1st Aug 2005 12:50
UNITED UTILITIES PLC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULT At the annual general meeting held on, 29 July 2005, at the Bridgewater Hall,Manchester, the following resolutions were duly passed and the result of thepoll is shown below:No. Resolution Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstaining 1 Receiving the report 429,515,954 188,922 2,600,159 and accounts 2 Declaring a final 432,252,237 13,022 39,776 dividend 3 Approving the 429,611,685 2,075,841 617,509 directors' remuneration report 4 Reappointing David 431,358,271 639,246 307,518 Jones 5 Reappointing Nick 431,462,442 527,380 315,213 Salmon 6 Reappointing Tom Drury 430,628,640 1,373,796 302,599 7 Reappointing Sir Peter 417,926,723 12,075,370 2,302,942 Middleton 8 Reappointing Norman 424,956,422 2,553,725 4,794,888 Broadhurst 9 Reappointing Andrew 429,366,682 633,189 2,305,164 Pinder 10 Reappointing the 418,822,555 8,594,742 4,887,738 auditor 11 Remunerating the 430,303,583 1,809,312 192,140 auditor 12 Authorising the 427,060,020 4,790,015 455,000 directors to allot shares. 13 Disapplying statutory 427,317,242 4,298,929 688,864 pre-emption rights 14 Authorising market 431,358,166 579,107 367,762 purchases of its own shares by the company 15 Adopting new articles 423,140,552 916,370 8,248,113 of association 16 Authorising the company 405,350,587 25,980,828 973,620 to make donations to EU political organisations 17 Authorising United 405,206,803 26,120,812 977,420 Utilities Water to make donations to EU political organisations 18 Authorising United 405,181,491 26,125,639 997,905 Utilities Electricity to make donations to EU political organisations 19 Authorising Contract 405,161,887 26,148,184 994,964 Solutions to make donations to EU political organisations 20 Authorising Vertex to 405,147,933 26,159,871 997,231 make donations to EU political organisations 21 Authorising Your 405,136,722 26,180,721 987,592 Communications to make donations to EU political organisations United Utilities' ordinary shares trade on the London Stock Exchange and itsADRs, each equal to two ordinary shares, trade on the New York Stock Exchangeunder the Trading Symbol `UU'.ENDUNITED UTILITIES PLCRelated Shares:
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