Result of AGM

SSE PLC

20 July 2023

 

SSE PLC

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of SSE plc took place in Perth today.  All 22 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:

	RESOLUTIONS	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% of ISC VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
1.	Receive the Report and Accounts 2023	727,570,161	99.91	638,253	0.09	728,208,414	66.57%	358,033
2.	Approve the Remuneration Report 2023	691,216,093	94.93	36,950,253	5.07	728,166,346	66.56%	398,119
3.	Declare a final dividend	723,277,394	99.29	5,197,385	0.71	728,474,779	66.59%	86,908
4.	Re-appoint Gregor Alexander	727,367,870	99.86	1,012,609	0.14	728,380,479	66.58%	181,208
5.	Re-appoint Lady Elish Angiolini	714,661,398	98.12	13,729,369	1.88	728,390,767	66.58%	171,551
6.	Re-appoint John Bason	714,713,776	98.12	13,666,930	1.88	728,380,706	66.58%	180,981
7.	Re-appoint Tony Cocker	714,759,702	98.13	13,608,652	1.87	728,368,354	66.58%	193,333
8.	Re-appoint Debbie Crosbie	714,370,331	98.08	14,002,447	1.92	728,372,778	66.58%	189,540
9.	Re-appoint Helen Mahy	714,726,149	98.13	13,646,245	1.87	728,372,394	66.58%	183,524
10.	Re-appoint Sir John Manzoni	693,477,772	95.20	34,956,516	4.80	728,434,288	66.59%	128,030
11.	Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies	727,820,768	99.92	600,443	0.08	728,421,211	66.59%	140,476
12.	Re-appoint Martin Pibworth	725,866,779	99.65	2,512,959	0.35	728,379,738	66.58%	181,949
13.	Re-appoint Melanie Smith	703,491,088	96.58	24,885,534	3.42	728,376,622	66.58%	178,665
14.	Re-appoint Dame Angela Strank	707,503,100	97.13	20,898,359	2.87	728,401,459	66.59%	160,228
15.	Appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor	723,973,594	99.41	4,278,067	0.59	728,251,661	66.57%	310,026
16.	Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration	728,002,502	99.95	384,527	0.05	728,387,029	66.58%	168,258
17.	Receive the Net Zero Transition Report 2023	677,450,632	97.63	16,424,747	2.37	693,875,379	63.43%	34,679,908
18.	Authorise the Directors to allot shares	700,450,086	96.16	27,957,786	3.84	728,407,872	66.59%	147,415
19.	Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights: general	719,076,212	98.74	9,191,456	1.26	728,267,668	66.57%	287,509
20.	Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights: specific	714,308,158	98.08	13,953,477	1.92	728,261,635	66.57%	293,542
21.	Special resolution to empower the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares	715,097,712	98.21	13,069,991	1.79	728,167,703	66.56%	384,889
22.	Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings	700,522,503	96.21	27,599,112	3.79	728,121,615	66.56%	430,977

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.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7102G_1-2023-7-20.pdf

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 are 1,093,938,615 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 20 July 2023. This figure includes 3,584,723 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 1,090,353,892 as at 20 July 2023.

 

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