Notice of Results

RNS Number : 0622U

United Utilities Group PLC

24 July 2020

 

UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULT

At the annual general meeting held on 24 July 2020 at Haweswater House, Warrington, 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 13 and 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14 to 17 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

No.	Resolution	Votes for	%	Votes against	%	% of Issued share capital voted	Votes withheld
1	Receiving the report and accounts	472,785,289	99.99%	63,488	0.01%	69.34	2,219,994
2	Declaring a final dividend	474,221,469	99.83%	820,759	0.17%	69.67	26,543
3	Approving the directors' remuneration report	460,435,984	97.41%	12,243,691	2.59%	69.32	2,389,096
4	Reappointing Sir David Higgins	458,004,374	98.64%	6,304,961	1.36%	68.09	10,756,430
5	Reappointing Steve Mogford	472,233,038	99.84%	750,871	0.16%	69.36	2,084,862
6	Reappointing Mark Clare	470,297,736	99.03%	4,604,949	0.97%	69.65	163,080
7	Reappointing Brian May	470,278,904	99.03%	4,616,102	0.97%	69.64	170,759
8	Reappointing Stephen Carter	468,663,847	99.09%	4,301,883	0.91%	69.36	2,100,035
9	Reappointing Alison Goligher	469,682,422	98.90%	5,222,652	1.10%	69.65	160,691
10	Reappointing Paulette Rowe	471,245,600	99.23%	3,652,719	0.77%	69.64	167,446
11	Reappointing the auditor	472,715,025	99.94%	303,588	0.06%	69.37	2,047,152
12	Remunerating the auditor	474,563,807	99.91%	413,789	0.09%	69.66	85,971
13	Authorising the directors to allot shares	464,043,544	97.71%	10,896,135	2.29%	69.65	126,083
14	Disapplying statutory pre-emption rights	469,055,585	98.90%	5,208,999	1.10%	69.55	801,181
15	Authorising specific power to disapply statutory pre-emption rights	466,979,884	98.46%	7,296,990	1.54%	69.55	788,891
16	Authorising market purchases of its own shares by the company	466,109,939	98.17%	8,698,223	1.83%	69.63	257,603
17	Notice period for general meetings	450,340,498	94.81%	24,628,018	5.19%	69.65	99,255
18	Authorising political donations	462,072,439	98.20%	8,458,814	1.80%	69.00	4,534,512

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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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