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Bellway p.l.c. announced on 27 November 2025 that shareholders passed all ordinary and special resolutions at its Annual General Meeting. This included the declaration of a final dividend of 49.0p per ordinary share for the year ended 31 July 2025, the re-election of existing directors, and the election of Ms G Barr as a new director.
| Date | 27 Nov 2025 |
| Time | 14:41:35 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 3335J |
Bellway p.l.c. (the 'Company')
Results of the 2025 Annual General Meeting ('AGM')
27 November 2025
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 2025 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 16 (inclusive) are ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 21 (inclusive) are special resolutions.
|
Resolution |
Votes For 2 |
Votes Against |
Total Votes (excluding Votes Withheld) |
Votes Withheld 1 |
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|
Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
Shares |
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|
1. To receive and adopt the Accounts, the Directors' Report, the Strategic Report and the Auditor's Report thereon, and the auditable part of the Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 July 2025. |
91,038,522 |
99.99 |
2,871 |
0.01 |
91,041,393 |
57,122 |
|
2. To approve the Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 July 2025. |
87,998,028 |
96.60 |
3,097,308 |
3.40 |
91,095,336 |
3,179 |
|
3. To approve the Remuneration Policy. |
88,268,442 |
96.90 |
2,823,307 |
3.10 |
91,091,749 |
6,766 |
|
4. To declare a final dividend of 49.0p per ordinary share. |
91,094,965 |
99.99 |
2,873 |
0.01 |
91,097,838 |
677 |
|
5. To re-elect Mr J Tutte as a director of the Company. |
84,644,552 |
92.92 |
6,452,376 |
7.08 |
91,096,928 |
1,587 |
|
6. To re-elect Mr J M Honeyman as a director of the Company. |
90,708,294 |
99.57 |
388,589 |
0.43 |
91,096,883 |
1,632 |
|
7. To re-elect Mr S Doherty as a director of the Company. |
90,423,974 |
99.26 |
672,909 |
0.74 |
91,096,883 |
1,632 |
|
8. To re-elect Mr S Scougall as a director of the Company. |
90,707,413 |
99.57 |
388,574 |
0.43 |
91,095,987 |
2,528 |
|
9. To re-elect Ms J Caseberry as a director of the Company. |
86,935,198 |
95.43 |
4,161,730 |
4.57 |
91,096,928 |
1,587 |
|
10. To re-elect Mr I McHoul as a director of the Company. |
90,233,271 |
99.05 |
863,587 |
0.95 |
91,096,858 |
1,657 |
|
11. To re-elect Ms S Whitney as a director of the Company. |
90,238,427 |
99.06 |
857,001 |
0.94 |
91,095,428 |
3,087 |
|
12. To re-elect Ms C Davis as a director of the Company. |
90,194,763 |
99.01 |
900,550 |
0.99 |
91,095,313 |
3,202 |
|
13. To elect Ms G Barr as a director of the Company. |
91,088,109 |
99.99 |
7,595 |
0.01 |
91,095,704 |
2,811 |
|
14. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the auditor of the Company. |
90,180,533 |
99.99 |
10,145 |
0.01 |
90,190,678 |
907,837 |
|
15. To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration. |
90,887,611 |
99.77 |
210,006 |
0.23 |
91,097,617 |
898 |
|
16. To authorise the directors to allot shares. |
90,097,675 |
98.90 |
999,437 |
1.10 |
91,097,112 |
1,403 |
|
17. Subject to the approval of Resolution 16, to exclude the application of pre-emption rights to the allotment of equity securities.3 |
88,600,205 |
97.26 |
2,496,859 |
2.74 |
91,097,064 |
1,451 |
|
18. Subject to the approval of Resolution 16 to further exclude the application of pre-emption rights to the allotment of equity securities (in connection with acquisitions and specified capital investments).3 |
81,911,208 |
89.99 |
9,116,019 |
10.01 |
91,027,227 |
71,288 |
|
19. To authorise market purchases of the Company's own ordinary shares.3 |
90,865,911 |
99.97 |
25,336 |
0.03 |
90,891,247 |
207,268 |
|
20. To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) at 14 days' notice.3 |
89,585,490 |
98.34 |
1,511,645 |
1.66 |
91,097,135 |
1,380 |
|
21. To adopt the new Articles of Association.3 |
91,080,807 |
99.98 |
15,784 |
0.02 |
91,096,591 |
1,924 |
1 A vote withheld if not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.
2 Votes in favour include votes at the Chair's discretion.
3 Indicates a special resolution requiring a 75% majority.
The total number of ordinary shares with voting rights (or where the voting rights have not been waived) as at 6.00pm on 25 November 2025: 117,641,235.
In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2 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:
Phil Hope
Finance Director and Company Secretary
Bellway p.l.c.
Tel: 0191 217 0717