Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9469V

SSE PLC

12 August 2020

 

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	687,818,588	99.99	40,459	0.01	688,684,171	66.24	825,124
2.	Approve the 2020 Remuneration Report	655,241,110	96.61	22,963,722	3.39	688,684,169	66.24	10,479,337
3.	Declare a final dividend	682,099,272	99.11	6,118,177	0.89	688,684,170	66.24	466,721
4.	Re-appoint Gregor Alexander	684,371,012	99.81	1,307,728	0.19	688,684,171	66.24	3,005,431
5.	Re-appoint Sue Bruce	682,175,929	99.50	3,408,473	0.50	688,684,170	66.24	3,099,768
6.	Re-appoint Tony Cocker	682,367,325	99.53	3,207,013	0.47	688,684,171	66.24	3,109,833
7.	Re-appoint Crawford Gillies	682,350,767	99.53	3,221,627	0.47	688,684,171	66.24	3,111,777
8.	Re-appoint Richard Gillingwater	639,448,524	93.31	45,865,632	6.69	688,684,169	66.24	3,370,013
9.	Re-appoint Peter Lynas	682,376,519	99.53	3,200,630	0.47	688,684,171	66.24	3,107,022
10.	Re-appoint Helen Mahy	682,367,791	99.53	3,210,676	0.47	688,684,171	66.24	3,105,704
11.	Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies	687,606,398	99.92	541,436	0.08	688,684,171	66.24	536,337
12.	Re-appoint Martin Pibworth	687,586,988	99.92	554,364	0.08	688,684,171	66.24	542,819
13.	Re- appoint Melanie Smith	682,345,438	99.53	3,227,420	0.47	688,684,171	66.24	3,111,313
14.	Appoint Angela Strank	615,848,806	90.24	66,641,893	9.76	688,684,169	66.24	6,193,470
15.	Re-appoint Ernst & Young as Auditor	687,518,378	99.91	632,167	0.09	688,684,171	66.24	533,626
16.	Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration	687,728,025	99.93	453,855	0.07	688,684,171	66.24	502,291
17.	Authorise the Directors to allot shares	675,570,306	98.17	12,619,890	1.83	688,684,171	66.24	493,975
18.	Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights	683,267,036	99.29	4,883,744	0.71	688,684,171	66.24	533,391
19.	Special resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares	677,574,656	98.49	10,382,778	1.51	688,684,169	66.24	726,735
20.	Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings	649,970,175	94.45	38,197,992	5.55	688,684,170	66.24	516,003

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 1,046,341,226 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 12 August 2020. This figure includes 6,661,959 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 1,039,679,257 as at 12 August 2020.

 

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