REG - Severn Trent PLC - Result of AGM
RNS Number : 8632FSevern Trent PLC17 July 2019
LEI: 213800RPBXRETY4A4C59
Severn Trent Plc
(the "Company")
Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 17 July 2019
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 20 May 2019.
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 72 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, 74.91% of the issued share capital, excluding shares held in treasury, was voted and the percentages shown below are rounded to two decimal places.
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 2019
178,122,197
99.98
32,997
0.02
178,155,194
74.90%
125,014
2
Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
176,315,760
99.32
1,203,205
0.68
177,518,965
74.63%
762,069
3
Approve changes to the Severn Trent Plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2014
176,682,196
99.24
1,348,533
0.76
178,030,729
74.84%
251,525
4
Approve the extension of the Severn Trent Sharesave Scheme by an additional period of ten years
177,608,656
99.68
568,594
0.32
178,177,250
74.91%
103,975
5
Declare a final ordinary dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March 2019
178,141,487
99.95
86,975
0.05
178,228,462
74.93%
53,353
6
Reappoint Kevin Beeston
177,258,007
99.50
888,197
0.50
178,146,204
74.89%
133,432
7
Reappoint James Bowling
177,309,395
99.53
836,317
0.47
178,145,712
74.89%
137,056
8
Reappoint John Coghlan
177,207,815
99.47
940,189
0.53
178,148,004
74.89%
134,416
9
Reappoint Andrew Duff
175,430,673
98.47
2,725,688
1.53
178,156,361
74.90%
125,120
10
Reappoint Olivia Garfield
177,678,524
99.73
486,117
0.27
178,164,641
74.90%
116,725
11
Reappoint Dominique Reiniche
177,555,550
99.66
598,282
0.34
178,153,832
74.90%
128,322
12
Reappoint Philip Remnant CBE
176,774,800
99.23
1,373,581
0.77
178,148,381
74.89%
134,106
13
Reappoint Dame Angela Strank
177,561,876
99.67
588,779
0.33
178,150,655
74.90%
130,517
14
Reappoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor of the Company
177,046,184
99.36
1,146,470
0.64
178,192,654
74.91%
89,869
15
Authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditor
178,042,971
99.92
151,047
0.08
178,194,018
74.91%
87,861
16
Authorise the Company and all companies which are subsidiaries of the Company to make political donations not exceeding £50,000 in total
164,625,111
99.29
1,179,096
0.71
165,804,207
69.70%
12,478,143
17
Renew the Company's authority to allot shares
175,666,553
98.59
2,510,266
1.41
178,176,819
74.91%
105,499
18
Disapply pre-emption rights on up to five per cent of the issued share capital
177,915,636
99.89
202,553
0.11
178,118,189
74.88%
164,298
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
176,056,725
98.84
2,065,699
1.16
178,122,424
74.88%
159,645
20
Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares
177,326,544
99.54
820,982
0.46
178,147,526
74.89%
134,512
21
Authorise general meetings of the Company, other than Annual General Meetings, to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice
169,628,639
95.59
7,832,351
4.41
177,460,990
74.61%
821,206
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 (excluding shares held in treasury) at 15 July 2019: 237,866,618 shares.
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