Result of AGM

Bellway PLC

15 December 2023

 

BELLWAY p.l.c. (the 'Company')

Results of Annual General Meeting ('AGM')

15 December 2023

The Company is pleased to announce that at the AGM held earlier today, shareholders passed each of the ordinary and special resolutions by the requisite majorities on a poll.  The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of AGM, which is available on the Company's website, www.bellwayplc.co.uk

The total number of votes cast for each resolution is set out in the table below. Resolutions 1 to 14 (inclusive) are ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 18 (inclusive) are special resolutions.

Resolution	Total proxy votes cast	Proxy cards received	In favour *		Against		Withheld
			Votes	%	Votes	%	Shares
1.  To receive and adopt the Accounts, the Directors' Report and the Auditor's Report thereon, and the auditable part of the Remuneration Report.	96,869,491	332	96,777,343	99.99	2,540	0.01	89,608
2. To approve the Remuneration Report, pages 126 - 145.	96,869,491	344	95,714,235	98.84	1,119,756	1.16	35,500
3. To declare a final dividend.	96,869,491	332	94,699,063	97.76	2,170,393	2.24	35
4. To re-elect Mr J Tutte as a director of the Company.	96,869,491	363	86,891,922	90.56	9,062,356	9.44	915,213
5. To re-elect Mr J M Honeyman as a director of the Company.	96,869,491	341	96,563,469	99.69	302,933	0.31	3,089
6. To re-elect Mr K D Adey as a director of the Company.	96,869,491	342	96,162,838	99.27	703,564	0.73	3,089
7. To re-elect Ms J Caseberry as a director of the Company.	96,869,491	354	94,145,605	97.19	2,720,820	2.81	3,066
8. To re-elect Mr I McHoul as a director of the Company.	96,869,491	354	95,586,353	98.68	1,279,847	1.32	3,291
9. To re-elect Ms S Whitney as a director of the Company.	96,869,491	358	94,653,957	97.72	2,212,265	2.28	3,269
10. To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the auditor of the Company.	96,869,491	336	95,873,443	98.97	995,170	1.03	878
11. To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration.	96,869,491	334	96,865,607	99.99	2,853	0.01	1,031
12. To authorise the directors to allot shares.	96,869,491	343	94,942,159	98.02	1,919,476	1.98	7,856
13. To approve the terms of the PSP.	96,869,491	346	95,372,665	98.46	1,489,935	1.54	6,891
14. To approve the rule of the SRSOS.	96,869,491	351	95,107,379	98.18	1,760,824	1.82	1,288
15. To exclude the application of pre-emption rights to the allotment of equity securities.	96,869,491	345	92,956,076	95.96	3,910,915	4.04	2,500
16. Subject to the approval of Resolution 12 to further exclude the application of pre-emption rights to the allotment of equity securities.	96,869,491	351	90,204,701	93.12	6,662,666	6.88	2,124
17. To authorise market purchases of the Company's own ordinary shares.	96,869,491	340	95,781,942	98.96	1,008,666	1.04	78,883
18. To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) at 14 days' notice.	96,869,491	348	94,810,084	97.88	2,057,224	2.12	2,183

The percentage of votes cast exclude Withheld votes.  *Votes in favour include votes at Chairman's discretion.

The total number of votes cast: 96,869,491.

Number of shares in issue and therefore the total number of voting rights: 119,445,971.

Number of shareholders at meeting date: 2,232.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the resolutions (other than those resolutions comprising ordinary business) passed by the Company at its AGM have been uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Simon Scougall

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

Bellway p.l.c.

Tel: [phone]

 

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