Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7774P

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC

22 July 2010

SCOTTISH AND SOUTHERN ENERGY PLC

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of Scottish and Southern Energy plc (SSE) took place in Bournemouth today. All 14 Resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Meeting, were passed by shareholders on a show of hands.

Details of the proxy votes received by the Company before the AGM in respect of each resolution are set out below.

A copy of the resolutions put to shareholders at the AGM (concerning items other than ordinary business) has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

The Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London E14 5HS

Proxy votes on the resolutions were as follows:

	Resolution	For	% of votes cast	Against	% of votes cast	Withheld
1.	Receive the Report and Accounts	564,461,758	99.96	201,928	0.04	726,880
2.	Approve the Remuneration Report	555,129,872	99.42	3,257,156	0.58	7,002,307
3.	Declare a final dividend	565,041,062	99.99	49,097	0.01	300,404
4.	Re-appoint Nick Baldwin	560,909,151	99.32	3,822,779	0.68	657,291
5.	Re-appoint Richard Gillingwater	560,936,783	99.33	3,787,719	0.67	665,062
6.	Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies	561,295,571	99.39	3,458,828	0.61	634,814
7.	Re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as Auditors	553,887,244	99.28	4,020,326	0.72	7,482,958
8.	Authorise the Directors to determine the Auditors' remuneration	560,091,018	99.61	2,193,282	0.39	3,105,691
9.	Authorise allotment of shares	450,676,825	82.40	96,234,734	17.60	18,479,004
10.	Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights	555,840,319	98.54	8,209,279	1.46	1,339,006
11.	Special resolution to empower the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares	563,982,594	99.86	778,603	0.14	627,407
12.	Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings	538,085,893	95.27	26,735,694	4.73	567,441
13.	Special resolution to adopt new Articles of Association	557,892,493	99.69	1,713,603	0.31	5,782,589
14.	Authorise the Directors to offer a Scrip Dividend Scheme	563,840,967	99.87	748,786	0.13	798,876