Northumbrian Water

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AGM held on Thursday 29 July 2010

The Company’s AGM was held earlier today and was attended by 21 shareholders. Each of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting was passed on a show of hands. A summary of the proxy votes registered prior to the AGM is outlined below. The total issued share capital of the Company at today’s date is 518,623,845 ordinary shares and the total number of shares eligible to vote at the AGM was 517,724,973.

Resolution Shares
For		 Shares Discretionary Shares Against Shares Marked As Votes Withheld / Abstentions Poll Yes / No
1 To receive and adopt the audited financial statements and the reports of the Directors and the Auditors for the year ended 31 March 2010. 394,001,841             487,103        26,561                 296,081       No
2 To approve the Directors’ remuneration report for the year ended 31 March 2010.  393,774,825             485,703      415,698                 135,360       No
3 To declare a final dividend of 8.85 pence per ordinary 10 pence share.  394,284,906          1,116,634        19,128                     7,997       No
4 To elect Heidi Mottram OBE as a director. 393,251,313          1,128,894      949,007                   99,451       No
5 To elect Margaret Fay CBE as a director. 393,845,904          1,127,894      369,291                   85,576       No
6 To re-elect Sir Patrick Brown as a director. 393,865,707          1,126,304      358,249                   78,355       No
7 To re-elect Chris Green as a director. 393,853,690          1,128,894      374,805                   71,276       No
8 To re-elect Claude Lamoureux as a director. 387,853,910          1,136,954   4,704,022              1,733,778       No
9 To re-elect Martin Nègre as a director. 391,410,159          1,136,344   2,804,985                   77,176       No
10 To re-elect Alex Scott-Barrett as a director. 393,888,214             520,041      343,047                   60,722       No
11 To re-elect Sir Derek Wanless as Chairman. 393,631,890             514,256      593,183                   71,062       No
12 To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors. 394,138,986             512,531      135,892                   24,777       No
13 To authorise the directors to determine the auditors’ remuneration. 394,118,260             508,306      113,680                   70,740       No
14 To authorise political donations. 392,293,288             504,999   1,865,914                 147,385       No
15 To authorise the directors to allot shares. 390,914,201             501,917      529,367              2,866,641       No
16 To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights. 393,611,299             524,644      570,540                 105,103       No
17 To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares. 394,009,114             495,800      256,386                   50,286       No
18 To authorise notice period for general meetings. 389,163,794             498,675   5,071,931                   77,186       No
19 To adopt new Articles of Association. 393,819,358             513,385      374,819                 104,024       No

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Notice of Annual General Meeting 2010    
Proxy Voting Totals Report 2010  
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2009    
Proxy Voting Totals Report 2009   
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2008   
Proxy Voting Totals Report 2008  
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2007   
Proxy Voting Totals Report 2007   
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2006  
Proxy Voting Totals Report 2006   
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2005   
Proxy Voting Totals Report 2005   
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2004   
Proxy Voting Totals Report 2004