27th Jul 2012 15:00
UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULT
At the annual general meeting held on 27 July 2012 at the Midland Hotel, Manchester, the following resolutions were duly passed and the result of the poll is shown below. At the record date for the meeting the total number of voting rights in the company stood at 681,884,870 and the total ordinary shares in issue were 681,884,870.
No. Resolution Votes For % Votes Against % Votes withheld Representing Representing shares shares Representing shares
1 Receiving the report 356,969,357 99.97 118,830 0.03 634,144
and accounts 2 Declaring a final 356,603,778 99.99 33,707 0.01 1,084,296 dividend 3 Approving the 347,176,070 98.37 5,758,083 1.63 4,787,009 directors' remuneration report 4 Reappointing Dr John 351,333,149 98.72 4,538,615 1.28 1,850,509
McAdam 5 Reappointing Steve 337,853,035 94.66 19,054,743 5.34 814,495 Mogford 6 Reappointing Russ 355,730,021 99.67 1,170,389 0.33 821,863 Houlden 7 Reappointing Dr 355,779,425 99.69 1,117,390 0.31 825,458 Catherine Bell 8 Reappointing Paul 355,905,470 99.73 974,048 0.27 842,755 Heiden 9 Reappointing Nick 355,879,776 99.71 1,025,381 0.29 817,116 Salmon
10 Electing Sara Weller 355,684,824 99.66 1,197,426 0.34 839,911
11 Reappointing the 353,531,054 99.50 1,762,221 0.50 2,428,944 auditor 12 Remunerating the 354,909,912 99.42 2,060,727 0.58 751,580 auditor 13 Authorising the 336,810,861 96.18 13,369,590 3.82 7,540,662 directors to allot shares 14 Disapplying 349,591,868 97.99 7,165,404 2.01 963,841 statutory pre-emption rights 15 Authorising market 355,633,865 99.62 1,353,772 0.38 733,476 purchases of its own shares by the company 16 Notice period for 318,900,186 89.31 38,179,772 10.69 711,394 general meetings 17 Authorising 346,654,264 97.36 9,388,984 2.64 1,677,865
political donations Jane Gilmore, Deputy Secretary 01925 237052
United Utilities Group's ordinary shares trade on the London Stock Exchange and
its ADRs, each equal to two ordinary shares, trade over the counter under the
Trading Symbol "UUGRY".
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