Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6559M

SSE PLC

17 July 2014

 



SSE PLC

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of SSE plc took place in Perth today.  All 18 Resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Meeting, were passed by shareholders on a poll.

The following table shows the votes cast on each resolution:

	Resolution	For	% of votes cast	Against	% of votes cast	Total votes cast	Withheld
1.	Receive the Report and Accounts	591,661,251	99.98	139,038	0.02	591,800,289	1,504,925
2.	Approve the Remuneration Policy	570,555,885	99.11	5,115,612	0.89	575,671,497	17,632,553
3.	Approve the Remuneration Report	559,776,567	97.61	13,699,234	2.39	573,475,801	19,828,543
4.	Declare a final dividend	590,642,865	99.77	1,367,787	0.23	592,010,652	1,295,767
5.	Re-appoint Lord Smith of Kelvin	582,989,096	99.27	4,261,327	0.73	587,250,423	6,051,434
6.	Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies	563,735,087	95.26	28,074,998	4.74	591,810,085	1,495,398
7.	Re-appoint Gregor Alexander	579,348,041	97.90	12,448,741	2.10	591,796,782	1,506,324
8.	Re-appoint Jeremy Beeton	588,583,655	99.47	3,163,720	0.53	591,747,375	1,543,806
9.	Re-appoint Katie Bickerstaffe	588,669,905	99.47	3,131,267	0.53	591,801,172	1,505,679
10.	Re-appoint Sue Bruce	590,594,308	99.80	1,183,825	0.20	591,778,133	1,528,786
11.	Re-appoint Richard Gillingwater	569,147,741	96.20	22,452,421	3.80	591,600,162	1,705,689
12.	Re-appoint Peter Lynas	589,606,789	99.64	2,145,935	0.36	591,752,724	1,552,890
13.	Re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors	576,472,176	98.68	7,698,917	1.32	584,171,093	9,128,059
14.	Authorise the Directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration	583,207,468	98.86	6,727,396	1.14	589,934,864	3,368,599
15.	Authorise allotment of shares	495,787,641	83.80	95,841,323	16.20	591,628,964	1,677,800
16.	Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights	577,558,492	97.95	12,115,230	2.05	589,673,722	3,628,737
17.	Special resolution to empower the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares	589,662,977	99.66	2,018,333	0.34	591,681,310	1,618,585
18	Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings	530,438,627	89.62	61,447,166	10.38	591,885,793	1,419,790

A copy of the resolutions put to shareholders at the AGM (concerning items other than ordinary business) has been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority and will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism (NSM) by accessing  the following link: - www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

Notes:

1.   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.

2.   There were 974,967,198 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 17 July 2014.

 

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