AGM Statement

RNS Number : 5076M
Severn Trent PLC
16 July 2014
 



Severn Trent Plc

(the "Company")

Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 16 July 2014

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 16 June 2014.

 

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 21 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 22 to 24 were passed as special resolutions.

 

The Meeting was attended by 166 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, 58.63% 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

140,434,308

99.98

34,415

0.02

140,468,723

58.63%

131,694

2

Approve Directors' remuneration report

138,974,226

99.35

908,111

0.65

139,882,337

58.39%

719,294

3

Approve Directors' remuneration policy

136,960,503

97.66

3,276,685

2.34

140,237,188

58.54%

362,862

4

Adopt the Long Term Incentive Plan 2014

133,457,537

96.46

4,900,370

3.54

138,357,907

57.75%

2,243,043

5

Declare a final dividend

 

140,482,076

99.99

13,223

0.01

140,495,299

58.65%

107,624

6

Reappoint Tony Ballance

 

139,185,036

99.12

1,232,571

0.88

140,417,607

58.61%

181,054

7

Appoint John Coghlan

 

139,980,173

99.70

423,732

0.30

140,403,905

58.61%

194,680

8

Reappoint Richard Davey

 

139,706,494

99.50

706,327

0.50

140,412,821

58.61%

185,797

9

Reappoint Andrew Duff

 

138,448,791

98.60

1,971,809

1.40

140,420,600

58.61%

181,780

10

Reappoint Gordon Fryett

 

139,752,522

99.53

653,627

0.47

140,406,149

58.61%

195,158

11

Appoint Liv Garfield

 

133,262,790

94.91

7,153,729

5.09

140,416,519

58.61%

185,679

12

Reappoint Martin Kane

 

139,172,481

99.11

1,246,207

0.89

140,418,688

58.61%

183,038

13

Reappoint Martin Lamb

 

139,754,979

99.53

663,120

0.47

140,418,099

58.61%

183,446

14

Reappoint Michael McKeon

 

139,165,644

99.11

1,250,508

0.89

140,416,152

58.61%

184,983

15

Appoint Philip Remnant

139,929,573

99.66

475,121

0.34

140,404,694

58.61%

196,196

16

Reappoint Andy Smith

 

139,140,423

99.09

1,272,867

0.91

140,413,290

58.61%

187,593

17

Appoint Dr Angela Strank

 

139,999,993

99.70

416,233

0.30

140,416,226

58.61%

186,209

18

Reappoint auditors

 

135,541,011

98.56

1,978,176

1.44

137,519,187

57.40%

3,082,764

19

Authorise directors to determine auditors' remuneration

139,065,185

99.11

1,248,085

0.89

140,313,270

58.57%

289,575

20

Authorise political donations

137,747,413

98.83

1,633,790

1.17

139,381,203

58.18%

1,219,350

21

Authorise allotment of shares

137,930,831

98.48

2,126,275

1.52

140,057,106

58.46%

545,853

22

Disapply pre-emption rights

137,872,002

98.32

2,358,353

1.68

140,230,355

58.54%

372,076

23

Authorise purchase of own shares

139,846,420

99.58

591,723

0.42

140,438,143

58.62%

163,772

24

Reduce notice period for general meetings

128,064,867

91.21

12,341,308

8.79

140,406,175

58.61%

195,572

 

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 14 July 2014: 239,565,711 shares.

 

 


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