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Pennon Group PLC

20 July 2023

Pennon Group plc

Result of the Annual General Meeting held on 20 July 2023 at The Courtyard, Sandy Park, Sandy Park Way, Exeter, EX2 7NN at 11:00am

The Directors are pleased to announce that the shareholders of Pennon Group plc passed all the Resolutions which were set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 19 June 2023.

Voting on all Resolutions was conducted by way of a poll and the below table shows the percentage of issued share capital voted for each.

A copy of each of the Resolutions passed by the Company, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted and made available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

A copy of this announcement will be posted on the Company's website at www.pennon-group.co.uk/investor-information/shareholder-services

 
               RESOLUTION               VOTES       %      VOTES        %         VOTES     % SHARE     VOTES 
                                         FOR       FOR     AGAINST    AGAINST     TOTAL      CAPITAL   WITHHELD 
                                                                                              VOTED 
        To receive and 
         adopt for the 
         annual reports 
         and accounts 
         for the year 
         ended 31 March 
 1.      2023                        196,723,264  99.99    20,134      0.01    196,743,398   75.29%    152,747 
      -----------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
        To declare a 
         final dividend 
         in respect of 
         the year ended 
 2.      31 March 2023               196,637,643  99.87   253,338      0.13    196,890,981   75.35%     5,164 
      -----------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
        To approve the 
         Directors' remuneration 
 3.      report                      181,593,096  98.51  2,752,131     1.49    184,345,227   70.54%   12,550,917 
      -----------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
        To approve the 
         Directors' remuneration 
 4.      policy                      184,315,576  93.63  12,532,068    6.37    196,847,644   75.33%     48,501 
      -----------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
        To elect Dorothy 
         Burwell as a 
 5.      Director                    196,790,370  99.96    72,829      0.04    196,863,199   75.34%     32,946 
      -----------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
        To elect Loraine 
         Woodhouse as 
 6.      a Director                  196,792,499  99.97    66,724      0.03    196,859,223   75.33%     36,922 
      -----------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Gill 
 7.      Rider as a Director         195,068,588  99.09  1,800,797     0.91    196,869,385   75.34%     26,760 
      -----------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Susan 
 8.      Davy as a Director          196,483,322  99.81   376,567      0.19    196,859,889   75.33%     36,256 
      -----------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Paul 
 9.      Boote as a Director         196,709,030  99.92   160,801      0.08    196,869,831   75.34%     26,314 
      -----------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Jon 
         Butterworth as 
10.      a Director                  196,317,755  99.72   541,416      0.28    196,859,171   75.33%     36,974 
      -----------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Neil 
11..     Cooper as a Director        196,312,853  99.72   545,415      0.28    196,858,268   75.33%     37,877 
      -----------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Iain 
12.      Evans as a Director         177,159,867  89.99  19,704,679   10.01    196,864,546   75.34%     31,599 
      -----------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Claire 
         Ighodaro as a 
13.      Director                    196,318,352  99.72   545,879      0.28    196,864,231   75.34%     31,914 
      -----------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
        To re-appoint 
         Ernst & Young 
         LLP as auditor 
14.      of the Company              195,875,334  99.56   873,607      0.44    196,748,941   75.29%    147,204 
      -----------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
        To authorise 
         the Audit Committee 
         to determine 
         the remuneration 
         of the auditor 
         on behalf of 
15.      the Board                   196,735,361  99.93   140,130      0.07    196,875,491   75.34%     20,654 
      -----------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
        To authorise 
         the Company and 
         its subsidiaries 
         to make political 
         donations up 
         to a specified 
16.      limit                       196,270,017  99.69   605,269      0.31    196,875,286   75.34%     20,858 
      -----------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
        To grant the 
         Directors authority 
17.      to allot shares             193,726,817  98.40  3,149,627     1.60    196,876,444   75.34%     19,701 
      -----------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
        To consider and 
         approve the Company's 
         climate-related 
         financial disclosures 
         (as set out on 
         pages 74-95 of 
18.      the Annual Report)          174,174,189  90.25  18,816,575    9.75    192,990,764   73.85%   3,905,381 
      -----------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
        To authorise 
         the general disapplication 
         of pre-emption 
19.      rights                      191,775,358  97.41  5,097,768     2.59    196,873,126   75.34%     23,019 
      -----------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
        To authorise 
         the disapplication 
         of pre-emption 
         rights in connection 
         with an acquisition 
         or specified 
20.      capital investment          176,839,622  89.82  20,035,076   10.18    196,874,698   75.34%     21,447 
      -----------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
        To authorise 
         the market purchase 
         of the Company's 
21.      shares                      196,055,618  99.62   738,680      0.38    196,794,298   75.31%    101,847 
      -----------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
        To authorise 
         that a general 
         meeting, other 
         than an AGM, 
         may be called 
         on not less than 
         14 clear day's 
22.      notice                      189,225,131  96.11  7,662,215     3.89    196,887,346   75.34%     8,799 
      -----------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
 

Notes

i) The total votes cast in favour of each resolution include those giving the Chair's discretion.

ii) 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. 

iii) The total number of ordinary shares of 61.05p in issue at the meeting date was 261,310,967 ordinary shares, excluding 5,628 ordinary shares held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company as at today's date is 261,310,967 shares.

20 July 2023

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