AGM Statement

RNS Number : 9623H
Severn Trent PLC
18 July 2012
 



Severn Trent Plc

(the "Company")

Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 18 July 2012

at the International Convention Centre, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2EA

 

 

The Directors are pleased to announce that the shareholders of Severn Trent Plc passed all the resolutions that were proposed at this year's Annual General Meeting, as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 18 June 2012.

 

All of the Resolutions were passed at the Meeting on a poll.  The total number of votes received for each resolution is set out below in Appendix A.

 

Resolutions 1 to 18, 22 and 23 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 19 to 21 were passed as special resolutions.

 

The Meeting was attended by 173 shareholders.

 

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.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

 

In total, 59.44% of the issued share capital was voted and the percentages shown below are rounded to two decimal places.

 

 

 

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Appendix A

 


RESOLUTION

VOTES FOR

% OF VOTES CAST

VOTES AGAINST

% OF VOTES CAST

VOTES CAST IN TOTAL

TOTAL VOTES CAST AS A % OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL

VOTES WITHHELD

1

Receive the Reports and Accounts

141,595,856

99.97

37,321

0.03

141,633,177

59.43%

81,435

2

Declare a final dividend

141,601,845

99.99

16,499

0.01

141,618,344

59.43%

97,673

3

Approve Directors' remuneration report

135,101,023

96.96

4,231,635

3.04

139,332,658

58.47%

2,383,537

4

Reappoint Tony Balance

 

140,059,911

98.93

1,507,961

1.07

141,567,872

59.41%

147,701

5

Reappoint Bernard Bulkin

 

140,698,999

99.39

868,986

0.61

141,567,985

59.41%

148,805

6

Reappoint Richard Davey

 

140,608,116

99.33

949,697

0.67

141,557,813

59.40%

157,540

7

Reappoint Andrew Duff

 

140,794,368

99.46

771,100

0.54

141,565,468

59.41%

150,023

8

Reappoint Gordon Fryett

 

140,959,741

99.58

596,721

0.42

141,556,462

59.40%

157,829

9

Reappoint Martin Kane

 

140,067,372

98.94

1,501,971

1.06

141,569,343

59.41%

144,608

10

Reappoint Martin Lamb

 

140,787,359

99.45

784,489

0.55

141,571,848

59.41%

144,180

11

Reappoint Michael McKeon

 

140,149,967

99.00

1,415,642

1.00

141,565,609

59.41%

150,415

12

Reappoint Baroness Noakes

 

140,765,940

99.44

798,396

0.56

141,564,336

59.40%

151,889

13

Reappoint Andy Smith

 

140,052,953

98.93

1,515,332

1.07

141,568,285

59.41%

147,282

14

Reappoint Tony Wray

 

136,306,830

96.28

5,262,973

3.72

141,569,803

59.41%

147,677

15

Reappoint auditors

 

141,472,153

99.91

130,153

0.09

141,602,306

59.42%

113,802

16

Authorise directors to determine auditors' remuneration

141,217,885

99.74

367,093

0.26

141,584,978

59.41%

131,174

17

Authorise political donations

137,226,753

97.41

3,651,471

2.59

140,878,224

59.12%

839,640

18

Authorise allotment of shares

137,531,018

97.55

3,452,740

2.45

140,983,758

59.16%

731,647

19

Disapply pre-emption rights

140,694,979

99.64

505,365

0.36

141,200,344

59.25%

515,185

20

Authorise purchase of own shares

140,983,891

99.60

572,692

0.40

141,556,583

59.40%

160,006

21

Reduce notice period for general meetings

128,950,126

91.10

12,593,056

8.90

141,543,182

59.40%

173,740

22

Declare a special dividend

141,492,719

99.90

139,543

0.10

141,632,262

59.43%

84,031

23

Renewal of Share Incentive Plan

140,462,182

99.26

1,053,342

0.74

141,515,524

59.38%

199,964

 

Notes

 

1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.

 

2. 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.

 

3.  Issued ordinary share capital at 16 July 2012:  238,304,622 shares.

 

 


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