Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2978G

Pennon Group PLC

23 July 2021

 

PENNON GROUP PLC

Result of the Annual General Meeting held on 22 July 2021 at Sandy Park Conference Centre, Rydon

Lane, Exeter EX2 7NN, at 2.30pm

The Directors are pleased to announce that the shareholders of Pennon Group plc passed all of the resolutions which were set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 17 June 2021. Voting on all resolutions was conducted by way of a poll and the below table shows the percentage of issued share capital voted for each.

A copy of each of the resolutions passed by the Company, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted and made available for inspection from the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism  

A copy of this announcement will be posted on the Company's website at www.pennon-group.co.uk/investor-information/shareholder-services

RESOLUTION	VOTES FOR	% FOR	VOTES AGAINST	% AGAINST	VOTES TOTAL	% SHARE CAPITALVOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
1.  To receive and adopt for the annual reports and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021.	213,860,987	99.99%	4,751	0.01%	213,865,738	75.99%	301,987
2.  To declare a final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March 2021.	209,087,535	97.63%	5,076,239	2.37%	214,163,774	76.10%	3,951
3.  To approve the Directors' remuneration report.	202,891,153	95.05%	10,566,726	4.95%	213,457,879	75.85%	709,846
4.  To re-elect Gill Rider as a Director.	213,500,073	99.70%	647,623	0.30%	214,147,696	76.09%	20,029
5.  To re-elect Susan Davy as a Director.	212,869,450	99.72%	589,194	0.28%	213,458,644	75.85%	709,081
6.  To elect Paul Boote as a Director.	213,954,913	99.91%	194,984	0.09%	214,149,897	76.09%	17,828
7.  To re-elect Neil Cooper as a Director.	210,250,122	98.18%	3,900,040	1.82%	214,150,162	76.09%	17,563
8.  To re-elect Iain Evans as a Director.	210,622,868	98.35%	3,527,090	1.65%	214,149,958	76.09%	17,767
9.  To elect Claire Ighodaro as a Director.	207,141,051	96.73%	7,003,022	3.27%	214,144,073	76.09%	23,652
10.  To elect Jon Butterworth as a Director.	209,645,317	98.22%	3,803,957	1.78%	213,449,274	75.85%	718,451
11.  To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company.	205,402,658	95.91%	8,757,526	4.09%	214,160,184	76.10%	7,541
12.  To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor on behalf of the Board.	200,242,972	93.50%	13,910,481	6.50%	214,153,453	76.10%	14,272
13.  To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations up to a specified limit.	210,074,635	98.09%	4,080,296	1.91%	214,154,931	76.10%	12,794
14.  To grant the Directors authority to allot shares.	206,692,886	96.51%	7,466,963	3.49%	214,159,849	76.10%	7,876
15.  To authorise the general disapplication of pre-emption rights.	213,897,855	99.97%	55,405	0.03%	213,953,260	76.02%	214,465
16.  To authorise the partial exclusion of pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment.	209,766,996	98.04%	4,184,565	1.96%	213,951,561	76.02%	216,164
17.  To authorise the market purchase of the Company's shares.	206,737,427	96.85%	6,728,389	3.15%	213,465,816	75.85%	701,909
18.  To authorise a general meeting other than an AGM to be called on 14 clear days' notice.	203,955,717	95.01%	10,719,960	4.99%	214,675,677	76.28%	5,994

Notes

i)  The total votes cast in favour of each resolution include those giving the Chair's discretion.

ii)  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.

iii)  Resolutions 15 to 18 are special resolutions.

iv)  The total number of ordinary shares of 61.05p in issue at the meeting date, was 281,426,810 ordinary shares, including 5,628 ordinary shares held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company as at today's date is 281,421,182 shares.

23 July 2021

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