Result of AGM

SSE PLC

18 July 2024

 

SSE PLC

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2024

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of SSE plc was held at the Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, Perth PH1 5HZ on Thursday, 18 July 2024 at 12.30pm. All 24 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	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% of ISC VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
1.	Receive the Report and Accounts 2024	779,974,753	99.42	4,530,860	0.58	784,505,613	71.74%	510,367
2.	Approve the Remuneration Report 2024	768,728,485	97.97	15,943,530	2.03	784,672,015	71.76%	343,964
3.	Declare a final dividend	783,949,107	99.89	883,279	0.11	784,832,386	71.77%	179,788
4.	Re-elect Elish Angiolini	767,691,863	97.83	17,035,595	2.17	784,727,458	71.77%	286,623
5.	Re-elect John Bason	769,961,630	98.12	14,751,880	1.88	784,713,510	71.76%	300,641
6.	Re-elect Tony Cocker	767,785,830	97.84	16,934,436	2.16	784,720,266	71.76%	294,393
7.	Re-elect Debbie Crosbie	768,732,819	97.97	15,908,414	2.03	784,641,233	71.76%	373,426
8.	Re-elect Helen Mahy	767,667,146	97.83	17,046,806	2.17	784,713,952	71.76%	300,140
9.	Re-elect Sir John Manzoni	755,783,930	96.31	28,983,516	3.69	784,767,446	71.77%	246,307
10.	Elect Barry O'Regan	784,104,466	99.92	626,993	0.08	784,731,459	71.77%	282,633
11.	Re-elect Alistair Phillips-Davies	783,548,602	99.85	1,198,140	0.15	784,746,742	71.77%	267,350
12.	Re-elect Martin Pibworth	781,717,933	99.62	3,019,505	0.38	784,737,438	71.77%	276,653
13.	Re-elect Melanie Smith	765,554,853	97.56	19,168,654	2.44	784,723,507	71.76%	290,485
14.	Re-elect Angela Strank	767,686,736	97.83	17,050,544	2.17	784,737,280	71.77%	276,712
15.	Elect Maarten Wetselaar	784,346,634	99.97	272,824	0.03	784,619,458	71.76%	394,634
16.	Re-appoint Ernst & Young as Auditor	780,944,427	99.52	3,766,944	0.48	784,711,371	71.76%	302,721
17.	Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration	784,454,991	99.97	273,388	0.03	784,728,379	71.77%	285,684
18.	Receive the Net Zero Transition Report 2024	753,810,019	98.20	13,827,271	1.80	767,637,290	70.20%	17,376,338
19.	Authorise the Directors to allot shares	746,046,677	95.07	38,690,208	4.93	784,736,885	71.77%	276,639
20.	Authorise renewal of Scrip Dividend Scheme	780,788,996	99.50	3,950,966	0.50	784,739,962	71.77%	261,644
21.	Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights: general	690,344,287	87.99	94,239,925	12.01	784,584,212	71.75%	418,287
22.	Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights: specific	653,860,009	83.34	130,735,877	16.66	784,595,886	71.75%	406,262
23.	Special resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares	780,345,352	99.45	4,330,991	0.55	784,676,343	71.76%	326,155
24.	Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings	742,238,968	94.61	42,306,583	5.39	784,545,551	71.75%	448,943

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/9984W_1-2024-7-18.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 1,096,240,818 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 18 July 2024. This figure includes 2,774,092 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 1,093,466,726 as at 18 July 2024.

 

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