Bellway PLC Result of AGM

 
TIDMBWY 
 
BELLWAY p.l.c. (the 'Company') 
 
                   Results of Annual General Meeting ('AGM') 
 
13 December 2017 
 
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 15 (inclusive) are ordinary resolutions and resolutions 
16 to 19 (inclusive) are special resolutions. 
 
Resolution                                          In favour *         Against     Withheld 
 
                                           Proxy 
                                  Total    cards 
                                  proxy received      Votes      %      Votes     %    Shares 
                             votes cast 
 
 1. To adopt the Report and  87,098,579      430 87,032,079  99.924    66,500 0.076    48,617 
    Accounts. 
 
 1. To approve the           86,569,195      430 84,362,645  97.451 2,206,550 2.549   578,001 
    Directors' Remuneration 
    Policy. 
 
 1. To approve the Report of 85,776,794      430 84,225,240  98.191 1,551,554 1.809 1,370,402 
    the Board on Directors' 
    Remuneration. 
 
 1. To declare a final       87,147,196      430 87,144,246  99.997     2,950 0.003         0 
    dividend. 
 
 1. To re-elect Mr J K       86,402,187      430 78,852,924  91.263 7,549,263 8.737   745,009 
    Watson as a director of 
    the Company. 
 
 1. To re-elect Mr E F Ayres 87,145,382      430 81,573,041  93.606 5,572,341 6.394     1,814 
    as a director of the 
    Company. 
 
 1. To re-elect Mr K D Adey  87,145,061      430 81,278,686  93.268 5,866,375 6.732     2,135 
    as a director of the 
    Company. 
 
 1. To re-elect Mr J A       87,145,061      430 85,682,209  98.321 1,462,852 1.679     2,135 
    Cuthbert as a director 
    of the Company. 
 
 1. To re-elect Mr P N       87,145,382      430 86,649,454  99.431   495,928 0.569     1,814 
    Hampden Smith as a 
    director of the Company. 
 
 1. To re-elect Mrs D N      87,145,382      430 86,685,730  99.473   459,652 0.527     1,814 
    Jagger as a director of 
    the Company. 
 
 1. To elect Mr J M Honeyman 87,145,382      430 81,329,934  93.327 5,815,448 6.673     1,814 
    as a director of the 
    Company. 
 
 1. To elect Ms J Caseberry  87,145,382      430 87,046,736  99.887    98,646 0.113     1,814 
    as a director of the 
    Company. 
 
 1. To appoint KPMG LLP as   87,146,941      430 84,211,868  96.632 2,935,073 3.368       255 
    the auditor of the 
    Company. 
 
 1. To authorise the Audit   87,147,093      430 87,014,075  99.847   133,018 0.153       103 
    Committee to agree the 
    auditor's remuneration. 
 
 1. To authorise the         87,142,521      430 85,627,011  98.261 1,515,510 1.739     4,675 
    directors to allot 
    shares. 
 
 1. To exclude the           87,141,225      430 86,844,580  99.660   296,645 0.340     5,971 
    application of 
    pre-emption rights to 
    the allotment of equity 
    securities. 
 
 1. Subject to the approval  87,140,102      430 84,729,920  97.234 2,410,182 2.766     7,094 
    of Resolution 16 to 
    further exclude the 
    application of 
    pre-emption rights to 
    the allotment of equity 
    securities. 
 
 1. To authorise market      87,069,797      430 85,990,727  98.761 1,079,070 1.239    77,399 
    purchases of the 
    Company's own ordinary 
    shares. 
 
 1. To allow the Company to  87,144,873      430 83,412,628  95.717 3,732,245 4.283     2,323 
    hold general meetings 
    (other than AGMs) at 14 
    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: 87,147,196. 
 
Number of shares in issue and therefore the total number of voting rights: 
122,799,008. 
 
Number of shareholders at meeting date: 2,664. 
 
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] 
 
 
 
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