Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9177G

United Utilities Group PLC

26 July 2019

 

UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULT

At the annual general meeting held on 26 July 2019 at the Lowry Hotel, Manchester, all the resolutions set out in the notice of meeting were duly passed and the result of the poll is set out below. At the record date for the meeting the total number of voting rights in the company stood at 681,888,418 and the total ordinary shares in issue were 681,888,418.

Resolutions 1 to 18 and 23 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 19 to 22 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 www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

No.	Resolution	Votes for	%	Votes against	%	% of Issued share capital voted	Votes withheld
1	Receiving the report and accounts	461,110,454	99.98	70,435	0.02	67.63	371,530
2	Declaring a final dividend	461,248,600	99.94	254,583	0.06	67.68	50,649
3	Approving the directors' remuneration report	454,289,863	98.54	6,734,908	1.46	67.61	527,648
4	Approving the directors' remuneration policy	458,175,960	99.41	2,709,122	0.59	67.59	667,337
5	Reappointing Dr John McAdam	457,448,065	99.15	3,927,450	0.85	67.66	178,317
6	Reappointing Steve Mogford	459,775,563	99.66	1,590,663	0.34	67.66	187,606
7	Reappointing Russ Houlden	458,741,823	99.43	2,624,074	0.57	67.66	187,935
8	Reappointing Steve Fraser	459,167,446	99.52	2,194,876	0.48	67.66	191,510
9	Reappointing Mark Clare	457,546,465	99.18	3,796,139	0.82	67.66	211,228
10	Reappointing Sara Weller	456,855,874	99.03	4,472,335	0.97	67.65	224,679
11	Reappointing Brian May	457,312,922	99.12	4,043,689	0.88	67.66	197,221
12	Reappointing Stephen Carter	457,570,437	99.18	3,787,357	0.82	67.66	196,038
13	Reappointing Alison Goligher	457,936,835	99.26	3,422,635	0.74	67.66	194,362
14	Reappointing Paulette Rowe	458,330,281	99.34	3,031,245	0.66	67.66	190,073
15	Elect Sir David Higgins	460,259,452	99.77	1,080,099	0.23	67.66	212,048
16	Reappointing the auditor	459,466,802	99.92	385,699	0.08	67.44	1,699,098
17	Remunerating the auditor	460,992,514	99.92	377,380	0.08	67.66	181,705
18	Authorising the directors to allot shares	451,287,317	97.83	10,005,734	2.17	67.65	258,548
19	Disapplying statutory pre-emption rights	459,153,226	99.89	510,902	0.11	67.41	1,887,471
20	Authorising specific power to disapply statutory pre-emption rights	441,547,586	96.06	18,130,210	3.94	67.41	1,873,803
21	Authorising market purchases of its own shares by the company	459,116,445	99.53	2,151,519	0.47	67.65	282,691
22	Notice period for general meetings	435,454,439	94.81	23,860,314	5.19	67.36	2,236,846
23	Authorising political donations	456,078,358	99.33	3,054,544	0.67	67.33	2,418,697

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Classification - Result of AGM

Jane Gilmore, Deputy Secretary 01925 237052

United Utilities Group's ordinary shares trade on the London Stock Exchange and its ADRs, each equal to two ordinary shares, trade over the counter under the Trading Symbol "UUGRY".

 

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