BELLWAY PLC - Result of AGM

BELLWAY PLC - Result of AGM

PR Newswire

London, December 12

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

Results of Annual General Meeting ('AGM')

12 December 2018

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.bellwaycorporate.com

The total number of votes cast for each resolution is set out in the table below. Resolutions 1 to 12 (inclusive) are ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 to 16 (inclusive) are special resolutions.

Resolution			In favour *		Against		Withheld
	Total proxy votes cast	Proxy cards received	Votes	%	Votes	%	Shares
1 To adopt the Report and Accounts.	89,077,374	404	89,076,924	99.999	450	0.001	118,678
2 To approve the Report of the Board on Directors' Remuneration.	87,168,488	404	76,787,077	88.090	10,381,411	11.910	2,027,564
3 To declare a final dividend.	89,196,052	404	89,195,602	99.999	450	0.001	0
4 To re-elect Mr J M Honeyman as a director of the Company.	89,172,940	404	88,588,179	99.344	584,761	0.656	23,112
5 To re-elect Mr K D Adey as a director of the Company.	89,173,628	404	88,160,899	98.864	1,012,729	1.136	22,424
6 To re-elect Mr P N Hampden Smith as a director of the Company.	89,173,628	404	88,204,200	98.913	969,428	1.087	22,424
7 To re-elect Mrs D N Jagger as a director of the Company.	89,170,628	404	88,553,994	99.308	616,634	0.692	25,424
8 To re-elect Ms J Caseberry as a director of the Company.	89,169,928	404	88,553,522	99.309	616,406	0.691	26,124
9 To elect Mr I McHoul as a director of the Company.	89,170,658	404	88,646,140	99.412	524,518	0.588	25,394
10 To appoint KPMG LLP as the auditor of the Company.	88,122,958	404	83,614,118	94.883	4,508,840	5.117	1073094
11 To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration.	89,193,874	404	88,950,829	99.728	243,045	0.272	2178
12 To authorise the directors to allot shares.	89,170,823	404	86,989,385	97.554	2,181,438	2.446	25229
13 To exclude the application of pre-emption rights to the allotment of equity securities.	89,192,194	404	89,166,223	99.971	25,971	0.029	3,858
14 Subject to the approval of Resolution 13 to further exclude the application of pre-emption rights to the allotment of equity securities.	89,192,194	404	87,150,471	97.711	2,041,723	2.289	3,858
15 To authorise market purchases of the Company's own ordinary shares.	89,156,181	404	88,220,885	98.951	935,296	1.049	39,871
16 To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) at 14 days' notice.	89,194,377	404	85,235,639	95.562	3,958,738	4.438	1,675

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

The total number of votes cast: 89,196,052.

Number of shares in issue and therefore the total number of voting rights: 123,043,024.

Number of shareholders at meeting date: 2,696.

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 http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Simon Scougall
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
Bellway p.l.c.
Tel: [phone]