United Utilities Group PLC Poll result (4736M)

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RNS Number : 4736M

United Utilities Group PLC

28 July 2017

UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULT

At the annual general meeting held on 28 July 2017 at the Lowry Hotel, Manchester, the following resolutions

were duly passed and the result of the poll is shown 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.

 
 No.    Resolution           Votes                 Votes               % of       Votes 
                              for                   against             Issued     withheld 
                                             %                    %     share 
                                                                        capital 
                                                                        voted 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
        Receiving 
         the report 
   1     and accounts        436,050,332   99.99       55,062   0.01      63.96     349,093 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
        Declaring 
   2     a final dividend    435,535,306   99.97      116,482   0.03      63.89     804,334 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
 
          Approving 
          the directors' 
          remuneration 
          report (other 
          than the part 
          containing 
          the directors' 
          remuneration 
   3      policy)            431,158,611   98.91    4,751,506   1.09      63.93     541,419 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
        Approving 
         the directors' 
         remuneration 
   4     policy              430,241,250   98.88    4,888,798   1.12      63.81   1,323,288 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
        Reappointing 
   5     Dr John McAdam      429,532,311   98.54    6,385,239   1.46      63.93     536,936 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
        Reappointing 
   6     Steve Mogford       434,905,693   99.69    1,360,973   0.31      63.98     187,821 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
        Reappointing 
   7     Stephen Carter      434,881,804   99.68    1,377,521   0.32      63.98     195,162 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
        Reappointing 
   8     Mark Clare          435,107,705   99.74    1,139,091   0.26      63.98     207,691 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
        Reappointing 
   9     Russ Houlden        432,144,831   99.06    4,108,033   0.94      63.98     201,623 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
        Reappointing 
   10    Brian May           433,859,799   99.45    2,400,556   0.55      63.98     194,132 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
        Reappointing 
   11    Sara Weller         433,460,838   99.36    2,793,506   0.64      63.98     200,143 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
        Electing Alison 
   12    Goligher            435,974,236   99.94      260,369   0.06      63.97     219,882 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
        Electing Paulette 
   13    Rowe                435,789,417   99.90      451,634   0.10      63.98     213,436 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
        Reappointing 
   14    the auditor         429,339,771   98.41    6,955,503   1.59      63.98     159,213 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
        Remunerating 
   15    the auditor         432,890,569   99.22    3,399,039   0.78      63.98     164,879 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
        Adopting new 
         articles of 
   16    association         435,963,894   99.95      232,391   0.05      63.97     258,202 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
        Authorising 
         the directors 
   17    to allot shares     428,102,348   98.49    6,565,534   1.51      63.74   1,787,605 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
        Disapplying 
         statutory 
         pre-emption 
   18    rights              435,139,636   99.76    1,033,180   0.24      63.97     280,537 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
 
          Authorising 
          specific power 
          to disapply 
          statutory 
          pre-emption 
   19     rights             417,217,582   95.65   18,968,864   4.35      63.97     266,907 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
 
          Authorising 
          market purchases 
          of its own 
          shares by 
   20     the company        432,662,645   99.17    3,606,726   0.83      63.98     184,562 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
        Notice period 
         for general 
   21    meetings            409,010,012   94.23   25,056,508   5.77      63.66   2,387,412 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
 
          Amendment 
          to extend 
          the life of 
          the share 
          incentive 
   22     plan               435,557,700   99.85      639,006   0.15      63.97     257,115 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
        Authorising 
         political 
   23    donations           427,026,767   98.54    6,328,507   1.46      63.55   3,096,729 
-----  -------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ---------  ---------- 
 

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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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