13 May 2015
SAVILLS PLC
('the Company')
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - 13 MAY 2015: RESOLUTIONS
The Savills plc Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday 13 May 2015. 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 Witheld/ Abstentions |
Poll Yes/No |
1 |
To receive the 2014 Annual Report and Accounts, the Directors' Reports and the Auditors' Report on the 2014 Annual Report and Accounts |
109,457,013 |
99.91% |
63,528 |
0.06% |
109,550,541 |
101,291 |
No |
2 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the Remuneration Policy) contained in the 2014 Annual Report and Accounts |
106,500,013 |
97.14% |
3,104,703 |
2.83% |
109,635,716 |
16,116 |
No |
3 |
To declare a final dividend of 7.25p per ordinary share |
109,620,582 |
99.97% |
1,250 |
0.00% |
109,651,832 |
0 |
No |
4 |
To re-elect Peter Smith as a Director |
103,982,575 |
97.04% |
3,142,725 |
2.93% |
107,156,319 |
2,495,513 |
No |
5 |
To re-elect Jeremy Helsby as a Director |
106,559,136 |
97.18% |
3,056,648 |
2.79% |
109,649,599 |
2,233 |
No |
6 |
To re-elect Martin Angle as a Director |
109,115,511 |
99.51% |
472,259 |
0.43% |
109,648,789 |
3,043 |
No |
7 |
To re-elect Tim Freshwater as a Director |
106,633,092 |
99.54% |
466,208 |
0.44% |
107,130,319 |
2,521,513 |
No |
8 |
To re-elect Charles McVeigh as a Director |
109,394,926 |
99.77% |
224,141 |
0.20% |
109,649,067 |
2,765 |
No |
9 |
To re-elect Simon Shaw as a Director |
109,382,590 |
99.78% |
205,180 |
0.19% |
109,618,789 |
33,043 |
No |
10 |
To re-appoint Liz Hewitt as a Director |
109,260,825 |
99.67% |
328,373 |
0.30% |
109,620,217 |
31,615 |
No |
11 |
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Auditors |
104,704,346 |
95.55% |
4,843,139 |
4.42% |
109,577,485 |
74,347 |
No |
12 |
To authorise the Directors to determine the Auditors' remuneration |
107,868,627 |
98.42% |
1,707,250 |
1.56% |
109,605,877 |
45,955 |
No |
13 |
To renew the Directors' power to allot shares |
105,702,743 |
96.40% |
3,916,492 |
3.57% |
109,650,254 |
1,578 |
No |
14 |
To authorise the disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights# |
108,694,497 |
99.13% |
919,240 |
0.84% |
109,644,756 |
7,076 |
No |
15 |
To renew the Company's authority to purchase its own shares# |
109,606,597 |
99.96% |
11,406 |
0.01% |
109,649,022 |
2,810 |
No |
16 |
To authorise the Directors to call general meetings† on 14 clear days' notice# |
100,180,628 |
91.36% |
9,438,519 |
8.61% |
109,650,166 |
1,666 |
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 13 May 2015, the issued share capital was 135,913,369 ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each and the total number of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares was 135,913,369 each ordinary share having one vote.
