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RNS Number : 0065X  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 (http://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           96,869,491              332                   96,777,343  99.99   2,540      0.01  89,608
 Auditor's Report thereon, and the auditable part of the Remuneration Report.

 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       96,869,491              345                   92,956,076  95.96   3,910,915  4.04  2,500
 equity securities.
 16. Subject to the approval of Resolution 12 to further exclude the            96,869,491              351                   90,204,701  93.12   6,662,666  6.88  2,124
 application of pre-emption rights to the allotment of equity securities.
 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      96,869,491              348                   94,810,084  97.88   2,057,224  2.12  2,183
 days' notice.

 

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
(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: 0191 217 0717

 

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