United Utilities Group PLC Result of AGM (3474G)

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RNS Number : 3474G

United Utilities Group PLC

23 July 2021

UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULT

At the annual general meeting held on 23 July 2021 at Manchester Central Convention Complex, 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 21 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 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

 
 No.    Resolution                  Votes for     %       Votes against   %      % of       Votes withheld 
                                                                                  Issued 
                                                                                  share 
                                                                                  capital 
                                                                                  voted 
        Receiving the 
   1     report and accounts        480,920,827   99.98      90,318       0.02    70.54        237,846 
       --------------------------  ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------  --------------- 
        Declaring a final 
   2     dividend                   469,985,871   97.67    11,236,241     2.33    70.57         26,789 
       --------------------------  ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------  --------------- 
 
          Approving the 
          directors' remuneration 
   3      report                    466,214,257   97.32    12,828,512     2.68    70.25       2,205,642 
       --------------------------  ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------  --------------- 
        Reappointing Sir 
   4     David Higgins              479,748,465   99.72     1,365,921     0.28    70.56        134,025 
       --------------------------  ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------  --------------- 
        Reappointing Steve 
   5     Mogford                    480,943,227   99.96      181,903      0.04    70.56        123,371 
       --------------------------  ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------  --------------- 
        Election of Phil 
   6     Aspin                      480,690,697   99.91      421,725      0.09    70.56        135,989 
       --------------------------  ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------  --------------- 
        Reappointing Mark 
   7     Clare                      440,648,504   91.59    40,458,836     8.41    70.56        139,693 
       --------------------------  ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------  --------------- 
        Reappointing Stephen 
   8     Carter                     479,831,839   99.74     1,266,497     0.26    70.55        150,075 
       --------------------------  ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------  --------------- 
        Election of Kath 
   9     Cates                      480,659,895   99.91      431,893      0.09    70.55        156,623 
       --------------------------  ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------  --------------- 
        Reappointing Alison 
   10    Goligher                   479,853,301   99.74     1,254,322     0.26    70.56        140,234 
       --------------------------  ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------  --------------- 
        Reappointing Paulette 
   11    Rowe                       479,877,207   99.74     1,230,707     0.26    70.56        139,943 
       --------------------------  ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------  --------------- 
        Election of Doug 
   12    Webb                       480,629,660   99.91      455,047      0.09    70.55        163,704 
       --------------------------  ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------  --------------- 
        Reappointing the 
   13    auditor                    478,778,021   99.51     2,363,232     0.49    70.56        107,248 
       --------------------------  ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------  --------------- 
        Remunerating the 
   14    auditor                    480,726,749   99.91      432,943      0.09    70.56         88,809 
       --------------------------  ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------  --------------- 
        Authorising the 
         directors to allot 
   15    shares                     454,249,964   94.41    26,898,418     5.59    70.56        100,029 
       --------------------------  ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------  --------------- 
        Disapplying statutory 
   16    pre-emption rights         478,586,722   99.77     1,118,983     0.23    70.35       1,542,706 
       --------------------------  ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------  --------------- 
 
          Authorising specific 
          power to disapply 
          statutory pre-emption 
   17     rights                    462,666,822   96.44    17,070,461     3.56    70.35       1,511,128 
       --------------------------  ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------  --------------- 
        Authorising market 
         purchases of its 
         own shares by 
   18    the company                477,601,885   99.52     2,314,856     0.48    70.38       1,331,760 
       --------------------------  ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------  --------------- 
        Adoption of new 
   19    articles of association    465,002,176   96.66    16,074,680     3.34    70.55        171,555 
       --------------------------  ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------  --------------- 
        Notice of general 
   20    meeting                    447,734,867   93.05    33,423,496     6.95    70.56         90,048 
       --------------------------  ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------  --------------- 
        Authorising political 
         donations and 
   21    political expenditure      478,451,819   99.48     2,500,062     0.52    70.53        296,620 
       --------------------------  ------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------  --------------- 
 

LEI - 2138002IEYQAOC88ZJ59

Classification - Result of AGM

Jane Gilmore, Deputy Secretary 07717 702375

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