Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2071U

Taylor Wimpey PLC

19 June 2009

 

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Resolution 6*		Authority to allot shares (withdrawn)	xxxxxxxxxxxx	xxxxxxxxxxxx	xxxxxxxxxxxx	xxxxxxxxxxxx	xxxxxxxxxxxx	xxxxxxxxxxx
Resolution 7*		Authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights (withdrawn)	xxxxxxxxxxxx	xxxxxxxxxxxx	xxxxxxxxxxxx	xxxxxxxxxxxx	xxxxxxxxxxxx	xxxxxxxxxxx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

 

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