SSE PLC
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of SSE plc took place in Perth today. All 19 Resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Annual General 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 |
% of Issued Share Capital Voted |
Withheld |
1. |
Receive the Report and Accounts |
673,511,408 |
99.99 |
74,576 |
0.01 |
673,585,984 |
66.35 |
4,030,228 |
2. |
Approve the 2018 Remuneration Report |
645,891,826 |
97.25 |
18,247,804 |
2.75 |
664,139,630 |
65.42 |
13,484,571 |
3. |
Declare a final dividend |
677,376,446 |
99.97 |
181,335 |
0.03 |
677,557,781 |
66.74 |
66,421 |
4. |
Re-appoint Gregor Alexander |
669,608,518 |
98.84 |
7,849,319 |
1.16 |
677,457,837 |
66.73 |
165,891 |
5. |
Re-appoint Sue Bruce |
667,835,154 |
98.58 |
9,617,212 |
1.42 |
677,452,366 |
66.73 |
171,336 |
6. |
Appoint Tony Cocker |
675,135,790 |
99.66 |
2,287,797 |
0.34 |
677,423,587 |
66.73 |
200,089 |
7. |
Re-appoint Crawford Gillies |
668,166,988 |
98.63 |
9,276,169 |
1.37 |
677,443,157 |
66.73 |
180,571 |
8. |
Re-appoint Richard Gillingwater |
621,870,039 |
93.09 |
46,156,513 |
6.91 |
668,026,552 |
65.80 |
9,597,148 |
9. |
Re-appoint Peter Lynas |
664,998,078 |
98.16 |
12,438,093 |
1.84 |
677,436,171 |
66.73 |
187,201 |
10. |
Re-appoint Helen Mahy |
632,562,346 |
93.37 |
44,883,319 |
6.63 |
677,450,665 |
66.73 |
173,061 |
11. |
Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies |
672,160,826 |
99.22 |
5,300,360 |
0.78 |
677,461,186 |
66.73 |
161,444 |
12. |
Appoint Martin Pibworth |
671,703,515 |
99.15 |
5,725,268 |
0.85 |
677,428,783 |
66.73 |
194,593 |
13. |
Re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditor |
653,055,086 |
96.51 |
23,588,912 |
3.49 |
676,643,998 |
66.65 |
980,229 |
14. |
Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration |
642,127,496 |
94.78 |
35,354,042 |
5.22 |
677,481,538 |
66.73 |
140,536 |
15. |
Authorise the Directors to allot shares |
672,118,076 |
99.21 |
5,353,093 |
0.79 |
677,471,169 |
66.73 |
143,149 |
16. |
Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights |
673,551,510 |
99.43 |
3,858,586 |
0.57 |
677,410,096 |
66.73 |
211,056 |
17. |
Special resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares |
669,920,306 |
99.07 |
6,299,694 |
0.93 |
676,220,000 |
66.61 |
1,404,227 |
18. |
Authorise the Directors to renew the Scrip Dividend Scheme |
677,310,464 |
99.97 |
179,874 |
0.03 |
677,490,338 |
66.73 |
131,608 |
19. |
Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings |
613,411,952 |
90.99 |
60,753,488 |
9.01 |
674,165,440 |
66.41 |
3,458,287 |
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 1,023,008,915 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 19 July 2018. This figure includes 7,811,381 ordinary shares which are held in treasury. Every shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held. The voting rights on treasury shares are automatically suspended. The total number of voting rights in the Company was 1,015,197,534 as at 19 July 2018.