35,902	565,830,131	57.50

^ 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: 984,006,849

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 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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