Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Jul 22, 2016
Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements
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United Utilities Group PLC
22 July 2016
UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULT
At the annual general meeting held on 22 July 2016 at the Lowry 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 681,888,418 and the total ordinary shares in issue were 681,888,418.
| No. | Resolution | Votes for | % | Votes against | % | % of Issued share capital voted | Votes withheld |
| 1 | Receiving the report and accounts | 420,226,419 | 99.95 | 209,640 | 0.05 | 61.66 | 316,013 |
| 2 | Declaring a final dividend | 420,003,301 | 99.99 | 35,324 | 0.01 | 61.60 | 713,576 |
| 3 | Approving the directors' remuneration report (other than the part containing the abridged directors' remuneration policy) | 415,175,128 | 99.47 | 2,194,497 | 0.53 | 61.21 | 3,381,948 |
| 4 | Reappointing Dr John McAdam | 410,001,032 | 97.49 | 10,572,961 | 2.51 | 61.68 | 181,080 |
| 5 | Reappointing Steve Mogford | 419,731,674 | 99.80 | 832,357 | 0.20 | 61.68 | 191,042 |
| 6 | Reappointing Stephen Carter | 418,943,009 | 99.62 | 1,599,792 | 0.38 | 61.67 | 211,815 |
| 7 | Reappointing Mark Clare | 419,016,351 | 99.63 | 1,548,665 | 0.37 | 61.68 | 188,359 |
| 8 | Reappointing Russ Houlden | 418,295,996 | 99.46 | 2,253,729 | 0.54 | 61.67 | 205,348 |
| 9 | Reappointing Brian May | 418,662,720 | 99.55 | 1,889,980 | 0.45 | 61.67 | 198,128 |
| 10 | Reappointing Sara Weller | 418,962,382 | 99.62 | 1,603,593 | 0.38 | 61.68 | 184,853 |
| 11 | Reappointing the auditor | 408,994,191 | 97.27 | 11,494,338 | 2.73 | 61.67 | 258,617 |
| 12 | Remunerating the auditor | 412,840,565 | 98.17 | 7,707,572 | 1.83 | 61.67 | 194,242 |
| 13 | Authorising the directors to allot shares | 397,972,400 | 94.93 | 21,256,285 | 5.07 | 61.48 | 1,519,271 |
| 14 | Disapplying statutory pre-emption rights | 419,769,399 | 99.83 | 708,997 | 0.17 | 61.66 | 269,179 |
| 15 | Authorising market purchases of its own shares by the company | 413,084,855 | 98.95 | 4,377,511 | 1.05 | 61.22 | 3,285,590 |
| 16 | Notice period for general meetings | 375,397,795 | 89.92 | 42,086,490 | 10.08 | 61.22 | 3,282,670 |
| 17 | Authorising political donations | 412,572,316 | 98.89 | 4,637,706 | 1.11 | 61.18 | 3,537,719 |
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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