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RNS Number : 2216F  Severn Trent PLC  06 July 2023

 

LEI: 213800RPBXRETY4A4C59

Severn Trent Plc
(the "Company")
Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 6 July 2023

 

At the Annual General Meeting of Severn Trent Plc held on 6 July 2023, 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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

In total, 79.59% 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 2023                201,440,909  99.98            32,824         0.02             201,473,733          79.86%                                           141,193
 2   Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                      192,267,172  95.40            9,273,727      4.60             201,540,899          79.89%                                           74,027
 3   Declare a final ordinary dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March 2023    192,581,433  95.54            8,981,749      4.46             201,563,182          79.90%                                           51,743
 4   Reappoint Kevin Beeston                                                         194,535,607  96.53            6,998,708      3.47             201,534,315          79.89%                                           80,611
 5   Reappoint John Coghlan                                                          200,609,106  99.54            924,395        0.46             201,533,501          79.89%                                           81,425
 6   Reappoint Tom Delay                                                             201,213,227  99.84            324,175        0.16             201,537,402          79.89%                                           77,524
 7   Reappoint Olivia Garfield                                                       201,456,401  99.96            79,326         0.04             201,535,727          79.89%                                           79,199
 8   Reappoint Christine Hodgson                                                     194,021,222  96.27            7,517,663      3.73             201,538,885          79.89%                                           76,041
 9   Appoint Sarah Legg                                                              201,467,047  99.97            66,074         0.03             201,533,121          79.89%                                           81,805
 10  Appoint Helen Miles                                                             201,335,147  99.90            194,485        0.10             201,529,632          79.89%                                           85,294
 11  Reappoint Sharmila Nebhrajani                                                   194,514,894  96.52            7,018,689      3.48             201,533,583          79.89%                                           81,343
 12  Reappoint Gillian Sheldon                                                       201,455,786  99.96            77,760         0.04             201,533,546          79.89%                                           81,380
 13  Reappoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor of the Company                                198,596,330  98.60            2,815,487      1.40             201,411,817          79.84%                                           203,109
 14  Authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the     200,339,042  99.40            1,211,976      0.60             201,551,018          79.90%                                           63,908
     Auditor
 15  Authorise the Company and all companies which are subsidiaries of the Company   184,716,720  97.73            4,289,213      2.27             189,005,933          74.92%                                           12,608,992
     to make political donations not exceeding £50,000 in total
 16  Authorise the Directors to allot shares                                         196,084,829  97.29            5,460,401      2.71             201,545,230          79.89%                                           69,310
 17  Disapply pre-emption rights on up to ten per cent of the issued share capital   193,158,828  96.30            7,422,860      3.70             200,581,688          79.51%                                           1,032,852
 18  Disapply pre-emption rights on up to an additional ten per cent of the issued   184,363,137  92.11            15,788,400     7.89             200,151,537          79.34%                                           1,463,003
     share capital in connection with an acquisition or specified capital
     investment
 19  Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares           200,799,970  99.68            652,494        0.32             201,452,464          79.86%                                           162,076
 20  Authorise general meetings of the Company, other than Annual General Meetings,  194,099,408  96.30            7,450,811      3.70             201,550,219          79.89%                                           64,321
     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 6
July 2023: 252,268,980 shares.

 

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