RNS Number : 5944Q
Severn Trent PLC
10 July 2025
 

 

LEI: 213800RPBXRETY4A4C59

 

Severn Trent Plc

(the 'Company')

 

Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 10 July 2025

 

At the Annual General Meeting of Severn Trent Plc held on 10 July 2025 (the 'Meeting'), the Directors are pleased to announce that the shareholders of Severn Trent Plc passed all the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting which were voted by way of a poll. The total number of votes received for each resolution is set out below.

 

Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 21 were passed as special resolutions.

 

In accordance with Listing Rules 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.

 

In total, 82.97% of the issued share capital, excluding shares held in treasury, was voted and the percentages shown below are rounded to two decimal places.

 

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RESOLUTION

VOTES FOR

% OF VOTES CAST

VOTES AGAINST

% OF VOTES CAST

VOTES CAST IN TOTAL

TOTAL VOTES CAST AS A % OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL

VOTES WITHHELD

1

Receive the Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

252,000,611

99.99

23,076

0.01

252,023,687

83.79%

175,739

2

Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

249,163,730

98.82

2,976,194

1.18

252,139,924

83.83%

59,502

3

Approve the Net Zero Transition Plan 

229,372,978

98.35

3,847,542

1.65

233,220,520

77.54%

18,978,905

4

Declare a final ordinary dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March 2025

244,642,692

97.02

7,517,953

2.98

252,160,645

83.84%

38,779

5

Reappoint Tom Delay

251,340,611

99.69

783,955

0.31

252,124,566

83.83%

74,860

6

Reappoint Olivia Garfield

252,039,189

99.97

78,072

0.03

252,117,261

83.82%

82,165

7

Appoint Nick Hampton

251,375,115

99.70

747,666

0.30

252,122,781

83.83%

76,645

8

Reappoint Christine Hodgson

249,519,866

98.97

2,604,904

1.03

252,124,770

83.83%

74,654

9

Reappoint Sarah Legg

251,940,442

99.93

178,282

0.07

252,118,724

83.82%

80,701

10

Reappoint Helen Miles

251,798,813

99.87

322,137

0.13

252,120,950

83.83%

78,476

11

Reappoint Sharmila Nebhrajani

251,222,326

99.64

896,734

0.36

252,119,060

83.82%

80,365

12

Reappoint Richard Taylor

252,060,515

99.97

64,132

0.03

252,124,647

83.83%

74,779

13

Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor of the Company

252,023,058

99.96

110,319

0.04

252,133,377

83.83%

66,049

14

Authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditor

252,100,856

99.99

35,174

0.01

252,136,030

83.83%

63,396

15

Authorise the Company and all companies which are subsidiaries of the Company to make political donations not exceeding £50,000 in total

215,673,543

99.61

842,032

0.39

216,515,575

71.99%

35,683,850

16

Authorise the Directors to allot shares

244,923,098

97.14

7,213,011

2.86

252,136,109

83.83%

63,316

17

Disapply pre-emption rights on up to ten per cent of the issued share capital

246,264,140

97.98

5,078,897

2.02

251,343,037

83.57%

856,389

18

Disapply pre-emption rights on up to an additional ten per cent of the issued share capital in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment

239,251,356

95.16

12,160,613

4.84

251,411,969

83.59%

787,455

19

Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares

245,710,183

97.52

6,247,603

2.48

251,957,786

83.77%

241,638

20

Approve proposed amendments to the Articles of Association

252,011,985

99.96

105,022

0.04

252,117,007

83.82%

82,419

21

Authorise general meetings of the Company, other than Annual General Meetings, to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice

242,567,417

96.20

9,570,133

3.80

252,137,550

83.83%

61,875

 

 

Notes

 

1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair have been included in the "for" total.

 

2. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

 

3.  Issued ordinary share capital (excluding shares held in treasury) at 10 July 2025: 300,770,139 shares.

 

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