REG - United Utilities Grp - Result of AGM
RNS Number : 9177GUnited Utilities Group PLC26 July 2019UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULT
At the annual general meeting held on 26 July 2019 at the Lowry Hotel, Manchester, all the resolutions set out in the notice of meeting were duly passed and the result of the poll is set out below. At the record date for the meeting the total number of voting rights in the company stood at 681,888,418 and the total ordinary shares in issue were 681,888,418.
Resolutions 1 to 18 and 23 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 www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
No.
Resolution
Votes for
%
Votes against
%
% of Issued share capital voted
Votes withheld
1
Receiving the report and accounts
461,110,454
99.98
70,435
0.02
67.63
371,530
2
Declaring a final dividend
461,248,600
99.94
254,583
0.06
67.68
50,649
3
Approving the directors' remuneration report
454,289,863
98.54
6,734,908
1.46
67.61
527,648
4
Approving the directors' remuneration policy
458,175,960
99.41
2,709,122
0.59
67.59
667,337
5
Reappointing Dr John McAdam
457,448,065
99.15
3,927,450
0.85
67.66
178,317
6
Reappointing Steve Mogford
459,775,563
99.66
1,590,663
0.34
67.66
187,606
7
Reappointing Russ Houlden
458,741,823
99.43
2,624,074
0.57
67.66
187,935
8
Reappointing Steve Fraser
459,167,446
99.52
2,194,876
0.48
67.66
191,510
9
Reappointing Mark Clare
457,546,465
99.18
3,796,139
0.82
67.66
211,228
10
Reappointing Sara Weller
456,855,874
99.03
4,472,335
0.97
67.65
224,679
11
Reappointing Brian May
457,312,922
99.12
4,043,689
0.88
67.66
197,221
12
Reappointing Stephen Carter
457,570,437
99.18
3,787,357
0.82
67.66
196,038
13
Reappointing Alison Goligher
457,936,835
99.26
3,422,635
0.74
67.66
194,362
14
Reappointing Paulette Rowe
458,330,281
99.34
3,031,245
0.66
67.66
190,073
15
Elect Sir David Higgins
460,259,452
99.77
1,080,099
0.23
67.66
212,048
16
Reappointing the auditor
459,466,802
99.92
385,699
0.08
67.44
1,699,098
17
Remunerating the auditor
460,992,514
99.92
377,380
0.08
67.66
181,705
18
Authorising the directors to allot shares
451,287,317
97.83
10,005,734
2.17
67.65
258,548
19
Disapplying statutory pre-emption rights
459,153,226
99.89
510,902
0.11
67.41
1,887,471
20
Authorising specific power to disapply statutory pre-emption rights
441,547,586
96.06
18,130,210
3.94
67.41
1,873,803
21
Authorising market purchases of its own shares by the company
459,116,445
99.53
2,151,519
0.47
67.65
282,691
22
Notice period for general meetings
435,454,439
94.81
23,860,314
5.19
67.36
2,236,846
23
Authorising political donations
456,078,358
99.33
3,054,544
0.67
67.33
2,418,697
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Classification - Result of AGM
Jane Gilmore, Deputy Secretary 01925 237052
United Utilities Group's ordinary shares trade on the London Stock Exchange and its ADRs, each equal to two ordinary shares, trade over the counter under the Trading Symbol "UUGRY".
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