Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5274L

Severn Trent PLC

19 July 2017

 

 

LEI: 213800RPBXRETY4A4C59

Severn Trent Plc

(the "Company")

Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 19 July 2017

at the Ricoh Arena, Phoenix Way, Coventry CV6 6GE

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 22 May 2017.

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.

Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 20 were passed as special resolutions.

The Meeting was attended by 77 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 http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/ and on the Company's website at https://www.severntrent.com/shareholder-resources/shareholder-meetings/the-agm-2017/  

In total, 62.57% of the issued share capital, excluding shares held in treasury, was voted and the percentages shown below are rounded to two decimal places.

	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 for the year ended 31 March 2017	147,622,884	99.98	29,752	0.02	147,652,636	62.54%	66,634
2	Approve Directors' Remuneration Report	142,422,030	97.30	3,948,356	2.70	146,370,386	62.00%	1,351,934
3	Declare a final ordinary dividend	147,502,253	99.99	8,145	0.01	147,510,398	62.48%	210,207
4	Reappoint Kevin Beeston	146,847,595	99.47	778,253	0.53	147,625,848	62.53%	94,581
5	Reappoint James Bowling	146,748,939	99.48	764,379	0.52	147,513,318	62.48%	207,139
6	Reappoint John Coghlan	146,695,663	99.44	823,551	0.56	147,519,214	62.48%	200,615
7	Reappoint Andrew Duff	146,721,761	99.39	903,378	0.61	147,625,139	62.53%	96,280
8	Reappoint Emma FitzGerald	146,774,645	99.48	761,066	0.52	147,535,711	62.49%	196,094
9	Reappoint Olivia Garfield	146,836,361	99.53	688,320	0.47	147,524,681	62.49%	196,944
10	Reappoint Dominique Reiniche	146,787,309	99.50	735,974	0.50	147,523,283	62.49%	198,302
11	Reappoint Philip Remnant	145,211,774	98.44	2,298,675	1.56	147,510,449	62.48%	203,546
12	Reappoint Dr. Angela Strank	146,830,917	99.46	796,574	0.54	147,627,491	62.53%	93,660
13	Reappoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor	144,740,965	98.04	2,900,623	1.96	147,641,588	62.54%	79,690
14	Authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the remuneration of the Auditor	146,311,674	99.10	1,333,678	0.90	147,645,352	62.54%	75,342
15	Authorise political donations	144,894,662	98.85	1,692,631	1.15	146,587,293	62.09%	1,134,341
16	Authorise allotment of shares	144,434,256	97.99	2,969,844	2.01	147,404,100	62.43%	315,244
17	Disapply pre-emption rights on up to five per cent of the issued share capital	147,165,390	99.86	210,162	0.14	147,375,552	62.42%	338,761
18	Disapply pre-emption rights on up to an additional five per cent of the issued share capital in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment	144,567,842	98.17	2,700,472	1.83	147,268,314	62.38%	446,243
19	Authorise purchase of own shares	146,503,548	99.25	1,106,916	0.75	147,610,464	62.52%	103,889
20	Reduce notice period for General Meetings	136,219,424	92.75	10,640,965	7.25	146,860,389	62.20%	854,649

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 17 July 2017: 236,092,755 shares.

 

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