Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5101T

Pennon Group PLC

22 July 2022

 

Pennon Group plc

Result of the Annual General Meeting held on 21 July 2022 at Peninsula House, Rydon Lane, Exeter EX2 7HR, at 9.30am

The Directors are pleased to announce that the shareholders of Pennon Group plc passed all of the resolutions which were set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 15 June 2022.

Voting on all resolutions was conducted by way of a poll and the below table shows the percentage of issued share capital voted for each.

A copy of each of the resolutions passed by the Company, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted and made available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at  https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism  

A copy of this announcement will be posted on the Company's website at  www.pennon-group.co.uk/investor-information/shareholder-services

	RESOLUTION	VOTES FOR	% FOR	VOTES AGAINST	% AGAINST	VOTES TOTAL	% SHARE CAPITAL VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
1.	To receive and adopt for the annual reports and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022	198,891,655	100.00	5,036	0.00	198,896,691	76.22%	748,551
2.	To declare a final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March 2022	191,987,046	96.17	7,655,668	3.83	199,642,714	76.51%	2,528
3.	To approve the Directors' remuneration report	185,769,068	98.34	3,144,427	1.66	188,913,495	72.40%	10,730,076
4.	To re-elect Gill Rider as a Director	195,296,611	97.83	4,334,126	2.17	199,630,737	76.50%	14,505
5.	To re-elect Susan Davy as a Director	199,243,756	99.81	386,297	0.19	199,630,053	76.50%	13,518
6.	To re-elect Paul Boote as a Director	199,377,021	99.87	252,116	0.13	199,629,137	76.50%	14,434
7.	To re-elect Neil Cooper as a Director	196,356,255	98.36	3,272,354	1.64	199,628,609	76.50%	14,962
8.	To re-elect Iain Evans as a Director	192,944,501	96.93	6,105,877	3.07	199,050,378	76.28%	593,193
9.	To re-elect Claire Ighodaro as a Director	196,573,189	98.47	3,055,271	1.53	199,628,460	76.50%	15,111
10.	To re-elect Jon Butterworth as a Director	196,564,452	98.47	3,063,996	1.53	199,628,448	76.50%	15,123
11.	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company	198,301,748	99.33	1,328,880	0.67	199,630,628	76.50%	12,943
12.	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor on behalf of the Board	197,300,175	98.83	2,332,324	1.17	199,632,499	76.50%	11,072
13.	To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations up to a specified limit	197,856,264	99.12	1,758,209	0.88	199,614,473	76.50%	29,098
14.	To grant the Directors authority to allot shares	196,222,456	98.29	3,410,180	1.71	199,632,636	76.50%	10,935
15.	To authorise the general disapplication of pre-emption rights	198,889,618	99.63	740,472	0.37	199,630,090	76.50%	13,481
16.	To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment	197,758,437	99.06	1,871,489	0.94	199,629,926	76.50%	13,645
17.	To authorise the market purchase of the Company's shares	198,299,658	99.38	1,234,967	0.62	199,534,625	76.47%	108,946
18.	To authorise a general meeting other than an AGM to be called on 14 clear days' notice	188,563,174	94.45	11,076,797	5.55	199,639,971	76.51%	3,600
19.	To consider and approve the Company's climate-related financial disclosures (as set out on pages 106-122 of the Annual Report)	183,935,985	94.57	10,551,496	5.43	194,487,481	74.53%	5,156,090
20.	Amendments to the article 5A of the articles of association of the Company	199,608,559	99.99	14,787	0.01	199,623,346	76.50%	20,225

Notes

i)  The total votes cast in favour of each resolution include those giving the Chair's discretion.

ii)  A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes    "for" and "against" a resolution.

iii)  Resolutions 15, 16, 17, 18 and 20 are special resolutions.

iv)  The total number of ordinary shares of 61.05p in issue at the meeting date, was 260,944,741 ordinary shares, including 5,628 ordinary shares held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company as at today's date is 260,939,113 shares.

22 July 2022

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