United Utilities Group PLC Result of AGM (0371F)

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RNS Number : 0371F

United Utilities Group PLC

22 July 2016

UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULT

At the annual general meeting held on 22 July 2016 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         420,226,419     99.95     209,640        0.05      61.66      316,013 
----  ------------------  --------------  --------  -------------  --------  ---------  ------------ 
       Declaring 
 2      a final dividend     420,003,301     99.99     35,324         0.01      61.60      713,576 
----  ------------------  --------------  --------  -------------  --------  ---------  ------------ 
       Approving 
        the directors' 
        remuneration 
        report (other 
        than the part 
        containing 
        the abridged 
        directors' 
        remuneration 
 3      policy)              415,175,128     99.47     2,194,497      0.53      61.21      3,381,948 
----  ------------------  --------------  --------  -------------  --------  ---------  ------------ 
       Reappointing 
 4      Dr John McAdam       410,001,032     97.49     10,572,961     2.51      61.68      181,080 
----  ------------------  --------------  --------  -------------  --------  ---------  ------------ 
       Reappointing 
 5      Steve Mogford        419,731,674     99.80     832,357        0.20      61.68      191,042 
----  ------------------  --------------  --------  -------------  --------  ---------  ------------ 
       Reappointing 
 6      Stephen Carter       418,943,009     99.62     1,599,792      0.38      61.67      211,815 
----  ------------------  --------------  --------  -------------  --------  ---------  ------------ 
       Reappointing 
 7      Mark Clare           419,016,351     99.63     1,548,665      0.37      61.68      188,359 
----  ------------------  --------------  --------  -------------  --------  ---------  ------------ 
       Reappointing 
 8      Russ Houlden         418,295,996     99.46     2,253,729      0.54      61.67      205,348 
----  ------------------  --------------  --------  -------------  --------  ---------  ------------ 
       Reappointing 
 9      Brian May            418,662,720     99.55     1,889,980      0.45      61.67      198,128 
----  ------------------  --------------  --------  -------------  --------  ---------  ------------ 
       Reappointing 
 10     Sara Weller          418,962,382     99.62     1,603,593      0.38      61.68      184,853 
----  ------------------  --------------  --------  -------------  --------  ---------  ------------ 
       Reappointing 
 11     the auditor          408,994,191     97.27     11,494,338     2.73      61.67      258,617 
----  ------------------  --------------  --------  -------------  --------  ---------  ------------ 
       Remunerating 
 12     the auditor          412,840,565     98.17     7,707,572      1.83      61.67      194,242 
----  ------------------  --------------  --------  -------------  --------  ---------  ------------ 
       Authorising 
        the directors 
 13     to allot shares      397,972,400     94.93     21,256,285     5.07      61.48      1,519,271 
----  ------------------  --------------  --------  -------------  --------  ---------  ------------ 
       Disapplying 
        statutory 
        pre-emption 
 14     rights               419,769,399     99.83     708,997        0.17      61.66      269,179 
----  ------------------  --------------  --------  -------------  --------  ---------  ------------ 
       Authorising 
        market purchases 
        of its own 
        shares by 
 15     the company          413,084,855     98.95     4,377,511      1.05      61.22      3,285,590 
----  ------------------  --------------  --------  -------------  --------  ---------  ------------ 
       Notice period 
        for general 
 16     meetings             375,397,795     89.92     42,086,490     10.08     61.22      3,282,670 
----  ------------------  --------------  --------  -------------  --------  ---------  ------------ 
       Authorising 
        political 
 17     donations            412,572,316     98.89     4,637,706      1.11      61.18      3,537,719 
----  ------------------  --------------  --------  -------------  --------  ---------  ------------ 
 

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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