Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8468K

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC

21 July 2011

SCOTTISH AND SOUTHERN ENERGY PLC

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of Scottish and Southern Energy plc (SSE) took place in Perth today. All 21 Resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Meeting, were passed by shareholders on a show of hands.

Details of the proxy votes received by the Company before the AGM in respect of each resolution are set out below.

A copy of the resolutions put to shareholders at the AGM (concerning items other than ordinary business) has been submitted to the Financial Services Authority and will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism (NSM) by accessing the following link: - www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

Proxy votes on the resolutions were as follows:

	Resolution	For	% of votes cast	Against	% of votes cast	Total votes cast	Withheld
1.	Receive the Report and Accounts	580,747,741	99.94	338,794	0.06	581,086,535	1,628,049
2.	Approve the Remuneration Report	564,169,167	98.34	9,506,105	1.66	573,675,272	9,039,311
3.	Declare a final dividend	581,067,333	99.99	61,403	0.01	581,128,736	1,585,848
4.	Re-appoint Katie Bickerstaffe	570,269,714	99.63	2,101,775	0.37	572,371,489	10,343,095
5.	Re-appoint Jeremy Beeton	570,010,994	99.59	2,351,114	0.41	572,362,108	10,352,476
6.	Re-appoint Lord Smith of Kelvin	560,798,555	99.16	4,732,142	0.84	565,530,697	17,183,886
7.	Re-appoint Ian Marchant	561,373,695	96.65	19,482,956	3.35	580,856,651	1,857,933
8.	Re-appoint Colin Hood	569,481,661	99.49	2,927,893	0.51	572,409,554	10,305,030
9.	Re-appoint Gregor Alexander	577,978,386	99.51	2,849,545	0.49	580,827,931	1,886,653
10.	Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies	569,514,657	99.49	2,893,265	0.51	572,407,922	10,306,662
11	Re-appoint Lady Rice	569,981,233	99.59	2,354,054	0.41	572,335,287	10,379,297
12.	Re-appoint René Médori	568,824,503	99.38	3,520,993	0.62	572,345,496	10,369,088
13.	Re-appoint Richard Gillingwater	569,797,269	99.55	2,570,677	0.45	572,367,946	10,346,638
14.	Re-appoint Thomas Thune Andersen	569,982,083	99.58	2,389,781	0.42	572,371,864	10,342,720
15.	Re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as Auditors	573,510,163	99.45	3,198,786	0.55	576,708,949	6,005,635
16.	Authorise the Directors to determine the Auditors' remuneration	574,475,543	99.61	2,232,747	0.39	576,708,290	6,006,294
17.	Authorise allotment of shares	474,552,180	81.72	106,161,855	18.28	580,714,035	2,000,549
18.	Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights	576,786,653	99.37	3,663,029	0.63	580,449,682	2,264,902
19.	Special resolution to empower the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares	578,874,953	99.66	1,982,877	0.34	580,857,830	1,856,754
20.	Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings	536,961,455	92.43	44,005,255	7.57	580,966,710	1,747,874
21.	Approve the renewal of the 2001 Sharesave Scheme	571,423,300	98.39	9,359,751	1.61	580,783,051	1,931,533