AGM Statement

RNS Number : 4620A

Pennon Group PLC

01 August 2008

 

PENNON GROUP PLC 

AGM STATEMENT

Summary of the Annual General Meeting held on 31 July 2008 at Sandy Park Conference Centre, Sandy Park, Exeter, Devon

The Directors are pleased to announce that the shareholders of Pennon Group Plc at the Company's Annual General Meeting on Thursday, 31 July 2008 passed all the resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 26 June 2008 (with the exception of Resolution 6, which was withdrawn).

The following table summarises the proxy votes received from shareholders prior to the meeting.  The highest percentage of the issued share capital voted was approximately 59.5%.  Votes withheld are not votes in law and have not been counted in the calculation of the votes. 

	Number of Votes	% of Vote
Resolution 1:    To receive and adopt for the year ended                          31 March 2008 the financial statements, the                          Directors' Report and the report of the                          independent auditors on the financial                         statements
For	210,330,494	99.49
Against	269,052	0.13
Discretion	778,383	0.37
Withheld	31,186	0.01
Resolution 2:    To declare a final dividend in respect of the                          year ended 31 March 2008 of 13.56p for each                          ordinary  share of nominal value 40.7p
For	210,631,561	99.64
Against	6,650	0.00
Discretion	768,424	0.36
Withheld	2,480	0.00
Resolution 3:  To approve the Directors' remuneration report for                        the year ended 31 March 2008
For	209,773,798	99.23
Against	645,990	0.30
Discretion	793,644	0.38
Withheld	195,683	0.09
Resolution 4:  To re-elect Ken Harvey as a Director
For	208,598,833	98.67
Against	1,885,922	0.89
Discretion	800,886	0.38
Withheld	123,474	0.06
Resolution 5:  To re-elect David Dupont as a Director
For	208,862,793	98.80
Against	1,626,749	0.77
Discretion	806,998	0.38
Withheld	112,575	0.05
Resolution 6:    To re-elect Kate Mortimer as a Director	Resolution withdrawn
Resolution 7:    To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as                          auditors of the Company
For	206,730,434	97.79
Against	3,827,820	1.81
Discretion	802,543	0.38
Withheld	48,318	0.02
Resolution 8:   To authorise Directors to fix the remuneration of                         the auditors
For	208,622,289	98.68
Against	1,908,906	0.90
Discretion	821,965	0.39
Withheld	55,955	0.03
Resolution 9:    To authorise Pennon Group Plc and its                          subsidiaries to make EU political donations                             (precautionary authority)
For	205,575,107	97.25
Against	2,904,059	1.37
Discretion	812,940	0.38
Withheld	2,117,009	1.00
Resolution 10: To grant the Directors the authority to allot                         shares
For	209,573,344	99.13
Against	904,796	0.43
Discretion	819,483	0.39
Withheld	111,492	0.05
Resolution 11: To authorise the partial exclusion of the                         statutory pre-emption rights
For	210,033,203	99.35
Against	293,906	0.14
Discretion	869,190	0.41
Withheld	212,816	0.10
Resolution 12: To adopt new Articles of Association
For	208,694,317	98.72
Against	1,684,267	0.80
Discretion	851,829	0.40
Withheld	178,702	0.08
Resolution 13: To authorise the Company to purchase its                         own shares
For	210,279,321	99.47
Against	239,335	0.10
Discretion	816,370	0.39
Withheld	74,089	0.04

Two copies of all the resolutions passed by the Company, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

LONDON

E14 5HS

Tel: [phone]

1 August 2008 

www.pennon-group.co.uk 

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