BELLWAY PLC - Result of AGM

BELLWAY PLC - Result of AGM

PR Newswire

London, December 10

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

Results of Annual General Meeting ('AGM')

10 December 2019

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 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.	93,634,127	472	93,567,930	99.929	66,197	0.071	86,398
2 To approve the Report of the Board on Directors' Remuneration.	93,714,298	472	92,413,256	98.612	1,301,042	1.388	6,227
3 To declare a final dividend.	93,720,075	472	93,720,075	100.000	0	0.000	450
4 To re-elect Mr P N Hampden Smith as a director of the Company.	93,663,096	472	92,612,571	98.878	1,050,525	1.122	57,429
5 To re-elect Mr J M Honeyman as a director of the Company.	93,663,096	472	92,993,028	99.285	670,068	0.715	57,429
6 To re-elect Mr K D Adey as a director of the Company.	93,663,096	472	92,080,430	98.310	1,582,666	1.690	57,429
7 To re-elect Mrs D N Jagger as a director of the Company.	93,663,151	472	93,102,302	99.401	560,849	0.599	57,374
8 To re-elect Ms J Caseberry as a director of the Company.	93,663,629	472	93,104,002	99.403	559,627	0.597	56,896
9 To elect Mr I McHoul as a director of the Company.	93,663,096	472	85,300,014	91.071	8,363,082	8.929	57,429
10 To appoint KPMG LLP as the auditor of the Company.	93,665,278	472	91,782,933	97.990	1,882,345	2.010	55,247
11 To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration.	93,719,354	472	93,565,634	99.836	153,720	0.164	1,171
12 To authorise the directors to allot shares.	93,719,347	472	91,597,718	97.736	2,121,629	2.264	1,178
13 To exclude the application of pre-emption rights to the allotment of equity securities.	93,716,936	472	88,831,474	94.787	4,885,462	5.213	3,589
14 Subject to the approval of Resolution 13 to further exclude the application of pre-emption rights to the allotment of equity securities.	93,716,936	472	86,748,392	92.564	6,968,544	7.436	3,589
15 To authorise market purchases of the Company's own ordinary shares.	93,651,092	472	92,640,118	98.920	1,010,974	1.080	69,433
16 To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) at 14 days' notice.	93,719,666	472	90,617,234	96.690	3,102,432	3.310	859

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

The total number of votes cast: 93,720,075.

Number of shares in issue and therefore the total number of voting rights: 123,193,894.

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.

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