Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0319G
SSE PLC
18 July 2019
 

 

SSE PLC

 

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

The Annual General Meeting of SSE plc took place in Perth today.  All 20 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

683,575,448

99.99

64,691

0.01

683,640,139

65.96%

5,599,843

2.

Approve the 2019

Remuneration Report

686,848,454

99.85

1,061,105

0.15

687,909,559

66.37%

1,330,554

3.

Approve the 2019 Remuneration Policy

674,894,957

99.13

5,919,566

0.87

680,814,523

65.68%

8,425,369

4.

Declare a final dividend

688,257,357

99.93

463,846

0.07

688,721,203

66.45%

518,013

5.

Re-appoint Gregor Alexander 

680,424,230

98.81

8,212,146

1.19

688,636,376

66.44%

603,227

6.

Re-appoint Sue Bruce

677,159,664

98.35

11,367,644

1.65

688,527,308

66.43%

706,090

7.

Appoint Tony Cocker

676,550,886

98.25

12,054,730

1.75

688,605,616

66.43%

634,209

8.

Re-appoint

Crawford Gillies

676,332,847

98.22

12,277,676

1.78

688,610,523

66.43%

629,690

9.

Re-appoint Richard Gillingwater

637,042,132

92.51

51,583,087

7.49

688,625,219

66.44%

614,993

10.

Re-appoint

Peter Lynas

673,458,683

97.81

15,079,595

2.19

688,538,278

66.43%

700,546

11.

Re-appoint

Helen Mahy

673,956,624

97.87

14,664,772

2.13

688,621,396

66.44%

618,329

12.

Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies

682,637,834

99.13

5,998,785

0.87

688,636,619

66.44%

603,594

13.

Re-appoint Martin Pibworth

682,138,579

99.06

6,477,693

0.94

688,616,272

66.44%

623,941

14.

Appoint Melanie Smith

687,983,901

99.91

622,994

0.09

688,606,895

66.43%

633,218

15.

Appoint Ernst & Young as Auditor

678,253,390

98.49

10,373,907

1.51

688,627,297

66.44%

612,916

16.

Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration

677,755,905

98.42

10,914,428

1.58

688,670,333

66.44%

569,550

17.

Authorise the Directors to allot shares

681,421,676

98.95

7,235,198

1.05

688,656,874

66.44%

583,339

18.

Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights

678,151,269

98.49

10,419,762

1.51

688,571,031

66.43%

668,752

19.

Special resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares

682,443,234

99.30

4,828,432

0.70

687,271,666

66.31%

1,968,447

20.

Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings

641,783,241

93.14

47,255,916

6.86

689,039,157

66.48%

3,770,181

 

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: - http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

 

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 1,036,520,909 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 18 July 2019. This figure includes 7,764,849 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 1,028,756,060  as at 18 July 2019.


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