SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15a-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of July 2004
SCOTTISH POWER PLC
(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)
CORPORATE OFFICE, 1 ATLANTIC QUAY, GLASGOW, G2 8SP
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
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1. Announcement by Scottish Power plc of results of Annual General Meeting.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| /s/ Scottish Power plc | ||||
| (Registrant) | ||||
| Date July 23, 2004 | By: | /s/ Alan McCulloch | ||
| Alan McCulloch | ||||
| Assistant Company Secretary | ||||
Scottish Power plc (“ScottishPower”)
Results of Annual General Meeting
ScottishPower announces that, at the Annual General Meeting of shareholders held on Friday 23 July 2004, the following resolutions were duly passed and the result of the poll on each of the resolutions is shown below.
| Votes For |
% Votes For |
Votes Against |
% Votes Against |
Total Votes Cast |
Votes Withheld | |||||||
| Ordinary Resolutions |
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| 1 To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2004 |
1,056,988,986 | 99.45 | 5,828,757 | 0.55 | 1,062,817,743 | 44,140,049 | ||||||
| 2 To approve the Remuneration Report |
1,065,973,810 | 97.69 | 25,222,887 | 2.31 | 1,091,196,697 | 15,762,095 | ||||||
| 3 To elect Vicky Bailey as a director |
1,087,870,822 | 98.93 | 11,737,125 | 1.07 | 1,099,607,947 | 7,351,845 | ||||||
| 4 To elect Philip Carroll as a director |
1,077,385,841 | 98.74 | 13,717,126 | 1.26 | 1,091,102,967 | 11,105,585 | ||||||
| 5 To elect Judi Johansen as a director |
1,086,597,024 | 98.95 | 11,541,793 | 1.05 | 1,098,138,817 | 8,816,975 | ||||||
| 6 To elect Simon Lowth as a director |
1,083,028,699 | 98.79 | 13,281,389 | 1.21 | 1,096,310,088 | 10,645,704 | ||||||
| 7 To elect Nancy Wilgenbusch as a director |
1,086,845,491 | 98.85 | 12,693,675 | 1.15 | 1,099,539,166 | 7,416,626 | ||||||
| 8 To re-elect Euan Baird as a director |
1,085,079,353 | 98.65 | 14,854,800 | 1.35 | 1,099,934,153 | 7,021,639 | ||||||
| 9 To re-elect Ian Russell as a director |
1,080,127,704 | 98.74 | 13,830,573 | 1.26 | 1,093,958,277 | 12,997,515 | ||||||
| 10 To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company and to authorise the directors to set the remuneration of the auditors |
1,068,934,539 | 97.93 | 22,596,606 | 2.07 | 1,091,531,145 | 15,424,647 | ||||||
| 11 Authority to make donations to EU political organisations and to incur EU political expenditure |
1,045,137,379 | 95.89 | 44,848,314 | 4.11 | 1,089,985,693 | 16,970,099 | ||||||
| Special Resolutions |
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| 12 Power to allot equity securities for cash (disapplication of pre-emption rights) |
1,075,561,523 | 98.19 | 19,820,601 | 1.81 | 1,095,382,124 | 11,573,668 | ||||||
| 13 Authority for the Company to purchase its own shares |
1,093,400,389 | 99.29 | 7,840,188 | 0.71 | 1,101,240,577 | 5,715,215 | ||||||
| 14 To amend the Articles of Association as detailed in the Notice of Meeting |
1,084,933,286 | 99.12 | 9,639,558 | 0.88 | 1,094,572,844 | 12,382,498 | ||||||
Note: A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes “for” and “against” a resolution.
ScottishPower’s results for the first quarter ending 30 June 2004 will be announced on 12 August 2004.
For further information:
| Alan McCulloch |
Assistant Company Secretary |
011 44 (0)1698 396414 | ||
| Colin McSeveny |
Head of Media Relations |
011 44 (0)141 636 4515 | ||
| Andrew Jamieson |
Head of Investor Relations |
011 44 (0)141 636 4527 | ||