Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9593T

SSE PLC

23 July 2015

 



SSE PLC

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of SSE plc took place in Perth today.  All 18 Resolutions, as set out in the Notice of 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	Withheld	% of Issued Share Capital Voted
1.	Receive the Report and Accounts	655,241,723	99.99	96,413	0.01	655,338,136	4,357,563	65.99
2.	Approve the 2015 Remuneration Report	641,651,672	98.30	11,127,638	1.70	652,779,310	6,946,512	65.73
3.	Declare a final dividend	656,313,333	99.75	1,671,346	0.25	657,984,679	1,737,814	66.25
4.	Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies	621,543,419	94.49	36,260,701	5.51	657,804,120	1,922,861	66.24
5.	Re-appoint Gregor Alexander	614,433,925	94.00	39,200,061	6.00	653,633,986	6,092,087	65.82
6.	Re-appoint Jeremy Beeton	654,085,133	99.44	3,693,576	0.56	657,778,709	1,937,120	66.23
7.	Re-appoint Katie Bickerstaffe	649,329,291	99.34	4,285,692	0.56	653,614,983	6,113,099	65.81
8.	Re-appoint Sue Bruce	640,582,760	97.38	17,205,496	2.62	657,788,256	1,939,415	66.23
9.	Re-appoint Richard Gillingwater	648,531,449	98.66	8,824,922	1.34	657,356,371	2,360,871	66.19
10.	Re-appoint Peter Lynas	648,869,029	98.65	8,901,139	1.35	657,770,168	1,947,649	66.23
11.	Re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditor	639,083,918	97.15	18,745,424	2.85	657,829,342	1,895,935	66.24
12.	Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration	653,817,870	99.39	4,017,552	0.61	657,835,422	1,888,823	66.24
13.	Authorise the Directors to allot shares	645,925,426	98.21	11,797,858	1.79	657,723,284	1,998,093	66.23
14.	Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights	652,437,043	99.22	5,129,116	0.78	657,566,159	2,152,381	66.21
15.	Special resolution to empower the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares	656,770,949	99.85	998,160	0.15	657,769,109	1,958,974	66.23
16.	Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings	603,557,535	91.78	54,087,211	8.22	657,644,746	1,934,380	66.22
17.	Authorise the Directors to renew the Scrip Dividend Scheme	655,697,825	99.68	2,087,736	0.32	657,785,561	1,937,791	66.23
18.	Special resolution to ratify and confirm the 2014 final dividend and 2015 interim dividend	656,748,260	99.85	1,007,485	0.15	657,755,745	1,783,723	66.23

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: - www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

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 993,116,117 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 23 July 2015.  Every shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held.

3.     Following the passing of Resolution 18, and as described in detail in the explanatory notes to the Notice of Annual General Meeting and Annual Financial Report announcement, both published on 22 June 2015, the Company today confirms that it has today entered into:

- a deed of release in favour of the Company's shareholders; and

- a deed of release in favour of past and present Directors of the

Company (being related parties of the Company for the purposes of the Listing Rules and which deed constitutes a smaller related party transaction under LR.11.1.10R of the Listing Rules).

 

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