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Savills PLC AGM Information 2017

May 9, 2017

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AGM Information

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SAVILLS PLC ('the Company')

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – 9 MAY 2017: RESOLUTIONS

The Savills plc Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 9 May 2017. All resolutions were passed on a show of hands.

An analysis of the proxy votes lodged against each resolution prior to the AGM is set out below:

Resolution No. of Votes For
& Discretion
% No. of Votes
Against
Percentage of
Votes Cast
Total No. of
Votes Cast
Total No. of
Votes
Withheld/
Abstentions
Poll
Yes/No
1 To receive the 2016 Annual Report and Accounts, the
Directors' Reports and the Auditors' Report on the 2016
Annual Report and Accounts
107,946,048 99.94% 64,945 0.06% 108,010,993 1,249,527 No
2 To receive and adopt the Remuneration Policy set out on
pages 64 to 73 of the Annual Report and Accounts for the
financial year ended 31 December 2016, such
Remuneration Policy to take effect from the date on
which this resolution is passed
104,842,007 98.35% 1,753,512 1.65% 106,595,519 2,665,000 No
3 To receive and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Report
(other than the Directors' Remuneration Policy referred to
in Resolution 2) contained within the Annual Report and
Accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2016
106,174,260 98.98% 1,089,770 1.02% 107,264,030 1,996,488 No
4 To declare a final dividend of 10.1p per ordinary share 109,218,942 100.00
%
500 0.00% 109,219,442 41,078 No
5 To re-elect Nicholas Ferguson as a Director 102,458,492 95.25% 5,109,136 4.75% 107,567,628 1,692,890 No
6 To re-elect Jeremy Helsby as a Director 107,466,933 98.40% 1,748,580 1.60% 109,215,513 45,007 No
7 To re-elect Tim Freshwater as a Director 108,944,544 99.75% 270,369 0.25% 109,214,913 45,607 No
8 To re-elect Liz Hewitt as a Director 107,837,145 98.77% 1,347,768 1.23% 109,184,913 75,607 No
9 To re-elect Charles McVeigh as a Director 107,959,282 98.85% 1,255,424 1.15% 109,214,706 45,814 No
10 To re-elect Rupert Robson as a Director 108,331,290 99.22% 853,623 0.78% 109,184,913 75,607 No
11 To re-elect Simon Shaw as a Director 107,912,802 98.81% 1,302,111 1.19% 109,214,913 45,607 No
12 To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the
auditor
106,066,351 98.05% 2,114,486 1.95% 108,180,837 1,079,682 No
13 To authorise the Directors to determine the Auditors'
remuneration
108,503,358 99.34% 715,554 0.66% 109,218,912 41,607 No
14 #
To renew the Directors' power to allot shares
105,027,535 96.16% 4,191,378 3.84% 109,218,913 41,607 No
15 To authorise a general disapplication of statutory pre
emption rights #
109,101,262 99.92% 85,114 0.08% 109,186,376 74,144 No
16 To authorise an additional disapplication of statutory pre
emption rights#
105,392,167 96.53% 3,794,208 3.47% 109,186,375 74,144 No
17 To Renew the Company's authority to purchase its own
shares
108,603,628 99.60% 435,171 0.40% 109,038,799 221,720 No
18 To authorise the Directors to call general meetings on 14
clear days' notice
105,765,852 96.84% 3,452,261 3.16% 109,218,113 42,407 No

Passed as a special resolution.

Votes 'withheld' have not been included in the calculation of whether a resolution is carried. Percentages have been rounded to two decimal places.

Copies of Resolutions 14 to 16, passed under non-routine business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and in due course will be available to view at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do using Savills plc's code 'SVS'.

As at the close of business on 9 May 2017, the issued share capital was 139,810,768 ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each and the total number of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares was 139,810,768 each ordinary share having one vote.