UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULT
At the annual general meeting held on 26 July 2019 at the Lowry Hotel, Manchester, 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 18 and 23 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 19 to 22 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 www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
|
No. |
Resolution |
Votes for
|
% |
Votes against
|
% |
% of Issued share capital voted |
Votes withheld
|
|
1 |
Receiving the report and accounts |
461,110,454 |
99.98 |
70,435 |
0.02 |
67.63 |
371,530 |
|
2 |
Declaring a final dividend |
461,248,600 |
99.94 |
254,583 |
0.06 |
67.68 |
50,649 |
|
3 |
Approving the directors' remuneration report |
454,289,863 |
98.54 |
6,734,908 |
1.46 |
67.61 |
527,648 |
|
4 |
Approving the directors' remuneration policy |
458,175,960 |
99.41 |
2,709,122 |
0.59 |
67.59 |
667,337 |
|
5 |
Reappointing Dr John McAdam |
457,448,065 |
99.15 |
3,927,450 |
0.85 |
67.66 |
178,317 |
|
6 |
Reappointing Steve Mogford |
459,775,563 |
99.66 |
1,590,663 |
0.34 |
67.66 |
187,606 |
|
7 |
Reappointing Russ Houlden |
458,741,823 |
99.43 |
2,624,074 |
0.57 |
67.66 |
187,935 |
|
8 |
Reappointing Steve Fraser |
459,167,446 |
99.52 |
2,194,876 |
0.48 |
67.66 |
191,510 |
|
9
|
Reappointing Mark Clare |
457,546,465 |
99.18 |
3,796,139 |
0.82 |
67.66 |
211,228 |
|
10 |
Reappointing Sara Weller |
456,855,874 |
99.03 |
4,472,335 |
0.97 |
67.65 |
224,679 |
|
11 |
Reappointing Brian May |
457,312,922 |
99.12 |
4,043,689 |
0.88 |
67.66 |
197,221 |
|
12 |
Reappointing Stephen Carter |
457,570,437 |
99.18 |
3,787,357 |
0.82 |
67.66 |
196,038 |
|
13 |
Reappointing Alison Goligher |
457,936,835 |
99.26 |
3,422,635 |
0.74 |
67.66 |
194,362 |
|
14 |
Reappointing Paulette Rowe |
458,330,281 |
99.34 |
3,031,245 |
0.66 |
67.66 |
190,073 |
|
15 |
Elect Sir David Higgins |
460,259,452 |
99.77 |
1,080,099 |
0.23 |
67.66 |
212,048 |
|
16 |
Reappointing the auditor |
459,466,802 |
99.92 |
385,699 |
0.08 |
67.44 |
1,699,098 |
|
17 |
Remunerating the auditor |
460,992,514 |
99.92 |
377,380 |
0.08 |
67.66 |
181,705 |
|
18 |
Authorising the directors to allot shares |
451,287,317 |
97.83 |
10,005,734 |
2.17 |
67.65 |
258,548 |
|
19 |
Disapplying statutory pre-emption rights |
459,153,226 |
99.89 |
510,902 |
0.11 |
67.41 |
1,887,471 |
|
20 |
Authorising specific power to disapply statutory pre-emption rights
|
441,547,586 |
96.06 |
18,130,210 |
3.94 |
67.41 |
1,873,803 |
|
21 |
Authorising market purchases of its own shares by the company |
459,116,445 |
99.53 |
2,151,519 |
0.47 |
67.65 |
282,691 |
|
22 |
Notice period for general meetings |
435,454,439 |
94.81 |
23,860,314 |
5.19 |
67.36 |
2,236,846 |
|
23 |
Authorising political donations |
456,078,358 |
99.33 |
3,054,544 |
0.67 |
67.33 |
2,418,697 |
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Classification - Result of AGM
Jane Gilmore, Deputy Secretary 01925 237052
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