18th Nov 2009 11:04
BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS PLC
RESULTS OF THE 2009 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Barratt Developments PLC (the "Company") held its fifty-first Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 17 November 2009, at the offices of UBS Limited, 1 Finsbury Avenue, London EC2M 2PP.
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 |
Votes Against |
Votes Withheld |
Total Votes Cast |
|||
|
No. of Shares |
% of shares voted |
No. of Shares |
% of shares voted |
No. of Shares |
No. of Shares |
||
|
1. |
To receive and adopt the reports of the auditors and directors and the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2009.
|
424,307,761 |
99.82 |
782,712 |
0.18 |
26,928 |
425,090,473 |
|
2. |
To elect Mr D F Thomas as a director. |
422,567,094 |
99.42 |
2,472,843 |
0.58 |
76,984 |
425,039,937 |
|
3. |
To elect Miss T E Bamford as a director. |
422,344,929 |
99.37 |
2,696,403 |
0.63 |
75,589 |
425,041,332 |
|
4. |
To re-elect Mr M S Clare as a director. |
421,518,720 |
99.17 |
3,533,575 |
0.83 |
64,626 |
425,052,295 |
|
5. |
To re-elect Mr S J Boyes as a director. |
422,570,335 |
99.42 |
2,485,796 |
0.58 |
60,790 |
425,056,131 |
|
6. |
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the Company and authorise the directors to fix their remuneration. |
422,537,017 |
99.44 |
2,386,948 |
0.56 |
192,956 |
424,923,965 |
|
7. |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2009. |
391,875,835 |
97.82 |
8,740,213 |
2.18 |
24,500,873 |
400,616,048 |
|
8. |
To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure. |
387,045,954 |
92.28 |
32,370,873 |
7.72 |
5,700,094 |
419,416,827 |
|
9. |
To authorise the Board to allot shares (withdrawn)* |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
10. |
To authorise the Board to dis-apply pre-emption rights (withdrawn)* |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
11. |
To authorise the Board to make purchases of its Ordinary Shares. |
424,840,628 |
99.95 |
226,698 |
0.05 |
49,325 |
425,067,596 |
|
12. |
To allow the Company to hold general meetings, other than an annual general meeting, on not less than 14 clear days' notice. |
413,765,724 |
97.33 |
11,329,825 |
2.67 |
21,372 |
425,095,549 |
|
13. |
To adopt the amended form of the Articles of Association. |
418,805,815 |
99.82 |
770,078 |
0.18 |
5,541,028 |
419,575,893 |
* As set out in the Company's Circular dated 23 September 2009 relating to the Placing and Rights Issue and Notice of General Meeting and as explained at the Annual General Meeting, Resolutions 9 (allotment authority) and 10 (dis-application of pre-emption rights) were withdrawn prior to the meeting as they had been superseded by equivalent resolutions, passed at the General Meeting held on 19 October 2009, based on the Company's enlarged issued share capital after shareholders' approval of the Placing and Rights Issue.
Resolutions submitted to UK Listing Authority
Two copies of the Special Resolutions put to the meeting (being Resolutions 11, 12 and 13) have today been submitted to the UK Listing Authority in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.18.
These documents will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority 25 The North ColonnadeCanary WharfLondon E14 5HS.
The poll results will 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
Dan Bridgett, Head of External Affairs 020 7299 4873
Maitland
Liz Morley 020 7379 5151
Neil Bennett
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