AGM Statement

RNS Number : 7603U

Pennon Group PLC

31 July 2015

 

PENNON GROUP PLC

AGM STATEMENT

Summary of the Annual General Meeting held on 30 July 2015 at Exeter Golf and Country Club, Exeter, EX2 7AE

The Directors are pleased to announce that the shareholders of Pennon Group Plc at the Company's Annual General Meeting on Thursday, 30 July 2015 passed all the resolutions as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 22 June 2015.

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 72.32%. Votes withheld are not votes in law and have not been counted in the calculation of the votes.

	Number of Votes
Resolution 1: To receive and adopt the Directors' Report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2015, together with report of the auditor.
For	297,321,744
Against	21,930
Discretion	586,978
Withheld	30,809
Resolution 2: To declare a final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March 2015 of 21.82p for each ordinary share of nominal value 40.7p for payment on 2 October 2015.
For	297,377,691
Against	8,874
Discretion	571,824
Withheld	3,072
Resolution 3: To approve the Annual report on remuneration for the financial year 2014/15.
For	273,336,559
Against	4,855,400
Discretion	578,720
Withheld	19,190,782
Resolution 4: To elect Sir John Parker as a Director.
For	273,379,043
Against	4,539,094
Discretion	585,278
Withheld	19,458,045
Resolution 5: To re-elect Mr M D Angle as a Director.
For	296,360,808
Against	953,723
Discretion	585,041
Withheld	61,889
Resolution 6: To elect Mr N Cooper as a Director.
For	294,314,224
Against	1,280,707
Discretion	594,057
Withheld	1,772,472
Resolution 7: To elect Mrs S J Davy as a Director.
For	296,305,668
Against	990,406
Discretion	587,846
Withheld	77,541
Resolution 8: To re-elect Mr C Loughlin as a Director.
For	296,351,563
Against	970,152
Discretion	586,670
Withheld	53,076
Resolution 9: To re-elect Mr I J McAulay as a Director.
For	296,333,049
Against	977,669
Discretion	589,044
Withheld	61,699
Resolution 10: To re-elect Ms G Rider as a Director.
For	296,336,460
Against	968,767
Discretion	599,911
Withheld	56,323
Resolution 11: To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor  of the Company.
For	296,684,662
Against	631,068
Discretion	585,718
Withheld	60,013
Resolution 12: To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor on behalf of the Board.
For	296,680,669
Against	92,131
Discretion	1,136,238
Withheld	52,423
Resolution 13: To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations up to a specific limit.
For	294,037,977
Against	3,027,266
Discretion	636,237
Withheld	259,981
Resolution 14: To grant to Directors authority to allot shares.
For	272,654,175
Against	23,007,908
Discretion	642,814
Withheld	1,656,564
Resolution 15: To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights.
For	268,237,948
Against	28,756,701
Discretion	650,336
Withheld	316,475
Resolution 16:  To authorise the market purchase of the Company's own shares.
For	297,138,678
Against	139,341
Discretion	629,730
Withheld	53,712
Resolution 17: To authorise a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting to be called on 14 clear days' notice.
For	282,925,299
Against	14,286,537
Discretion	644,637
Withheld	99,737

Two copies of all the resolutions passed by the Company, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted and made available for inspection from the National Storage Mechanism at www.morningstar.co.uk

31 July 2015

www.pennon-group.co.uk

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