2012 AGM Poll Results

POLL RESULTS
Barratt Developments PLC (the “Company”) held its fifty-fourth Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 14 November 2012, at the Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4LE.
Total number of shares in issue as at 6.00 p.m. on Monday 12 November 2012 was 976,983,504.
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:
Resolution | Votes For* | Votes Against | Votes Withheld** | Total Votes Cast (excluding Votes Withheld) | ||||
No. of Shares | % of shares voted | No. of Shares | % of shares voted | No. of Shares | No. of Shares | % of Issued Share capital | ||
1. | To receive and consider the reports of the auditor and directors and the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2012. | 576,634,292 | 98.85 | 6,688,320 | 1.15 | 17,926 | 583,322,612 | 59.71 |
2. | To elect Mr R J Akers as a director. | 576,949,748 | 98.92 | 6,303,612 | 1.08 | 87,178 | 583,253,360 | 59.70 |
3. | To re-elect Mr R A Lawson as a director. | 580,570,987 | 99.54 | 2,690,163 | 0.46 | 79,388 | 583,261,150 | 59.70 |
4. | To re-elect Mr M S Clare as a director. | 567,193,120 | 97.24 | 16,081,141 | 2.76 | 66,277 | 583,274,261 | 59.70 |
5. | To re-elect Mr D F Thomas as a director. | 580,433,865 | 99.52 | 2,825,558 | 0.48 | 81,115 | 583,259,423 | 59.70 |
6. | To re-elect Mr S J Boyes as a director. | 580,447,825 | 99.52 | 2,803,686 | 0.48 | 89,027 | 583,251,511 | 59.70 |
7. | To re-elect Miss T E Bamford as a director. | 570,949,594 | 97.89 | 12,307,841 | 2.11 | 83,103 | 583,257,435 | 59.70 |
8. | To re-elect Mr R MacEachrane as a director. | 557,245,539 | 95.54 | 26,010,631 | 4.46 | 84,368 | 583,256,170 | 59.70 |
9. | To re-elect Mr M E Rolfe as a director. | 556,793,596 | 95.46 | 26,462,084 | 4.54 | 84,858 | 583,255,680 | 59.70 |
10. | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor of the Company. | 542,122,253 | 92.94 | 41,175,917 | 7.06 | 42,395 | 583,298,170 | 59.70 |
11. | To authorise the directors to fix the auditor’s remuneration. | 547,932,135 | 94.28 | 33,242,270 | 5.72 | 2,166,133 | 581,174,405 | 59.49 |
12. | To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2012. | 559,917,636 | 97.93 | 11,819,527 | 2.07 | 11,603,375 | 571,737,163 | 58.52 |
13. | To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure. | 544,581,372 | 93.40 | 38,502,844 | 6.60 | 256,322 | 583,084,216 | 59.68 |
14. | To approve the renewal of the Barratt Developments PLC Long-Term Performance Plan. | 571,187,251 | 98.62 | 7,964,389 | 1.38 | 4,188,898 | 579,151,640 | 59.28 |
15. | To authorise the Board to allot shares and grant subscription/conversion rights over shares. | 581,311,414 | 99.67 | 1,949,890 | 0.33 | 79,234 | 583,261,304 | 59.70 |
16. | To authorise the Board to allot equity securities.^ | 582,854,376 | 99.95 | 317,152 | 0.05 | 169,010 | 583,171,528 | 59.69 |
17. | To authorise the Board to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares.^ | 578,253,409 | 99.46 | 3,155,589 | 0.54 | 1,931,540 | 581,408,998 | 59.51 |
18. | To allow the Company to hold general meetings, other than an annual general meeting, on not less than 14 clear days’ notice.^ | 554,307,737 | 95.04 | 28,916,479 | 4.96 | 116,322 | 583,224,216 | 59.70 |
* Includes Chairman’s discretionary votes.
**A vote withheld is not a vote in law.
^ Indicates a special resolution requiring a 75% majority.