Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7230U

Bellway PLC

06 December 2021

 

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

Results of Annual General Meeting ('AGM')

06 December 2021

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 13 (inclusive) are ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14 to 17 (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 Auditor's Report thereon, and the auditable part of the Remuneration Report.	91,687,101	422	91,682,575	99.99	4,526	0.01	874,880
2. To approve the Remuneration Report except for the Directors' Remuneration Policy.	92,546,271	422	91,041,126	98.37	1,505,145	1.63	15,710
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.	92,355,771	422	89,540,335	96.95	2,815,436	3.05	206,210
4. To declare a final dividend.	92,552,057	422	92,424,480	99.86	127,577	0.14	9,924
5. To re-elect Mr P N Hampden Smith as a director of the Company.	91,788,055	422	91,023,776	99.17	764,279	0.83	773,926
6. To re-elect Mr J M Honeyman as a director of the Company.	92,547,947	422	92,277,727	99.71	270,220	0.29	14,034
7. To re-elect Mr K D Adey as a director of the Company.	92,547,947	422	91,846,026	99.24	701,921	0.76	14,034
8. To re-elect Mrs D N Jagger as a director of the Company.	92,547,747	422	92,239,158	99.67	308,589	0.33	14,234
9. To re-elect Ms J Caseberry as a director of the Company.	92,547,747	422	91,357,049	98.71	1,190,698	1.29	14,234
10. To re-elect Mr I McHoul as a director of the Company.	92,548,733	422	83,703,156	90.44	8,845,577	9.56	13,248
11. To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the auditor of the Company.	92,551,809	422	91,547,094	98.91	1,004,715	1.09	10,172
12. To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration.	92,550,061	422	92,517,432	99.96	32,629	0.04	11,920
13. To authorise the directors to allot shares.	92,558,923	422	89,883,088	97.11	2,675,835	2.89	3,058
14. To exclude the application of pre-emption rights to the allotment of equity securities.	91,541,102	422	89,182,888	97.42	2,358,214	2.58	1,020,879
15. Subject to the approval of Resolution 13 to further exclude the application of pre-emption rights to the allotment of equity securities.	91,520,293	422	87,257,162	95.34	4,263,131	4.66	1,041,688
16. To authorise market purchases of the Company's own ordinary shares.	92,377,514	422	91,290,387	98.82	1,087,127	1.18	184,467
17.  To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) at 14 days' notice.	92,551,932	422	90,384,110	97.66	2,167,822	2.34	10,049

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

The total number of votes cast: 92,558,923 .

Number of shares in issue and therefore the total number of voting rights: 123,401,351 .

Number of shareholders at meeting date: 2,650.

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

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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