Result of AGM

Severn Trent PLC

09 July 2026

 

 

9 July 2026

Severn Trent Plc ("Severn Trent" or "the Company")

Results of the 2026 Annual General Meeting

The Company announces that the following resolutions were duly passed at the Company's 2026 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') which was held today at 10.00am at Severn Trent Academy, Garfield Park, St Martins Road, Finham, Coventry, CV3 6PR.

Resolutions 1 to 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 19 to 22 were passed as special resolutions.  Full text of the resolutions is contained in the Company's Notice of 2026 AGM, which is available at www.severntrent.com.

Resolution		Votes for	For (% of shares voted)	Votes against	Against (% of shares voted)	Total votes cast (excluding withheld)	% of issued share capital voted	Votes withheld
1	Receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2026	254,917,023	99.99	20,113	0.01	254,937,136	84.47	173,874
2	Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	251,047,005	98.62	3,508,484	1.38	254,555,489	84.34	555,521
3	Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	250,588,888	98.25	4,460,544	1.75	255,049,432	84.51	61,578
4	Declare a final ordinary dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March 2026	247,398,125	96.99	7,682,516	3.01	255,080,641	84.52	30,369
5	Re-elect Christine Hodgson CBE	250,739,779	98.30	4,324,912	1.70	255,064,691	84.51	46,319
6	Elect James Jesic	254,115,234	99.63	945,552	0.37	255,060,786	84.51	50,224
7	Re-elect Helen Miles	253,872,824	99.53	1,189,587	0.47	255,062,411	84.51	48,599
8	Re-elect Nick Hampton	252,400,288	98.96	2,661,275	1.04	255,061,563	84.51	49,447
9	Re-elect Tom Delay CBE	251,881,316	98.75	3,181,033	1.25	255,062,349	84.51	48,661
10	Re-elect Sarah Legg	252,393,252	98.95	2,669,060	1.05	255,062,312	84.51	48,698
11	Re-elect Sharmila Nebhrajani OBE	252,416,858	98.96	2,647,406	1.04	255,064,264	84.51	46,746
12	Re-elect Richard Taylor	252,437,972	98.97	2,624,172	1.03	255,062,144	84.51	48,866
13	Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor of the Company	255,018,907	99.98	53,007	0.02	255,071,914	84.52	39,096
14	Authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditor	252,460,045	98.98	2,605,914	1.02	255,065,959	84.51	45,051
15	Authorise the Company to make political donations	215,865,755	98.43	3,445,060	1.57	219,310,815	72.67	35,800,195
16	Approve the amendments to the rules of the Severn Trent Plc Long Term Incentive Plan	252,701,911	99.08	2,344,082	0.92	255,045,993	84.51	65,017
17	Approve the amendments to the rules of the Severn Trent Plc Sharesave Scheme	254,967,304	99.97	86,448	0.03	255,053,752	84.51	57,258
18	Authorise the Directors to allot shares	242,137,921	94.93	12,932,655	5.07	255,070,576	84.52	40,434
19	Disapply pre-emption rights on up to ten per cent of the issued share capital.	248,629,564	97.48	6,431,174	2.52	255,060,738	84.51	50,272
20	Disapply pre-emption rights on up to an additional ten per cent of the issued share capital in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment	235,478,161	92.32	19,582,982	7.68	255,061,143	84.51	49,867
21	Authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	248,101,822	97.33	6,814,922	2.67	254,916,744	84.46	194,266
22	Authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on 14 clear days' notice	244,470,302	95.84	10,607,866	4.16	255,078,168	84.52	32,842

1.   Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair 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.   For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, as at 6:30pm (BST) on Wednesday 8 July 2026, the Company's issued share capital consists of 304,022,108 ordinary shares of 97 17/19 pence each with voting rights. The Company holds 2,218,618 shares in Treasury.

As required by the UK Listing Rule 6.4.2R of the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA"), copies of resolutions passed by the Company other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the FCA via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to the public for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

www.severntrent.com

LEI: 213800RPBXRETY4A4C59

 

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