AGM Statement

RNS Number : 5399J
Severn Trent PLC
17 July 2013
 



Severn Trent Plc

(the "Company")

Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 17 July 2013

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 17 June 2013.

 

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 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 19 to 21 were passed as special resolutions.

 

The Meeting was attended by 194 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, 60.74% 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

144,883,957

99.97

43,803

0.03

144,927,760

60.67%

168,895

2

Declare a final dividend

 

144,944,628

99.99

12,183

0.01

144,956,811

60.68%

140,998

3

Approve Directors' remuneration report

136,949,431

96.14

5,501,205

3.86

142,450,636

59.63%

2,649,821

4

Reappoint Tony Balance

 

142,794,395

98.72

1,857,714

1.28

144,652,109

60.55%

447,382

5

Reappoint Bernard Bulkin

 

142,776,401

99.38

891,520

0.62

143,667,921

60.14%

1,429,799

6

Reappoint Richard Davey

 

143,976,889

99.38

894,296

0.62

144,871,185

60.65%

227,406

7

Reappoint Andrew Duff

 

142,242,075

98.18

2,639,709

1.82

144,881,784

60.65%

216,652

8

Reappoint Gordon Fryett

 

144,119,151

99.48

757,249

0.52

144,876,400

60.65%

222,887

9

Reappoint Martin Kane

 

142,887,180

98.78

1,764,252

1.22

144,651,432

60.55%

446,790

10

Reappoint Martin Lamb

 

144,018,941

99.41

858,946

0.59

144,877,887

60.65%

213,726

11

Reappoint Michael McKeon

 

143,007,940

98.71

1,875,398

1.29

144,883,338

60.65%

214,601

12

Reappoint Baroness Noakes

 

143,900,295

99.32

980,201

0.68

144,880,496

60.65%

217,000

13

Reappoint Andy Smith

 

142,783,911

98.71

1,870,012

1.29

144,653,923

60.55%

444,664

14

Reappoint Tony Wray

 

138,879,715

95.86

5,996,861

4.14

144,876,576

60.65%

222,015

15

Reappoint auditors

 

144,432,095

99.76

341,069

0.24

144,773,164

60.60%

321,737

16

Authorise directors to determine auditors' remuneration

144,513,967

99.84

237,145

0.16

144,751,112

60.59%

342,987

17

Authorise political donations

140,272,198

98.93

1,518,475

1.07

141,790,673

59.36%

3,305,100

18

Authorise allotment of shares

140,950,623

97.51

3,606,579

2.49

144,557,202

60.51%

519,512

19

Disapply pre-emption rights

143,262,619

99.27

1,058,769

0.73

144,321,388

60.42%

778,833

20

Authorise purchase of own shares

144,069,273

99.44

810,585

0.56

144,879,858

60.65%

216,872

21

Reduce notice period for general meetings

131,266,339

90.62

13,582,603

9.38

144,848,942

60.64%

246,439

 

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 15 July 2013: 238,883,123 shares.

 

 


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