Result of AGM

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Pennon Group plc announced that all resolutions presented at its Annual General Meeting on July 8, 2026, were passed by shareholders. Key resolutions included the adoption of the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended March 31, 2026, with 99.97% of votes in favour, and the declaration of a final dividend, which received 96.62% approval. The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor also passed with 99.92% of votes in favour. The company's climate-related financial disclosures were approved by 81.26% of votes. Voting on all resolutions was conducted by poll, with approximately 84.19% of the issued share capital participating.

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Pennon Group PLC
08 July 2026
 

Pennon Group plc

 

Result of the Annual General Meeting held on 8th July 2026 at Bristol Water, Bridgwater Road, Bristol, BS13 7AT at 10:00am

 

The Directors are pleased to announce that the shareholders of Pennon Group plc passed all the Resolutions which were set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 16th June 2026.

 

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 on 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 CAPITAL VOTED

VOTES

WITHHELD

1.

To receive and adopt for the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2026

 

 

            397,130,103

99.97%

                   102,867

0.03%

           

 

 

 

397,232,970

 

 

 

 

84.16%

                  

 

 

 

167,048

2.

To declare a final dividend in respect of the year ended 31st March 2026

 

 

            383,943,476

96.62%

              13,422,577

   3.38%

           

 

 

 

397,366,053

 

 

 

 

84.19%

                    

 

 

 

33,965

3.

To approve the Director's Remuneration Report

 

 

            353,699,847

89.02%

              43,606,108

10.98%

           

 

397,305,955

 

 

84.18%

                    

 

94,063

4.

To approve the Director's Remuneration Policy

            375,873,830

94.60%

              21,442,909

5.40%

            397,316,739

 

   84.18%

                     83,279

5.

To elect Andrew Haines as a Director

 

            396,690,119

99.83%

                   663,947

0.17%

           

 

397,354,066

 

 

84.19%

                    

 

45,952

6.

To elect Keith Haslett as a Director

 

            395,535,236

99.54%

                1,826,295

0.46%

           

 

397,361,531

 

 

84.19%

                    

 

38,487

7.

To re-elect David Sproul as a Director

 

 

            385,032,854

96.90%

              12,325,289

3.10%

           

 

397,358,143

 

 

84.19%

                    

 

41,875

8.

To re-elect Laura Flowerdew as a Director

 

 

            395,461,008

99.52%

                1,896,495

0.48%

           

 

397,357,503

 

 

84.19%

                    

 

42,515

9.

To re-elect Andrea Blance as a Director

 

 

            392,895,554

98.88%

                4,460,096

1.12%

           

 

397,355,650

 

 

84.19%

                    

 

44,368

10.

To re-elect Jon Butterworth as a Director

 

 

            392,825,027

98.86%

                4,527,994

1.14%

           

 

397,353,021

 

 

84.19%

                    

 

46,997

11.

To re-elect Loraine Woodhouse as a Director

 

            392,477,421

98.77%

                4,872,438

1.23%

            397,349,859

 

84.19%

                     50,159

12.

To re-elect Dorothy Burwell as a Director

 

            380,536,986

95.77%

              16,810,924

4.23%

           

 

397,347,910

 

 

84.19%

                    

 

52,108

13.

To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers   LLP as auditor of the Company

 

 

            397,036,100

99.92%

                   314,657

0.08%

           

 

 

 

397,350,757

 

 

 

 

84.19%

                    

 

 

 

49,261

14.

To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor on behalf of the Board

 

 

        391,214,993

98.46%

                6,125,647

1.54%

           

 

 

 

 

 

 397,340,640

 

 

 

 

 

 

84.19%

                    

 

 

 

 

 

59,378

15.

To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations up to a specified limit

 

 

            390,462,535

98.26%

                6,901,786

1.74%

           

 

 

 

 

 

 397,364,321

 

 

 

 

 

 

84.19%

                    

 

 

 

 

 

35,697

16.

To grant the Directors authority to allot shares

 

 

            377,221,837

94.93%

              20,144,186

5.07%

           

 

397,366,023

 

 

84.19%

                    

 

33,995

17.

To consider and approve the Company's climate-related financial disclosures (as set out on pages 83-93 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2026)

 

            294,586,132

81.26%

              67,930,745

18.74%

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

362,516,877

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

76.81%

             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,883,141

18.

To authorise the general disapplication of pre-emption rights

            384,588,696

96.79%

              12,764,008

3.21%

           

 

 

 

397,352,704

 

 

 

 

84.19%

                    

 

 

 

47,314

19.

To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment

 

            369,683,011

93.04%

              27,672,275

6.96%

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

397,355,286

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

84.19%

                    

 

 

 

 

 

 

44,732

20.

To authorise the market purchase of the Company's shares

 

 

            383,726,851

96.65%

              13,298,496

3.35%

           

 

 

 

397,025,347

 

 

 

 

84.12%

                  

 

 

 

374,671

21.

To authorise that a General Meeting, other than an AGM, may be called on not less than 14 clear days notice

 

            381,690,706

96.05%

              15,693,109

3.95%

           

 

 

 

 

397,383,815

 

 

 

 

 

84.20%

                    

 

 

 

 

16,203

 

 

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)    Pennon Group plc's issued share capital consists of 471,984,868 ordinary shares of 61.05p each, with  

5,628 shares held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Pennon Group plc is 471,979,240 shares.

 

 

8th July 2026

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