Results of AGM

RNS Number : 1885G

SSE PLC

22 July 2021

 

SSE PLC

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of SSE plc took place in Perth today.  All 23 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:

		VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% of ISC VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
1.	Receive the Report and Accounts	657,411,168	99.99	64,459	0.01	657,475,627	62.67%	305,800
2.	Approve the 2021 Remuneration Report	634,723,419	97.09	18,991,535	2.91	653,714,954	62.31%	4,066,190
3.	Declare a final dividend	650,080,094	98.85	7,552,020	1.15	657,632,114	62.68%	149,313
4.	Re-appoint Gregor Alexander	655,917,710	99.76	1,567,019	0.24	657,484,729	62.67%	295,698
5.	Re-appoint Sue Bruce	654,970,708	99.74	1,679,131	0.26	656,649,839	62.59%	1,130,306
6.	Re-appoint Tony Cocker	656,189,474	99.81	1,261,361	0.19	657,450,835	62.67%	329,310
7.	Re-appoint Peter Lynas	656,204,984	99.81	1,274,152	0.19	657,479,136	62.67%	301,009
8.	Re-appoint Helen Mahy	656,188,669	99.81	1,279,303	0.19	657,467,972	62.67%	313,073
9.	Appoint John Manzoni	656,687,943	99.90	624,679	0.10	657,312,622	62.65%	328,655
10.	Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies	656,474,351	99.84	1,034,102	0.16	657,508,453	62.67%	271,879
11.	Re-appoint Martin Pibworth	656,908,535	99.91	569,140	0.09	657,477,675	62.67%	301,752
12.	Re- appoint Melanie Smith	656,152,180	99.80	1,333,350	0.20	657,485,530	62.67%	294,615
13.	Appoint Angela Strank	651,009,440	99.01	6,480,188	0.99	657,489,628	62.67%	290,517
14.	Re-appoint Ernst & Young as Auditor	654,011,992	99.47	3,478,120	0.53	657,490,112	62.67%	291,315
15.	Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration	656,834,120	99.89	717,748	0.11	657,551,868	62.67%	229,559
16.	Authorise the Directors to allot shares	646,456,755	98.31	11,135,680	1.69	657,592,435	62.68%	188,991
17.	Authorise the Directors to renew the SCRIP Dividend Scheme	647,544,849	98.48	10,017,138	1.52	657,561,987	62.68%	219,440
18.	Authorise the Directors to renew the Sharesave Scheme	649,421,884	98.76	8,167,835	1.24	657,589,719	62.68%	191,708
19.	Approve on an advisory basis the Net Zero Transition report from the next AGM	648,693,306	99.96	235,946	0.04	648,929,252	61.85%	8,851,893
20.	Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights	650,278,457	98.90	7,226,810	1.10	657,505,267	62.67%	276,160
21.	Special resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares	652,061,403	99.40	3,936,828	0.60	655,998,231	62.53%	1,783,196
22.	Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings	623,795,551	94.87	33,743,733	5.13	657,539,284	62.67%	242,143
23.	Special resolution to approve amendments to the Company's Articles of Association	657,126,690	99.96	294,161	0.04	657,420,851	62.66%	360,294

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/1885G_1-2021-7-22.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 1,049,145,497 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 22 July 2021. This figure includes 6,022,741 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 1,043,122,756 as at 22 July 2021.

 

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