AGM

AGM held on Thursday 2 August 2007.

Northumbrian Water Group plc’s fourth AGM was held at The Ramside Hall Hotel & Golf Club, Carrville, Durham.

The full text of the Notice of AGM sent to shareholders can be read by downloading the attached file.

Shareholders were able to meet the directors over coffee before the start of the meeting and during a buffet lunch held after the meeting.

The Chairman, Sir Derek Wanless, gave a short introduction, which was followed by presentations by the Managing Director, John Cuthbert, and the Finance Director, Chris Green. The slides used in those presentations can be viewed by using the following link.
 
The following ordinary resolutions were put to the meeting.

Ordinary Business
1. To receive and adopt the audited financial statements and the reports of the Directors and the Auditors for the year ended 31 March 2007.
2. To approve the Directors’ remuneration report for the year ended 31 March 2007.
3. To declare a final dividend of 7.52 pence per ordinary 10 pence share.
4. To appoint Alex Scott-Barrett as a director.
5. To appoint Claude Lamoureux as a director.
6. To re-appoint Sir Derek Wanless as a director.
7. To re-appoint Jenny Williams as a director.
8. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors and to authorise the directors to determine their remuneration.
Special Business
9. Authority to incur political expenditure.
10. Authority to amend the rules of the LTIP.

All the resolutions were passed on a show of hands.  The total number of shares eligible to vote at the AGM was 517,918,346.  The votes cast by proxy before the meeting were displayed to shareholders following voting on each resolution.  The proxy votes recorded can be viewed by downloading the following file.

Item	PDF
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