Result of AGM

Severn Trent PLC

11 July 2024

 

 

LEI: 213800RPBXRETY4A4C59

 

Severn Trent Plc

(the 'Company')

 

Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 11 July 2024

At the Annual General Meeting of Severn Trent Plc held on 11 July 2024 (the 'Meeting'), the Directors are pleased to announce that the shareholders of Severn Trent Plc passed all the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting which were voted by way of a poll. The total number of votes received for each resolution is set out below.

Resolutions 1 to 17 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 18 to 21 were passed as special resolutions.

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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

In total, 81.98% of the issued share capital, excluding shares held in treasury, was voted and the percentages shown below are rounded to two decimal places.

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	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 Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024	245,731,763	99.99	23,423	0.01	245,755,186	81.95%	159,414
2	Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	234,708,290	95.48	11,098,184	4.52	245,806,474	81.97%	108,126
3	Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	234,640,456	95.45	11,185,775	4.55	245,826,231	81.97%	88,369
4	Approve the Severn Trent Sharesave Scheme to be extended by an additional period of 10 years	245,753,352	99.97	69,612	0.03	245,822,964	81.97%	91,636
5	Declare a final ordinary dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March 2024	236,514,174	96.20	9,345,135	3.80	245,859,309	81.98%	55,291
6	Reappoint Kevin Beeston	237,856,604	96.75	7,979,083	3.25	245,835,687	81.98%	78,913
7	Reappoint Tom Delay	245,507,028	99.87	326,683	0.13	245,833,711	81.97%	80,889
8	Reappoint Olivia Garfield	245,728,042	99.96	107,449	0.04	245,835,491	81.98%	136,809
9	Reappoint Christine Hodgson	234,645,545	95.45	11,190,693	4.55	245,836,238	81.98%	78,362
10	Reappoint Sarah Legg	237,808,527	96.74	8,022,461	3.26	245,830,988	81.97%	83,612
11	Reappoint Helen Miles	245,596,727	99.91	231,682	0.09	245,828,409	81.97%	74,197
12	Reappoint Sharmila Nebhrajani	237,790,132	96.73	8,033,801	3.27	245,823,933	81.97%	78,683
13	Appoint Richard Taylor	245,760,460	99.97	64,519	0.03	245,824,979	81.97%	77,637
14	Reappoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor of the Company	244,025,387	99.26	1,808,345	0.74	245,833,732	81.97%	68,884
15	Authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditor	244,883,298	99.61	956,078	0.39	245,839,376	81.98%	63,240
16	Authorise the Company and all companies which are subsidiaries of the Company to make political donations not exceeding £50,000 in total	209,661,862	99.74	555,691	0.26	210,217,553	70.10%	35,685,063
17	Authorise the Directors to allot shares	239,709,151	97.51	6,121,629	2.49	245,830,780	81.97%	71,835
18	Disapply pre-emption rights on up to ten per cent of the issued share capital	239,083,585	97.59	5,896,082	2.41	244,979,667	81.69%	922,948
19	Disapply pre-emption rights on up to an additional ten per cent of the issued share capital in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment	229,234,819	94.09	14,388,606	5.91	243,623,425	81.24%	704,190
20	Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares	245,037,792	99.72	695,358	0.28	245,733,150	81.94%	169,466
21	Authorise general meetings of the Company, other than Annual General Meetings, to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice	237,514,282	96.61	8,325,838	3.39	245,840,120	81.98%	62,496

Notes

1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair 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 (excluding shares held in treasury) at 11 July 2024: 299,890,389 shares.

 

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