Persimmon PLC

AGM Information • Apr 27, 2017

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RNS Number : 6073D

Persimmon PLC

27 April 2017

27 April 2017

PERSIMMON PLC (THE 'COMPANY')

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING RESULTS

At the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 27 April 2017 each of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 20 March 2017 was passed on a show of hands.  

For information, a breakdown of proxy votes lodged prior to the meeting is available on the Company's website at https://www.persimmonhomes.com/corporate/investors/shareholder-information/meeting-information and a summary is set out below:-

	Resolution	For	% For	Against	% Against	Total Votes	Votes Withheld
1	Receive report and accounts	192,485,730	98.68	2,409,822	1.24	195,057,465	257,812
2	Approve Remuneration Policy	187,471,448	96.67	6,289,667	3.24	193,921,917	1,392,829
3	Approve Annual Report on Remuneration	174,426,585	90.19	18,815,758	9.73	193,404,759	1,910,518
4	Re-elect N Wrigley	192,508,616	98.66	2,443,908	1.25	195,114,648	201,399
5	Re-elect J Fairburn	193,092,292	98.88	2,012,871	1.03	195,280,616	35,431
6	Re-elect M Killoran	193,482,946	99.08	1,634,151	0.84	195,280,221	35,826
7	Re-elect D Jenkinson	193,022,333	98.84	2,080,574	1.07	195,280,353	35,694
8	Re-elect J Davie	191,158,511	97.89	3,952,958	2.02	195,275,372	40,675
9	Re-elect M Sears	192,618,856	98.63	2,496,635	1.28	195,285,290	30,757
10	Re-elect R Kentleton	194,129,725	99.41	991,704	0.51	195,285,728	30,319
11	Re-elect N Mills	192,481,546	98.57	2,630,293	1.35	195,278,008	38,039
12	Elect S Litherland	194,678,139	99.70	413,060	0.21	195,257,493	58,554
13	Re-appoint auditor and authorise Directors to determine their remuneration	195,101,355	99.90	20,083	0.01	195,287,187	28,860
14	Approve 2017 PSP	184,689,982	95.23	9,075,814	4.68	193,940,590	1,372,021
15	Approve purchase of property by Jeff Fairburn's son	192,751,696	99.64	522,670	0.27	193,454,872	1,861,173
16	Authority to allot shares	186,357,407	95.87	7,854,976	4.04	194,379,991	936,056
17	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	193,616,300	99.38	1,041,609	0.53	194,823,030	493,017
18	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights on further 5% in specific circumstances	188,224,016	96.62	6,426,427	3.30	194,815,911	500,136
19	Authority to make market purchases of shares	192,384,648	98.53	2,715,109	1.39	195,264,285	49,581
20	Calling of a general meeting on not less than 14 days notice	176,546,119	90.88	17,546,162	9.03	194,259,756	1,056,290

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.

T L Davison

Company Secretary

Notes:

(i)             Discretionary votes representing less than 0.1% of the votes cast were also received on each resolution.

(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)        Resolutions 1-16 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17-20 were special resolutions.

(iv)           The issued share capital of the Company on 27 April 2017 was 308,592,265 ordinary shares.

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