Result of AGM

United Utilities Group PLC

21 July 2023

 

UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULT

At the annual general meeting held on 21 July 2023 at The Food Hall Building, Lingley Mere Business Park, Lingley Green Avenue, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 3LP 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 20 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 19 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	Votes For	%	Votes against	%	% of Issued Share capital voted	Votes withheld
1.	Annual report and financial statements	516,534,507	99.98	120,664	0.02	75.77%	268,702
2.	Declaration of dividend	514,939,402	99.62	1,950,651	0.38	75.80%	33,107
3.	Approve the directors' remuneration report	506,921,228	98.74	6,479,091	1.26	75.29%	3,523,554
4.	Reappointment of Sir David Higgins	499,930,557	96.75	16,814,790	3.25	75.78%	178,526
5.	Reappointment of Louise Beardmore	516,429,704	99.93	337,307	0.07	75.78%	157,105
6.	Reappointment of Phil Aspin	515,962,978	99.85	796,495	0.15	75.78%	164,400
7.	Reappointment of Liam Butterworth	508,774,267	98.46	7,976,588	1.54	75.78%	172,853
8.	Reappointment of Kath Cates	508,843,737	98.47	7,911,855	1.53	75.78%	166,469
9.	Reappointment of Alison Goligher	508,860,218	98.47	7,893,187	1.53	75.78%	170,468
10.	Election of Michael Lewis	516,556,580	99.96	189,718	0.04	75.78%	177,575
11.	Reappointment of Paulette Rowe	491,039,124	98.42	7,888,142	1.58	73.17%	17,996,454
12.	Reappointment of Doug Webb	506,492,610	98.02	10,253,807	1.98	75.78%	177,456
13.	Reappointment of auditor	509,746,434	98.63	7,061,648	1.37	75.79%	115,761
14.	Remuneration of auditor	513,440,130	99.35	3,375,484	0.65	75.79%	105,534
15.	Authorising the directors to allot shares	502,318,779	97.19	14,520,170	2.81	75.80%	84,924
16.	General power to disapply statutory pre-emption rights	501,998,169	97.15	14,729,536	2.85	75.78%	193,856
17.	Specific power to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment	476,513,537	92.80	36,970,675	7.20	75.30%	3,439,598
18.	Authorising the Company to make market purchases of its own shares	514,231,301	99.56	2,252,994	0.44	75.74%	439,578
19.	Notice of general meeting	496,570,906	96.08	20,261,735	3.92	75.79%	91,232
20.	Authorising political donations and political expenditure	498,019,645	96.39	18,676,546	3.61	75.77%	225,944

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Classification - Result of AGM

Jane Gilmore, Deputy Secretary 07717 702375

 

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