REG - Severn Trent PLC - Results of AGM held on 8 July 2021
RNS Number : 6513ESevern Trent PLC08 July 2021
LEI: 213800RPBXRETY4A4C59
Severn Trent Plc
(the "Company")
Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 8 July 2021
At the Annual General Meeting of Severn Trent Plc held on 8 July 2021, all the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were approved by the shareholders which were voted by way of a poll. The total number of votes received for each resolution is set out below.
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.
Resolutions 1 to 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 19 to 22 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.
In total, 77.18% 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 2021
192,812,321
99.99
23,787
0.01
192,836,108
77.16%
93,477
2
Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
187,673,058
97.59
4,638,676
2.41
192,311,734
76.95%
617,851
3
Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy
191,642,002
99.66
662,228
0.34
192,304,230
76.94%
625,355
4
Approve a replacement Long Term Incentive Plan ('LTIP 2021')
191,976,450
99.55
873,964
0.45
192,850,414
77.16%
79,171
5
Approve the Climate Change Action Plan
183,450,473
99.44
1,037,235
0.56
184,487,708
73.82%
8,441,877
6
Declare a final ordinary dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March 2021
192,316,860
99.69
602,100
0.31
192,918,960
77.19%
10,625
7
Reappoint Kevin Beeston
192,561,077
99.84
304,820
0.16
192,865,897
77.17%
63,288
8
Reappoint James Bowling
192,749,241
99.94
118,427
0.06
192,867,668
77.17%
61,517
9
Reappoint John Coghlan
192,583,381
99.85
280,934
0.15
192,864,315
77.17%
64,870
10
Reappoint Olivia Garfield
192,792,858
99.96
78,854
0.04
192,871,712
77.17%
57,473
11
Reappoint Christine Hodgson
192,520,048
99.82
350,677
0.18
192,870,725
77.17%
58,460
12
Reappoint Sharmila Nebhrajani
192,550,007
99.84
315,593
0.16
192,865,600
77.17%
63,585
13
Reappoint Philip Remnant
192,345,854
99.73
520,887
0.27
192,866,741
77.17%
62,444
14
Reappoint Angela Strank
191,745,916
99.42
1,126,924
0.58
192,872,840
77.17%
56,345
15
Reappoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor of the Company
188,681,810
97.81
4,219,586
2.19
192,901,396
77.18%
28,189
16
Authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditor
191,745,267
99.40
1,155,391
0.60
192,900,658
77.18%
28,927
17
Authorise the Company and all companies which are subsidiaries of the Company to make political donations not exceeding £50,000 in total
178,075,611
98.24
3,185,663
1.76
181,261,274
72.52%
11,668,311
18
Renew the Company's authority to allot shares
187,753,430
97.33
5,145,575
2.67
192,899,005
77.18%
30,580
19
Disapply pre-emption rights on up to five per cent of the issued share capital
191,309,234
99.90
200,858
0.10
191,510,092
76.63%
1,419,493
20
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
189,510,683
98.42
3,037,120
1.58
192,547,803
77.04%
381,782
21
Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares
191,288,877
99.65
668,739
0.35
191,957,616
76.80%
971,969
22
Authorise general meetings of the Company, other than Annual General Meetings, to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice
182,869,286
94.81
10,016,998
5.19
192,886,284
77.18%
21,410
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 8 July 2021: 249,931,407 shares.
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