REG - Pennon Group PLC - Result of AGM

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23/07/2021 10:55

RNS Number : 2978G
  
Pennon Group PLC
  
23 July 2021
  
 

PENNON GROUP PLC
 
Result of the Annual General Meeting held on 22 July 2021 at Sandy Park Conference Centre, Rydon
Lane, Exeter EX2 7NN, at 2.30pm
 
The Directors are pleased to announce that the shareholders of Pennon Group plc passed all of the resolutions which were set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 17 June 2021. Voting on all resolutions was conducted by way of a poll and the below table shows the percentage of issued share capital voted for each.
 
A copy of each of the resolutions passed by the Company, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted and made available for inspection from the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism 
 
A copy of this announcement will be posted on the Company's website at www.pennon-group.co.uk/investor-information/shareholder-services
 
 




RESOLUTION  


VOTES
FOR


%
FOR


VOTES
AGAINST


%
AGAINST


VOTES

TOTAL
 


% SHARE CAPITALVOTED


VOTES
WITHHELD





1.   To receive and adopt for the annual reports and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021.


213,860,987


99.99%


4,751


0.01%


213,865,738


75.99%


301,987




2.   To declare a final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March 2021.


209,087,535


97.63%


5,076,239


2.37%


214,163,774


76.10%


3,951




3.   To approve the Directors' remuneration report.


202,891,153


95.05%


10,566,726


4.95%


213,457,879


75.85%


709,846




4.   To re-elect Gill Rider as a Director.


213,500,073


99.70%


647,623


0.30%


214,147,696


76.09%


20,029




5.   To re-elect Susan Davy as a Director.


212,869,450


99.72%


589,194


0.28%


213,458,644


75.85%


709,081




6.   To elect Paul Boote as a Director.


213,954,913


99.91%


194,984


0.09%


214,149,897


76.09%


17,828




7.   To re-elect Neil Cooper as a Director.


210,250,122


98.18%


3,900,040


1.82%


214,150,162


76.09%


17,563




8.   To re-elect Iain Evans as a Director.


210,622,868


98.35%


3,527,090


1.65%


214,149,958


76.09%


17,767




9.   To elect Claire Ighodaro as a Director.


207,141,051


96.73%


7,003,022


3.27%


214,144,073


76.09%


23,652




10.  To elect Jon Butterworth as a Director.


209,645,317


98.22%


3,803,957


1.78%


213,449,274


75.85%


718,451




11.  To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company.


205,402,658


95.91%


8,757,526


4.09%


214,160,184


76.10%


7,541




12.  To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor on behalf of the Board.


200,242,972


93.50%


13,910,481


6.50%


214,153,453


76.10%


14,272




13.  To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations up to a specified limit.


210,074,635


98.09%


4,080,296


1.91%


214,154,931


76.10%


12,794




14.  To grant the Directors authority to allot shares.


206,692,886


96.51%


7,466,963


3.49%


214,159,849


76.10%


7,876




15.  To authorise the general disapplication of pre-emption rights.
 


213,897,855


99.97%


55,405


0.03%


213,953,260


76.02%


214,465




16.  To authorise the partial exclusion of pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment.


209,766,996


98.04%


4,184,565


1.96%


213,951,561


76.02%


216,164




17.  To authorise the market purchase of the Company's shares.


206,737,427


96.85%


6,728,389


3.15%


213,465,816


75.85%


701,909




18.  To authorise a general meeting other than an AGM to be called on 14 clear days' notice.


203,955,717


95.01%


10,719,960


4.99%


214,675,677


76.28%


5,994



 
Notes
 
i)      The total votes cast in favour of each resolution include those giving the Chair's discretion.
 
ii)     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.
 
iii)    Resolutions 15 to 18 are special resolutions.
 
iv)    The total number of ordinary shares of 61.05p in issue at the meeting date, was 281,426,810 ordinary shares, including 5,628 ordinary shares held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company as at today's date is 281,421,182 shares.
 
23 July 2021
www.pennon-group.co.uk
 

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