Result of AGM

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.

Tel: 0191 217 0717

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