Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0229K

Bellway PLC

16 December 2022

 

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

Results of Annual General Meeting ('AGM')

16 December 2022

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	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.	94,581,850	386		94,579,566	99.99	2,284	0.01	85,299
2. To approve the Remuneration Report except for the Directors' Remuneration Policy.	94,459,538	393		91,378,412	96.74	3,081,126	3.26	207,611
3. To declare a final dividend.	94,658,657	387		94,447,752	99.78	210,905	0.22	8,492
4. To elect Mr J Tutte as a director of the Company.	94,657,201	392		93,989,132	99.29	668,069	0.71	9,948
5. To re-elect Mr J M Honeyman as a director of the Company.	94,657,523	392		94,113,448	99.43	544,075	0.57	9,626
6. To re-elect Mr K D Adey as a director of the Company.	94,656,393	395		93,570,483	98.85	1,085,910	1.15	10,756
7. To re-elect Ms J Caseberry as a director of the Company.	94,657,523	406		90,347,900	95.45	4,309,623	4.55	9,626
8. To re-elect Mr I McHoul as a director of the Company.	94,657,523	405		91,637,463	96.81	3,020,060	3.19	9,626
9. To elect Ms S Whitney as a director of the Company.	94,657,522	401		92,903,713	98.15	1,753,809	1.85	9,627
10. To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the auditor of the Company.	94,658,526	388		93,644,184	98.93	1,014,342	1.07	8,623
11. To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration.	94,658,184	388		94,624,602	99.96	33,582	0.04	8,965
12. To authorise the directors to allot shares.	94,665,865	398		93,101,487	98.35	1,564,378	1.65	1,284
13. To exclude the application of pre-emption rights to the allotment of equity securities.	94,566,397	392		91,731,681	97.00	2,834,716	3.00	100,752
14. Subject to the approval of Resolution 12 to further exclude the application of pre-emption rights to the allotment of equity securities.	94,566,719	393	90,750,453		95.96	3,816,266	4.04	100,430
15. To authorise market purchases of the Company's own ordinary shares.	94,602,696	390	93,606,875		98.95	995,821	1.05	64,453
16.  To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) at 14 days' notice.	94,658,566	395	92,363,676		97.58	2,294,890	2.42	8,583

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

The total number of votes cast: 94,667,149 .

Number of shares in issue and therefore the total number of voting rights: 123,487,367 .

Number of shareholders at meeting date: 2,396.

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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