Result of AGM

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

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]