20 Jul 2016 15:04
Severn Trent Plc
(the "Company")
Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 20 July 2016
at the Ricoh Arena, Phoenix Way, Coventry CV6 6GE
The Directors are pleased to announce that the shareholders of Severn Trent Plc passed all the resolutions that were proposed at this year's Annual General Meeting, as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 23 May 2016.
All of the Resolutions were passed at the Meeting on a poll. The total number of votes received for each resolution is set out below in Appendix A.
Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 20 were passed as special resolutions.
The Meeting was attended by 66 shareholders.
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 http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/.
In total, 62.07% of the issued share capital, excluding shares held in treasury, was voted and the percentages shown below are rounded to two decimal places.
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Appendix A
| RESOLUTION | VOTES FOR | % OF VOTES CAST | VOTES AGAINST | % OF VOTES CAST | VOTES CAST IN TOTAL | TOTAL VOTES CAST AS A % OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL | VOTES WITHHELD |
1 | Receive the Reports and Accounts | 146,137,294 | 99.91 | 135,003 | 0.09 | 146,272,297 | 62.07% | 59,702 |
2 | Approve Directors' Remuneration Report | 142,619,806 | 98.26 | 2,527,085 | 1.74 | 145,146,891 | 61.59% | 1,187,566 |
3 | Declare a final ordinary dividend
| 146,115,458 | 99.99 | 12,347 | 0.01 | 146,127,805 | 62.01% | 207,052 |
4 | Appoint Emma FitzGerald
| 145,882,599 | 99.77 | 342,831 | 0.23 | 146,225,430 | 62.05% | 109,027 |
5 | Appoint Kevin Beeston
| 145,852,193 | 99.75 | 362,729 | 0.25 | 146,214,922 | 62.04% | 118,135 |
6 | Appoint Dominique Reiniche
| 145,879,854 | 99.77 | 340,069 | 0.23 | 146,219,923 | 62.05% | 114,079 |
7 | Reappoint Andrew Duff
| 144,366,771 | 98.72 | 1,867,534 | 1.28 | 146,234,305 | 62.05% | 100,152 |
8 | Reappoint John Coghlan
| 145,010,115 | 99.17 | 1,217,218 | 0.83 | 146,227,333 | 62.05% | 107,090 |
9 | Reappoint Olivia Garfield
| 145,862,062 | 99.74 | 376,024 | 0.26 | 146,238,086 | 62.05% | 96,085 |
10 | Reappoint James Bowling
| 145,883,786 | 99.76 | 343,880 | 0.24 | 146,227,666 | 62.05% | 106,701 |
11 | Reappoint Philip Remnant
| 145,353,686 | 99.40 | 877,008 | 0.60 | 146,230,694 | 62.05% | 103,308 |
12 | Reappoint Dr. Angela Strank | 145,951,421 | 99.81 | 279,283 | 0.19 | 146,230,704 | 62.05% | 95,647 |
13 | Reappoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor
| 142,488,528 | 97.48 | 3,677,333 | 2.52 | 146,165,861 | 62.02% | 167,572 |
14 | Authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the remuneration of the Auditor
| 143,519,918 | 98.52 | 2,149,368 | 1.48 | 145,669,286 | 61.81% | 665,171 |
15 | Authorise political donations
| 142,008,761 | 98.53 | 2,118,948 | 1.47 | 144,127,709 | 61.16% | 2,206,307 |
16 | Authorise allotment of shares
| 140,811,300 | 96.82 | 4,624,312 | 3.18 | 145,435,612 | 61.71% | 898,845 |
17 | Disapply pre-emption rights
| 145,341,297 | 99.82 | 257,451 | 0.18 | 145,598,748 | 61.78% | 733,797 |
18 | Authorise purchase of own shares
| 143,745,885 | 99.04 | 1,390,858 | 0.96 | 145,136,743 | 61.59% | 1,190,466 |
19 | Adopt new Articles of Association | 144,951,923 | 99.91 | 125,035 | 0.09 | 145,076,958 | 61.56% | 1,248,799 |
20 | Reduce notice period for General Meetings
| 130,613,625 | 89.98 | 14,550,384 | 10.02 | 145,164,009 | 61.60% | 1,164,282 |
Notes
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
2. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.
3. Issued ordinary share capital at 18 July 2016: 235,666,644 shares (which excludes treasury shares).
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