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