UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULT
At the annual general meeting held on 17 July 2026 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 742,864,028 and the total ordinary shares in issue were 742,864,028.
Resolutions 1 to 17, 22 and 23 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 18 to 21 were passed as special resolutions.
The Board is pleased that all the resolutions were supported with a strong majority. In relation to the Remuneration Policy (resolution 4), the Board thanks all those shareholders who voted for the resolution, including many of our major shareholders who participated in our comprehensive consultation process which informed the development of the policy. Whilst the resolution has been approved with a three-quarters majority, in accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code the Board will continue to engage with shareholders and an update will be provided within six months of today's AGM.
In accordance with the UK Listing Rule 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
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Resolution |
Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
Votes total |
% of Issued Share capital voted |
Votes |
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1. |
Annual report and financial statements |
597,482,088 |
99.96 |
231,507 |
0.04 |
597,713,595 |
80.46% |
1,253,177 |
|
2. |
Declaration of dividend |
598,362,711 |
99.93 |
446,002 |
0.07 |
598,808,713 |
80.61% |
144,748 |
|
3. |
Approve the directors' remuneration report |
588,611,943 |
99.04 |
5,722,323 |
0.96 |
594,334,266 |
80.01% |
4,619,194 |
|
4. |
Approve the directors' remuneration policy |
450,959,705 |
75.82 |
143,830,701 |
24.18 |
594,790,406 |
80.07% |
4,163,046 |
|
5. |
Reappointment of Sir David Higgins |
578,888,957 |
96.69 |
19,831,370 |
3.31 |
598,720,327 |
80.60% |
233,133 |
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6. |
Reappointment of Louise Beardmore |
596,071,868 |
99.56 |
2,651,993 |
0.44 |
598,723,861 |
80.60% |
229,599 |
|
7. |
Reappointment of Phil Aspin |
595,355,231 |
99.44 |
3,356,374 |
0.56 |
598,711,605 |
80.60% |
241,567 |
|
8. |
Reappointment of Doug Webb |
585,390,082 |
97.78 |
13,319,435 |
2.22 |
598,709,517 |
80.59% |
243,943 |
|
9. |
Reappointment of Liam Butterworth |
578,058,560 |
96.55 |
20,649,196 |
3.45 |
598,707,756 |
80.59% |
245,704 |
|
10. |
Reappointment of Kath Cates |
583,356,080 |
97.44 |
15,355,217 |
2.56 |
598,711,297 |
80.60% |
242,164 |
|
11. |
Reappointment of Ian El-Mokadem |
583,132,795 |
97.40 |
15,570,045 |
2.60 |
598,702,840 |
80.59% |
250,621 |
|
12. |
Reappointment of Clare Hayward |
585,384,283 |
97.77 |
13,323,535 |
2.23 |
598,707,818 |
80.59% |
245,643 |
|
13. |
Reappointment of Michael Lewis |
585,193,272 |
97.74 |
13,533,274 |
2.26 |
598,726,546 |
80.60% |
226,915 |
|
14. |
Election of Marina Wyatt |
595,799,961 |
99.52 |
2,891,778 |
0.48 |
598,691,739 |
80.59% |
261,722 |
|
15. |
Reappointment of auditor |
568,721,924 |
94.98 |
30,028,542 |
5.02 |
598,750,466 |
80.60% |
216,376 |
|
16. |
Remuneration of auditor |
594,221,582 |
99.24 |
4,548,817 |
0.76 |
598,770,399 |
80.60% |
196,373 |
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17. |
Authorising the directors to allot shares |
564,490,032 |
94.28 |
34,268,390 |
5.72 |
598,758,422 |
80.60% |
192,480 |
|
18. |
General power to disapply statutory pre-emption rights |
578,355,715 |
96.60 |
20,379,079 |
3.40 |
598,734,794 |
80.60% |
218,666 |
|
19. |
Specific power to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment |
554,062,711 |
92.55 |
44,619,593 |
7.45 |
598,682,304 |
80.59% |
271,156 |
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20. |
Authorising the Company to make market purchases of its own shares |
597,917,645 |
99.93 |
435,620 |
0.07 |
598,353,265 |
80.55% |
600,195 |
|
21. |
Notice of general meeting |
567,630,061 |
94.80 |
31,146,334 |
5.20 |
598,776,395 |
80.60% |
190,376 |
|
22. |
Net Zero transition plan |
455,674,629 |
87.14 |
67,220,557 |
12.86 |
522,895,186 |
70.39% |
76,058,274 |
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23. |
Authorising political donations and political expenditure |
592,577,484 |
99.41 |
3,531,576 |
0.59 |
596,109,060 |
80.24% |
2,857,711 |
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Classification - Result of AGM
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Andrew Ward, Corporate Affairs and Communications Director 07341 683924
Simon Gardiner, Company Secretary 01925 237000
Chris Laybutt, Corporate Development and Capital Markets Director 07769 556858