UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULT
At the annual general meeting held on 23 July 2021 at Manchester Central Convention Complex, all the resolutions set out in the notice of meeting were duly passed and the result of the poll is set out below. At the record date for the meeting the total number of voting rights in the company stood at 681,888,418 and the total ordinary shares in issue were 681,888,418.
Resolutions 1 to 15 and 21 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 20 were passed as special resolutions.
In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.1 and 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed at the meeting, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism, located at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
|
No. |
Resolution |
Votes for
|
% |
Votes against
|
% |
% of Issued share capital voted |
Votes withheld
|
|
1 |
Receiving the report and accounts |
480,920,827 |
99.98 |
90,318 |
0.02 |
70.54 |
237,846 |
|
2 |
Declaring a final dividend |
469,985,871 |
97.67 |
11,236,241 |
2.33 |
70.57 |
26,789 |
|
3 |
Approving the directors' remuneration report
|
466,214,257 |
97.32 |
12,828,512 |
2.68 |
70.25 |
2,205,642 |
|
4 |
Reappointing Sir David Higgins |
479,748,465 |
99.72 |
1,365,921 |
0.28 |
70.56 |
134,025 |
|
5 |
Reappointing Steve Mogford |
480,943,227 |
99.96 |
181,903 |
0.04 |
70.56 |
123,371 |
|
6 |
Election of Phil Aspin |
480,690,697 |
99.91 |
421,725 |
0.09 |
70.56 |
135,989 |
|
7
|
Reappointing Mark Clare |
440,648,504 |
91.59 |
40,458,836 |
8.41 |
70.56 |
139,693 |
|
8 |
Reappointing Stephen Carter |
479,831,839 |
99.74 |
1,266,497 |
0.26 |
70.55 |
150,075 |
|
9 |
Election of Kath Cates |
480,659,895 |
99.91 |
431,893 |
0.09 |
70.55 |
156,623 |
|
10 |
Reappointing Alison Goligher |
479,853,301 |
99.74 |
1,254,322 |
0.26 |
70.56 |
140,234 |
|
11 |
Reappointing Paulette Rowe |
479,877,207 |
99.74 |
1,230,707 |
0.26 |
70.56 |
139,943 |
|
12 |
Election of Doug Webb |
480,629,660 |
99.91 |
455,047 |
0.09 |
70.55 |
163,704 |
|
13 |
Reappointing the auditor |
478,778,021 |
99.51 |
2,363,232 |
0.49 |
70.56 |
107,248 |
|
14 |
Remunerating the auditor |
480,726,749 |
99.91 |
432,943 |
0.09 |
70.56 |
88,809 |
|
15 |
Authorising the directors to allot shares |
454,249,964 |
94.41 |
26,898,418 |
5.59 |
70.56 |
100,029 |
|
16 |
Disapplying statutory pre-emption rights |
478,586,722 |
99.77 |
1,118,983 |
0.23 |
70.35 |
1,542,706 |
|
17 |
Authorising specific power to disapply statutory pre-emption rights
|
462,666,822 |
96.44 |
17,070,461 |
3.56 |
70.35 |
1,511,128 |
|
18 |
Authorising market purchases of its own shares by the company |
477,601,885 |
99.52 |
2,314,856 |
0.48 |
70.38 |
1,331,760 |
|
19 |
Adoption of new articles of association |
465,002,176 |
96.66 |
16,074,680 |
3.34 |
70.55 |
171,555 |
|
20 |
Notice of general meeting |
447,734,867 |
93.05 |
33,423,496 |
6.95 |
70.56 |
90,048 |
|
21 |
Authorising political donations and political expenditure |
478,451,819 |
99.48 |
2,500,062 |
0.52 |
70.53 |
296,620 |
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Classification - Result of AGM
Jane Gilmore, Deputy Secretary 07717 702375
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