26 July 2010
UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULT
At the annual general meeting held on 23 July 2010 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 681,548,091 and the total ordinary shares in issue were 681,548,091.
|
No. |
Resolution |
Votes For
Representing shares |
% |
Votes Against
Representing shares |
% |
Votes withheld
Representing shares |
|
1 |
Receiving the report and accounts |
366,519,279 |
98.34 |
6,199,448 |
1.66 |
892,899 |
|
2 |
Declaring a final dividend |
373,259,239 |
100 |
18,030 |
0.00 |
334,683 |
|
3 |
Approving the directors' remuneration report |
362,586,446 |
99.26 |
2,701,511 |
0.74 |
8,323,926 |
|
4 |
Reappointing Charlie Cornish |
371,738,430 |
99.64 |
1,361,216 |
0.36 |
512,238 |
|
5 |
Reappointing Dr Catherine Bell |
358,531,440 |
96.10 |
14,553,629 |
3.90 |
526,770 |
|
6 |
Reappointing Nick Salmon |
371,954,633 |
99.69 |
1,156,190 |
0.31 |
501,061 |
|
7 |
Reappointing the auditors |
337,139,763 |
90.63 |
34,852,497 |
9.37 |
1,619,623 |
|
8 |
Remunerating the auditors |
341,636,502 |
91.56 |
31,511,740 |
8.44 |
463,642 |
|
9 |
Authorising the directors to allot shares |
347,747,099 |
95.56 |
16,157,959 |
4.44 |
9,706,825 |
|
10 |
Disapplying statutory pre-emption rights |
368,175,701 |
98.70 |
4,845,608 |
1.30 |
590,575 |
|
11 |
Authorising market purchases of its own shares by the company |
372,690,169 |
99.86 |
513,095 |
0.14 |
408,620 |
|
12 |
Notice period for general meetings |
351,997,353 |
94.34 |
21,118,836 |
5.66 |
495,695 |
|
13 |
Adoption of new articles of association |
372,455,319 |
99.86 |
537,641 |
0.14 |
618,924 |
|
14 |
Authorising political donations |
357,992,905 |
96.98 |
11,133,924 |
3.02 |
4,484,670 |
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority. Copies will be available at the UKLA's Document Viewing Facility, situated at the Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.
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United Utilities' ordinary shares trade on the London Stock Exchange and its ADRs, each equal to two ordinary shares, trade OTC in the USA under the Trading Symbol "UUGRY".