Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0527V

Severn Trent PLC

18 July 2018

 

 

LEI: 213800RPBXRETY4A4C59

Severn Trent Plc

(the "Company")

Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 18 July 2018

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 2018.

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

The Meeting was attended by 78 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/.

In total, 70.40% 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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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 Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2018	166,718,784	99.98	25,702	0.02	166,744,486	70.39%	140,564
2	Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	165,511,103	99.34	1,100,476	0.66	166,611,579	70.33%	273,463
3	Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	165,243,866	99.18	1,369,398	0.82	166,613,264	70.34%	266,854
4	Approve changes to the Severn Trent Plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2018	164,231,051	98.57	2,377,663	1.43	166,608,714	70.33%	277,142
5	Declare a final ordinary dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March 2018	166,841,503	99.99	10,328	0.01	166,851,831	70.44%	30,469
6	Reappoint Kevin Beeston	166,145,328	99.62	625,871	0.38	166,771,199	70.40%	104,790
7	Reappoint James Bowling	165,885,960	99.47	887,347	0.53	166,773,307	70.40%	109,054
8	Reappoint John Coghlan	165,959,291	99.52	803,912	0.48	166,763,203	70.40%	116,439
9	Reappoint Andrew Duff	165,957,605	99.59	687,299	0.41	166,644,904	70.35%	235,367
10	Reappoint Olivia Garfield	166,267,948	99.68	529,215	0.32	166,797,163	70.41%	90,002
11	Reappoint Dominique Reiniche	166,095,162	99.59	680,458	0.41	166,775,620	70.40%	102,256
12	Reappoint Philip Remnant CBE	165,967,275	99.52	802,962	0.48	166,770,237	70.40%	108,426
13	Reappoint Dame Angela Strank	166,097,559	99.59	679,699	0.41	166,777,258	70.40%	101,882
14	Reappoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor of the Company	161,438,714	96.78	5,365,924	3.22	166,804,638	70.42%	75,871
15	Authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditor	166,592,194	99.88	207,630	0.12	166,799,824	70.41%	79,812
16	Authorise the Company and all companies which are subsidiaries of the Company to make political donations not exceeding £50,000 in total	164,511,295	99.13	1,444,421	0.87	165,955,716	70.06%	925,323
17	Renew the Company's authority to allot shares	163,269,730	97.88	3,543,214	2.12	166,812,944	70.42%	67,938
18	Disapply pre-emption rights on up to five per cent of the issued share capital	166,321,691	99.76	402,898	0.24	166,724,589	70.38%	155,063
19	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	164,606,826	98.73	2,114,418	1.27	166,721,244	70.38%	159,216
20	Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares	165,926,653	99.48	870,958	0.52	166,797,611	70.41%	83,095
21	Authorise general meetings of the Company, other than Annual General Meetings, to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice	166,718,784	99.98	25,702	0.02	166,744,486	70.39%	140,564

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 16 July 2018: 240,832,612 shares.

 

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