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UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULT
At the annual general meeting held on 22 July 2022 at The Edwardian Manchester Radisson Hotel, 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 17, 21 and 23 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 18 to 20 and 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:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Resolution | VotesFor | % | Votesagainst | % | % of Issued Share capital voted | Voteswithheld |
1. Annual report and financial statements | 503,434,320 | 99.97 | 146,141 | 0.03 | 73.85 | 217,771 |
2. Declaration of dividend | 482,953,694 | 95.87 | 20,807,357 | 4.13 | 73.88 | 37,115 |
3. Approve the directors' remuneration report | 465,131,664 | 93.94 | 30,016,180 | 6.06 | 72.61 | 8,649,736 |
4. Approve the directors' remuneration policy | 498,652,274 | 99.02 | 4,941,551 | 0.98 | 73.85 | 203,755 |
5. Reappointment of Sir David Higgins | 494,292,553 | 98.14 | 9,372,622 | 1.86 | 73.86 | 131,827 |
6. Reappointment of Steve Mogford | 503,302,975 | 99.93 | 362,440 | 0.07 | 73.86 | 131,587 |
7. Reappointment of Phil Aspin | 503,247,335 | 99.92 | 407,306 | 0.08 | 73.86 | 142,361 |
8. Election of Louise Beardmore | 503,380,201 | 99.95 | 256,517 | 0.05 | 73.86 | 160,284 |
9. Election of Liam Butterworth | 503,454,592 | 99.97 | 174,294 | 0.03 | 73.86 | 168,116 |
10.Reappointment of Kath Cates | 494,515,964 | 98.19 | 9,115,906 | 1.81 | 73.86 | 165,132 |
11.Reappointment of Alison Goligher | 494,542,716 | 98.19 | 9,092,087 | 1.81 | 73.86 | 162,199 |
12.Reappointment of Paulette Rowe | 494,534,521 | 98.19 | 9,095,320 | 1.81 | 73.86 | 167,161 |
13.Reappointment of Doug Webb | 494,586,150 | 98.20 | 9,047,655 | 1.80 | 73.86 | 163,197 |
14. Reappointment of auditor | 499,105,529 | 99.09 | 4,561,499 | 0.91 | 73.86 | 130,749 |
15. Remuneration of auditor | 501,817,162 | 99.63 | 1,870,093 | 0.37 | 73.87 | 110,520 |
16.Climate related financial disclosures | 401,393,979 | 80.62 | 96,487,375 | 19.38 | 73.02 | 5,916,421 |
17.Authorising the directors to allot shares | 488,490,321 | 97.01 | 15,079,337 | 2.99 | 73.85 | 228,117 |
18. Disapplying statutory pre-emption rights | 494,658,401 | 98.84 | 5,801,188 | 1.16 | 73.39 | 3,338,186 |
19. Authorising specific power to disapply statutory pre-emption rights | 486,027,273 | 97.11 | 14,458,722 | 2.89 | 73.40 | 3,311,780 |
20. Authorising the Company to make market purchases of its own shares | 501,265,608 | 99.57 | 2,149,713 | 0.43 | 73.83 | 382,456 |
21. United Utilities Group PLC Long Term Plan 2022 | 499,868,794 | 99.28 | 3,636,753 | 0.72 | 73.84 | 292,228 |
22.Notice of general meeting | 481,623,277 | 95.63 | 21,996,547 | 4.37 | 73.86 | 177,951 |
23. Authorising political donations and political expenditure | 489,689,839 | 98.26 | 8,690,794 | 1.74 | 73.09 | 5,417,192 |
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Classification - Result of AGM
Jane Gilmore, Deputy Secretary 07717 702375