Result of AGM

United Utilities Group PLC

17 July 2026

 

UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULT

At the annual general meeting held on 17 July 2026 at the Dovestone Conference Centre, 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 742,864,028 and the total ordinary shares in issue were 742,864,028.

Resolutions 1 to 17, 22 and 23 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 18 to 21 were passed as special resolutions.

The Board is pleased that all the resolutions were supported with a strong majority. In relation to the Remuneration Policy (resolution 4), the Board thanks all those shareholders who voted for the resolution, including many of our major shareholders who participated in our comprehensive consultation process which informed the development of the policy. Whilst the resolution has been approved with a three-quarters majority, in accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code the Board will continue to engage with shareholders and an update will be provided within six months of today's AGM.

In accordance with the UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, 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	%	Votes total	% of Issued Share capital voted	Votes withheld
1.	Annual report and financial statements	597,482,088	99.96	231,507	0.04	597,713,595	80.46%	1,253,177
2.	Declaration of dividend	598,362,711	99.93	446,002	0.07	598,808,713	80.61%	144,748
3.	Approve the directors' remuneration report	588,611,943	99.04	5,722,323	0.96	594,334,266	80.01%	4,619,194
4.	Approve the directors' remuneration policy	450,959,705	75.82	143,830,701	24.18	594,790,406	80.07%	4,163,046
5.	Reappointment of Sir David Higgins	578,888,957	96.69	19,831,370	3.31	598,720,327	80.60%	233,133
6.	Reappointment of Louise Beardmore	596,071,868	99.56	2,651,993	0.44	598,723,861	80.60%	229,599
7.	Reappointment of Phil Aspin	595,355,231	99.44	3,356,374	0.56	598,711,605	80.60%	241,567
8.	Reappointment of Doug Webb	585,390,082	97.78	13,319,435	2.22	598,709,517	80.59%	243,943
9.	Reappointment of Liam Butterworth	578,058,560	96.55	20,649,196	3.45	598,707,756	80.59%	245,704
10.	Reappointment of Kath Cates	583,356,080	97.44	15,355,217	2.56	598,711,297	80.60%	242,164
11.	Reappointment of Ian El-Mokadem	583,132,795	97.40	15,570,045	2.60	598,702,840	80.59%	250,621
12.	Reappointment of Clare Hayward	585,384,283	97.77	13,323,535	2.23	598,707,818	80.59%	245,643
13.	Reappointment of Michael Lewis	585,193,272	97.74	13,533,274	2.26	598,726,546	80.60%	226,915
14.	Election of Marina Wyatt	595,799,961	99.52	2,891,778	0.48	598,691,739	80.59%	261,722
15.	Reappointment of auditor	568,721,924	94.98	30,028,542	5.02	598,750,466	80.60%	216,376
16.	Remuneration of auditor	594,221,582	99.24	4,548,817	0.76	598,770,399	80.60%	196,373
17.	Authorising the directors to allot shares	564,490,032	94.28	34,268,390	5.72	598,758,422	80.60%	192,480
18.	General power to disapply statutory pre-emption rights	578,355,715	96.60	20,379,079	3.40	598,734,794	80.60%	218,666
19.	Specific power to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment	554,062,711	92.55	44,619,593	7.45	598,682,304	80.59%	271,156
20.	Authorising the Company to make market purchases of its own shares	597,917,645	99.93	435,620	0.07	598,353,265	80.55%	600,195
21.	Notice of general meeting	567,630,061	94.80	31,146,334	5.20	598,776,395	80.60%	190,376
22.	Net Zero transition plan	455,674,629	87.14	67,220,557	12.86	522,895,186	70.39%	76,058,274
23.	Authorising political donations and political expenditure	592,577,484	99.41	3,531,576	0.59	596,109,060	80.24%	2,857,711

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Classification - Result of AGM

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Andrew Ward, Corporate Affairs and Communications Director 07341 683924

Simon Gardiner, Company Secretary 01925 237000

Chris Laybutt, Corporate Development and Capital Markets Director 07769 556858

 

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