Result of AGM.


    18 July 2025 23:31:30
  • Source: Sharecast
RNS Number : 7284R
United Utilities Group PLC
18 July 2025
 

UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC

 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULT

 

At the annual general meeting held on 18 July 2025 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 681,888,418 and the total ordinary shares in issue were 681,888,418.

 

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

 

In accordance with the UK Listing Rules 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

%

% of Issued Share capital voted

Votes
withheld

1.

Annual report and financial statements

512,209,926

99.96

203,365

0.04

75.15

3,155,826

2.

Declaration of dividend

491,005,983

95.55

22,893,298

4.45

75.36

1,669,834

3.

Approve the directors' remuneration report

509,687,660

99.43

2,937,760

0.57

75.18

2,943,697

4.

Approve the directors' remuneration policy

510,748,135

99.41

3,006,565

0.59

75.34

1,814,417

5.

Reappointment of Sir David Higgins

496,987,590

96.73

16,816,007

3.27

75.35

1,765,520

6.

Reappointment of Louise Beardmore

513,304,625

99.90

502,062

0.10

75.35

1,762,430

7.

Reappointment of Phil Aspin

513,124,272

99.87

679,121

0.13

75.35

1,765,724

8.

Reappointment of Alison Goligher

503,917,953

98.08

9,888,197

1.92

75.35

1,762,967

9.

Reappointment of Liam Butterworth

485,266,434

96.69

16,617,007

3.31

73.60

13,685,676

10.

Reappointment of Kath Cates

502,787,938

97.86

11,004,598

2.14

75.35

1,776,581

11.

Reappointment of Clare Hayward

504,323,911

98.16

9,459,920

1.84

75.35

1,783,993

12.

Reappointment of Michael Lewis

504,301,892

98.15

9,480,536

1.85

75.35

1,786,689

13.

Reappointment of Doug Webb

504,318,110

98.16

9,466,413

1.84

75.35

1,784,594

14.

Election of Ian El-Mokadem

513,602,171

99.96

190,912

0.04

75.35

1,776,034

15.

Reappointment of auditor

500,053,482

97.32

13,783,861

2.68

75.36

1,731,774

16.

Remuneration of auditor

508,961,026

99.05

4,863,422

0.95

75.35

1,744,669

17.

Authorising the directors to allot shares

494,713,805

96.28

19,126,517

3.72

75.36

1,728,795

18.

General power to disapply statutory pre-emption rights

500,782,514

97.47

13,012,351

2.53

75.35

1,771,861

19.

Specific power to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment

474,706,151

92.64

37,707,722

7.36

75.15

3,155,243

20.

Authorising the Company to make market purchases of its own shares

494,387,230

96.30

18,974,815

3.70

75.29

2,207,070

21.

Notice of general meeting

489,852,194

95.32

24,030,226

4.68

75.36

1,686,697

22.

Adopt new articles of association

512,206,538

99.69

1,579,907

0.31

75.35

1,782,672

23.

Authorising political donations and political expenditure

507,859,663

99.23

3,942,080

0.77

75.06

3,763,925

 

 

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Classification - Result of AGM

 

Jane Gilmore, Deputy Secretary 07717 702375

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