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AGM Statement

1st Aug 2014 12:23

RNS Number : 0434O
Pennon Group PLC
01 August 2014
 

 

PENNON GROUP PLC

 

AGM STATEMENT

 

Summary of the Annual General Meeting held on 31 July 2014 at Exeter Golf and Country Club, Exeter, EX2 7AE

 

The Directors are pleased to announce that the shareholders of Pennon Group Plc at the Company's Annual General Meeting on Thursday, 31 July 2014 passed all the resolutions as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 23 June 2014.

 

The following table summarises the proxy votes received from shareholders prior to the meeting. The highest percentage of the issued share capital voted was approximately 69.81%. Votes withheld are not votes in law and have not been counted in the calculation of the votes.

Number of Votes

Resolution 1: To receive and adopt for the year ended

31 March 2014 the financial statements, the Directors' Report and the report of the independent auditors on the financial statements.

 

 

For

267,170,286

Against

3,573,165

Discretion

618,845

Withheld

1,298,893

 

Resolution 2: To declare a final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March 2014 of 20.92p for each ordinary share of nominal value 40.7p for payment on 3 October 2014.

For

272,011,225

Against

20,233

Discretion

610,459

Withheld

19,273

 

Resolution 3: To approve the annual report on remuneration.

 

For

260,396,329

Against

11,389,176

Discretion

615,700

Withheld

259,985

 

Resolution 4: To approve the Directors' remuneration policy, as contained in the Company's Annual Report 2014.

For

263,910,515

Against

7,865,436

Discretion

620,884

Withheld

 

 

264,354

Resolution 5: To re-elect Mr K G Harvey as a Director.

For

250,506,425

Against

18,304,641

Discretion

626,583

Withheld

 

3,223,540

Resolution 6: To re-elect Mr M D Angle as a Director.

For

270,935,466

Against

1,026,592

Discretion

626,368

Withheld

 

72,763

Resolution 7: To re-elect Mr G D Connell as a Director.

For

247,999,753

Against

19,289,856

Discretion

632,222

Withheld

4,739,358

 

Resolution 8: To re-elect Mr D J Dupont as a Director.

For

269,516,714

Against

2,444,263

Discretion

633,323

Withheld

 

66,890

Resolution 9: To re-elect Mr C Loughlin as a Director.

For

269,573,791

Against

2,235,011

Discretion

627,241

Withheld

 

225,147

Resolution 10: To elect Mr I J McAulay as a Director.

For

269,597,910

Against

2,189,746

Discretion

640,625

Withheld

 

232,909

Resolution 11: To elect Ms G A Rider as a Director.

For

269,919,015

Against

711,209

Discretion

635,811

Withheld

 

1,395,154

Resolution 12: To reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of the Company.

For

261,678,704

Against

7,286,523

Discretion

634,042

Withheld

 

3,061,921

Resolution 13: To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditors.

For

238,106,477

Against

30,461,335

Discretion

637,397

Withheld

 

3,455,981

Resolution 14: To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations (precautionary authority).

For

269,627,922

Against

2,205,240

Discretion

610,825

Withheld

 

217,203

Resolution 15: To grant to Directors authority to allot shares.

For

267,748,472

Against

3,146,737

Discretion

627,995

Withheld

 

1,136,285

Resolution 16: To approve the updated rules of the Pennon Group Sharesave Scheme.

For

270,503,082

Against

1,311,453

Discretion

633,069

Withheld

 

213,586

Resolution 17: To approve the updated rules of the Pennon Group All Employee Share Ownership Plan.

For

271,663,014

Against

121,491

Discretion

767,358

Withheld

109,327

 

Resolution 18: To authorise the partial exclusion of the statutory pre-emption rights.

For

271,359,361

Against

245,656

Discretion

771,790

Withheld

284,383

 

Resolution 19: To authorise the market purchase of the Company's own shares.

For

270,956,035

Against

898,417

Discretion

760,364

Withheld

46,374

 

Resolution 20: To authorise the Directors to offer a scrip dividend alternative.

For

271,794,976

Against

64,925

Discretion

759,444

Withheld

41,845

 

Resolution 21: To authorise a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting to be called on 14 clear days' notice.

For

259,637,814

Against

12,216,412

Discretion

768,580

Withheld

38,384

 

 

Two copies of all the resolutions passed by the Company, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted and made available for inspection from the National Storage Mechanism at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

 

1 August 2014

 

www.pennon-group.co.uk

 

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