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RNS Number : 8491G  United Utilities Group PLC  21 July 2023

UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC

 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULT

 

At the annual general meeting held on 21 July 2023 at The Food Hall Building,
Lingley Mere Business Park, Lingley Green Avenue, Great Sankey, Warrington,
WA5 3LP 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 15 and 20 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions
16 to 19 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

 

      Resolution                                                           Votes        %      Votes       %     % of Issued Share capital voted  Votes

For
against
withheld
 1.   Annual report and financial statements                               516,534,507  99.98  120,664     0.02  75.77%                           268,702
 2.   Declaration of dividend                                              514,939,402  99.62  1,950,651   0.38  75.80%                           33,107
 3.   Approve the directors' remuneration report                           506,921,228  98.74  6,479,091   1.26  75.29%                           3,523,554
 4.   Reappointment of Sir David Higgins                                   499,930,557  96.75  16,814,790  3.25  75.78%                           178,526
 5.   Reappointment of Louise Beardmore                                    516,429,704  99.93  337,307     0.07  75.78%                           157,105
 6.   Reappointment of Phil Aspin                                          515,962,978  99.85  796,495     0.15  75.78%                           164,400
 7.   Reappointment of Liam Butterworth                                    508,774,267  98.46  7,976,588   1.54  75.78%                           172,853
 8.   Reappointment of Kath Cates                                          508,843,737  98.47  7,911,855   1.53  75.78%                           166,469
 9.   Reappointment of Alison Goligher                                     508,860,218  98.47  7,893,187   1.53  75.78%                           170,468
 10.  Election of Michael Lewis                                            516,556,580  99.96  189,718     0.04  75.78%                           177,575
 11.  Reappointment of Paulette Rowe                                       491,039,124  98.42  7,888,142   1.58  73.17%                           17,996,454
 12.  Reappointment of Doug Webb                                           506,492,610  98.02  10,253,807  1.98  75.78%                           177,456
 13.  Reappointment of auditor                                             509,746,434  98.63  7,061,648   1.37  75.79%                           115,761
 14.  Remuneration of auditor                                              513,440,130  99.35  3,375,484   0.65  75.79%                           105,534
 15.  Authorising the directors to allot shares                            502,318,779  97.19  14,520,170  2.81  75.80%                           84,924
 16.  General power to disapply statutory pre-emption rights               501,998,169  97.15  14,729,536  2.85  75.78%                           193,856
 17.  Specific power to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an  476,513,537  92.80  36,970,675  7.20  75.30%                           3,439,598
      acquisition or specified capital investment
 18.  Authorising the Company to make market purchases of its own shares   514,231,301  99.56  2,252,994   0.44  75.74%                           439,578
 19.  Notice of general meeting                                            496,570,906  96.08  20,261,735  3.92  75.79%                           91,232
 20.  Authorising political donations and political expenditure            498,019,645  96.39  18,676,546  3.61  75.77%                           225,944

 

 

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Classification - Result of AGM

 

Jane Gilmore, Deputy Secretary 07717 702375

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