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Barratt Developments PLC

14 October 2021

BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS PLC

RESULTS OF THE 2021 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Barratt Developments PLC (the "Company") held its sixty-third Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") on Wednesday 13(th) October 2021, at Ironmongers' Hall, Off Shaftesbury Place, Aldersgate, Barbican, London EC2Y 8AA.

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

 
                                   Votes For (including 
                                  Chairman's discretionary                               Votes           Total Votes Cast 
           Resolution                      votes)                 Votes Against       Withheld(1)           (excluding 
                                                                                                         votes withheld) 
                                   No. of      % of shares     No. of       % of        No. of        No. of      % of issued 
                                   Shares         voted        Shares      shares       Shares        Shares         share 
                                                                           voted                                    capital 
      ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ------------ 
       To receive the 
       Auditor's 
       and Directors' reports, 
       the strategic report 
       and the accounts 
       for the year ended 
 1.    30 June 2021.             728,337,463         99.98      165,387       0.02        325,435   728,502,850        71.27% 
      ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ------------ 
       To approve the 
       Directors' 
       remuneration report 
       for the year ended 
       30 June 2021 (excluding 
       the Directors' 
       remuneration 
 2.    policy).                  713,316,429         98.03   14,367,687       1.97      8,583,304   727,684,116        71.19% 
      ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ------------ 
       To declare a final 
        dividend of 21.9 
        pence per ordinary 
 3.     share.                   735,275,610         99.87      966,710       0.13         25,100   736,242,320        72.03% 
      ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ------------ 
       To elect Katie 
       Bickerstaffe 
       as a Director of 
 4.    the Company.              735,831,235         99.95      372,444       0.05         63,741   736,203,679        72.02% 
      ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ------------ 
       To elect Chris Weston 
        as a Director of 
 5.     the Company.             732,601,694         99.51    3,598,525       0.49         67,201   736,200,219        72.02% 
      ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ------------ 
       To re-elect John 
        Allan as a Director 
 6.     of the Company.          732,172,800         99.45    4,038,796       0.55         55,824   736,211,596        72.02% 
      ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ------------ 
       To re-elect David 
        Thomas as a Director 
 7.     of the Company.          736,059,843         99.98      149,677       0.02         57,900   736,209,520        72.02% 
      ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ------------ 
       To re-elect Steven 
        Boyes as a Director 
 8.     of the Company           734,958,257         99.83    1,251,723       0.17         57,440   736,209,980        72.02% 
      ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ------------ 
       To re-elect Nina 
        Bibby as a Director 
 9.     of the Company.          735,342,635         99.88      866,883       0.12         57,902   736,209,518        72.02% 
      ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ------------ 
       To re-elect Jock 
        Lennox as a Director 
 10.    of the Company.          727,025,462         99.76    1,745,383       0.24         57,440   728,770,845        71.30% 
      ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ------------ 
       To re-elect Sharon 
        White as a Director 
 11.    of the Company.          727,896,223         99.88      869,407       0.12         62,655   728,765,630        71.30% 
      ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ------------ 
       To re-appoint Deloitte 
        LLP as the auditor 
 12.    of the Company.          721,749,715         99.04    7,022,032       0.96         56,538   728,771,747        71.30% 
      ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ------------ 
       To authorise the 
        Audit Committee to 
        fix the auditor's 
 13.    remuneration.            726,423,144         99.68    2,358,164       0.32         46,947   728,781,308        71.30% 
      ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ------------ 
       To authorise the 
       Company to make 
       political 
       donations and incur 
 14.   political expenditure.    703,380,609         96.53   25,258,726       3.47        188,950   728,639,335        71.28% 
      ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ------------ 
       To approve the increase 
       of the directors' 
       fee limit from 
       GBP800,000 
 15    to GBP1,000,000           727,837,032         99.88      864,272       0.12        126,981   728,701,304        71.29% 
      ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ------------ 
       To authorise the 
       Board to allot shares 
       and grant 
       subscription/conversion 
 16.   rights over shares.       709,500,756         97.35   19,302,848       2.65         24,681   728,803,604        71.30% 
      ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ------------ 
       To authorise the 
        Board to allot or 
        sell ordinary shares 
        without complying 
        with 
 17.    pre-emption rights.*     709,660,259         97.40   18,965,730       2.60        202,296   728,625,989        71.28% 
      ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ------------ 
       To authorise the 
        Company to make market 
        purchases of its 
 18.    ordinary shares.*        725,482,964         99.84    1,196,643       0.16      2,148,678   726,679,607        71.09% 
      ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ------------ 
       To allow the Company 
       to hold general 
       meetings, 
       other than an Annual 
       General Meeting, 
       on not less than 
 19.   14 clear days' notice.*   696,633,745         94.83   38,009,780       5.17        184,128   734,643,525        71.87% 
      ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ------------ 
 

(1) A vote withheld is not a vote in law.

* Indicates a special resolution requiring a 75% majority.

Issued share capital as at voting record date: 1,022,171,405. Number of votes per share: one

Resolutions submitted to the National Storage Mechanism (the 'NSM')

We will shortly submit copies of all resolutions, other than those relating to ordinary business, passed at the meeting, (being Resolutions 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19) to the NSM in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2.

These resolutions will therefore be available for inspection at: https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism .

The poll results will also be available shortly on the Company's website www.barrattdevelopments.co.uk .

For further information please contact:

Barratt Developments PLC

   David Thomas, Chief Executive                                                         020 7299 4896 
   Tina Bains, Company Secretary                                                         01530 278 278 

For media enquiries, please contact:

Barratt Developments PLC

   Tim Collins, Head of Corporate Communications                              020 7299 4874 

Brunswick

Jonathan Glass/Rosie Oddy 020 7404 5959

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