REG - Severn Trent PLC - Severn Trent Plc Result of AGM
RNS Number : 1014TSevern Trent PLC15 July 2020
LEI: 213800RPBXRETY4A4C59
Severn Trent Plc
(the "Company")
Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 15 July 2020
At the Annual General Meeting of Severn Trent Plc held on 15 July 2020, 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 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 20 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, 73% 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 2020
174,850,037
99.97
50,324
0.03
174,900,361
73.26%
647,526
2
Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
173,538,547
99.27
1,267,563
0.73
174,806,110
73.22%
741,886
3
Declare a final ordinary dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March 2020
175,321,383
99.88
207,782
0.12
175,529,165
73.52%
18,832
4
Reappoint Kevin Beeston
175,309,074
99.92
148,885
0.08
175,457,959
73.49%
89,929
5
Reappoint James Bowling
175,320,085
99.92
146,881
0.08
175,466,966
73.50%
80,922
6
Reappoint John Coghlan
175,370,061
99.95
88,424
0.05
175,458,485
73.49%
89,403
7
Reappoint Olivia Garfield
175,390,928
99.96
72,364
0.04
175,463,292
73.50%
84,596
8
Appoint Christine Hodgson
175,382,562
99.96
76,600
0.04
175,459,162
73.49%
88,726
9
Appoint Sharmila Nebhrajani
175,351,501
99.94
105,318
0.06
175,456,819
73.49%
91,069
10
Reappoint Dominique Reiniche
175,206,076
99.86
249,451
0.14
175,455,527
73.49%
92,361
11
Reappoint Philip Remnant
174,675,615
99.56
779,682
0.44
175,455,297
73.49%
92,591
12
Reappoint Angela Strank
163,686,478
93.58
11,234,004
6.42
174,920,482
73.27%
627,406
13
Reappoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor of the Company
170,142,514
96.95
5,351,768
3.05
175,494,282
73.51%
53,605
14
Authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditor
175,282,702
99.88
214,378
0.12
175,497,080
73.51%
50,917
15
Authorise the Company and all companies which are subsidiaries of the Company to make political donations not exceeding £50,000 in total
160,735,549
98.09
3,122,285
1.91
163,857,834
68.63%
11,690,163
16
Renew the Company's authority to allot shares
162,893,282
92.82
12,597,718
7.18
175,491,000
73.51%
56,997
17
Disapply pre-emption rights on up to five per cent of the issued share capital
175,150,023
99.84
277,547
0.16
175,427,570
73.48%
120,318
18
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
174,577,956
99.52
848,255
0.48
175,426,211
73.48%
121,676
19
Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares
171,520,109
97.78
3,899,502
2.22
175,419,611
73.48%
128,385
20
Authorise general meetings of the Company, other than Annual General Meetings, to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice
167,218,047
95.27
8,293,250
4.73
175,511,297
73.52%
36,684
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 13 July 2020: 238,739,638 shares.
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