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RNS Number : 5944Q  Severn Trent PLC  10 July 2025

 

LEI: 213800RPBXRETY4A4C59

 
Severn Trent Plc
(the 'Company')
 
Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 10 July 2025

 

At the Annual General Meeting of Severn Trent Plc held on 10 July 2025 (the
'Meeting'), the Directors are pleased to announce that the shareholders of
Severn Trent Plc passed all the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting
which were voted by way of a poll. The total number of votes received for each
resolution is set out below.

 

Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to
21 were passed as special resolutions.

 

In accordance with Listing Rules 6.4.2, 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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

In total, 82.97% 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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     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 2025                252,000,611  99.99            23,076         0.01             252,023,687          83.79%                                           175,739
 2   Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                      249,163,730  98.82            2,976,194      1.18             252,139,924          83.83%                                           59,502
 3   Approve the Net Zero Transition Plan                                            229,372,978  98.35            3,847,542      1.65             233,220,520          77.54%                                           18,978,905
 4   Declare a final ordinary dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March 2025    244,642,692  97.02            7,517,953      2.98             252,160,645          83.84%                                           38,779
 5   Reappoint Tom Delay                                                             251,340,611  99.69            783,955        0.31             252,124,566          83.83%                                           74,860
 6   Reappoint Olivia Garfield                                                       252,039,189  99.97            78,072         0.03             252,117,261          83.82%                                           82,165
 7   Appoint Nick Hampton                                                            251,375,115  99.70            747,666        0.30             252,122,781          83.83%                                           76,645
 8   Reappoint Christine Hodgson                                                     249,519,866  98.97            2,604,904      1.03             252,124,770          83.83%                                           74,654
 9   Reappoint Sarah Legg                                                            251,940,442  99.93            178,282        0.07             252,118,724          83.82%                                           80,701
 10  Reappoint Helen Miles                                                           251,798,813  99.87            322,137        0.13             252,120,950          83.83%                                           78,476
 11  Reappoint Sharmila Nebhrajani                                                   251,222,326  99.64            896,734        0.36             252,119,060          83.82%                                           80,365
 12  Reappoint Richard Taylor                                                        252,060,515  99.97            64,132         0.03             252,124,647          83.83%                                           74,779
 13  Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor of the Company                    252,023,058  99.96            110,319        0.04             252,133,377          83.83%                                           66,049
 14  Authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the     252,100,856  99.99            35,174         0.01             252,136,030          83.83%                                           63,396
     Auditor
 15  Authorise the Company and all companies which are subsidiaries of the Company   215,673,543  99.61            842,032        0.39             216,515,575          71.99%                                           35,683,850
     to make political donations not exceeding £50,000 in total
 16  Authorise the Directors to allot shares                                         244,923,098  97.14            7,213,011      2.86             252,136,109          83.83%                                           63,316
 17  Disapply pre-emption rights on up to ten per cent of the issued share capital   246,264,140  97.98            5,078,897      2.02             251,343,037          83.57%                                           856,389
 18  Disapply pre-emption rights on up to an additional ten per cent of the issued   239,251,356  95.16            12,160,613     4.84             251,411,969          83.59%                                           787,455
     share capital in connection with an acquisition or specified capital
     investment
 19  Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares           245,710,183  97.52            6,247,603      2.48             251,957,786          83.77%                                           241,638
 20  Approve proposed amendments to the Articles of Association                      252,011,985  99.96            105,022        0.04             252,117,007          83.82%                                           82,419
 21  Authorise general meetings of the Company, other than Annual General Meetings,  242,567,417  96.20            9,570,133      3.80             252,137,550          83.83%                                           61,875
     to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice

 

 

Notes

 

1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair 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 10
July 2025: 300,770,139 shares.

 

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