Result of AGM
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30 April 2026
PERSIMMON PLC (THE 'COMPANY')
RESULT OF AGM
Persimmon Plc held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders at 11.00 am today. All resolutions set out in the Company's Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 23 March 2026 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 accounts |
185,875,512 |
99.96% |
77,166 |
0.04% |
185,952,678 |
57.90% |
441,698 |
|
2 |
Declare final dividend |
186,332,306 |
99.98% |
32,773 |
0.02% |
186,365,079 |
58.03% |
29,297 |
|
3 |
Approve Directors' Remuneration Policy |
174,555,246 |
93.68% |
11,770,481 |
6.32% |
186,325,727 |
58.01% |
68,649 |
|
4 |
Approve Annual Report on Remuneration |
182,520,933 |
97.96% |
3,799,320 |
2.04% |
186,320,253 |
58.01% |
74,123 |
|
5 |
Re-elect R Devlin |
182,044,021 |
97.75% |
4,197,165 |
2.25% |
186,241,186 |
57.99% |
153,190 |
|
6 |
Re-elect D Finch |
185,135,737 |
99.37% |
1,182,916 |
0.63% |
186,318,653 |
58.01% |
75,723 |
|
7 |
Re-elect A Duxbury |
184,450,307 |
99.00% |
1,866,346 |
1.00% |
186,316,653 |
58.01% |
77,723 |
|
8 |
Re-elect A Durbin |
180,549,463 |
96.90% |
5,768,244 |
3.10% |
186,317,707 |
58.01% |
76,669 |
|
9 |
Re-elect A Wyllie |
182,102,579 |
97.74% |
4,212,978 |
2.26% |
186,315,557 |
58.01% |
78,819 |
|
10 |
Re-elect A Depledge |
182,566,416 |
97.99% |
3,748,493 |
2.01% |
186,314,909 |
58.01% |
79,467 |
|
11 |
Re-elect C O'Shea |
182,552,264 |
97.98% |
3,760,274 |
2.02% |
186,312,538 |
58.01% |
81,838 |
|
12 |
Re-elect P Bell |
182,554,931 |
97.98% |
3,757,545 |
2.02% |
186,312,476 |
58.01% |
81,900 |
|
13 |
Re-elect A Aithal |
182,556,721 |
97.98% |
3,755,120 |
2.02% |
186,311,841 |
58.01% |
82,535 |
|
14 |
Re-appoint auditor |
184,499,596 |
99.01% |
1,837,898 |
0.99% |
186,337,494 |
58.02% |
56,882 |
|
15 |
Authorise Audit & Risk Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration |
186,222,386 |
99.94% |
115,300 |
0.06% |
186,337,686 |
58.02% |
56,690 |
|
16 |
Approve amendments to 2017 PSP rules |
178,629,888 |
95.88% |
7,681,470 |
4.12% |
186,311,358 |
58.01% |
83,018 |
|
17 |
Approve amendments to SAYE 2018 rules |
185,080,431 |
99.34% |
1,226,598 |
0.66% |
186,307,029 |
58.01% |
87,347 |
|
18 |
Authorise the Company to make political donations |
179,202,212 |
96.16% |
7,148,464 |
3.84% |
186,350,676 |
58.02% |
43,700 |
|
19 |
Renew authority to allot shares |
180,226,958 |
96.75% |
6,052,179 |
3.25% |
186,279,137 |
58.00% |
115,239 |
|
20 |
Grant power to disapply pre-emption rights |
180,371,517 |
96.79% |
5,973,633 |
3.21% |
186,345,150 |
58.02% |
49,226 |
|
21 |
Grant power to disapply pre-emption rights on up to a further 10% of the issued share capital in respect of acquisitions or specified capital investments |
164,270,594 |
88.16% |
22,068,614 |
11.84% |
186,339,208 |
58.02% |
55,168 |
|
22 |
Authorise Company to make market purchases of its own shares |
186,066,993 |
99.90% |
194,142 |
0.10% |
186,261,135 |
57.99% |
133,241 |
|
23 |
Calling of a general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice |
181,447,744 |
97.37% |
4,905,107 |
2.63% |
186,352,851 |
58.02% |
41,525 |
Notes:
(i) Resolutions 1-19 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 20-23 were special resolutions.
(ii) 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.
(iii) Copies of the resolutions dealing with special business passed at the Annual General Meeting have been sent to the National Storage Mechanism in unedited full text and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(iv) The poll results will be available to view on the Company's website at: https://www.persimmonhomes.com/corporate/investors/shareholder-centre/annual-general-meetings/2026/
(v) The issued share capital of the Company on 29 April 2026 was 321,173,487 ordinary shares.
T L Davison
Company Secretary
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