Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0319G

SSE PLC

18 July 2019

 

SSE PLC

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of SSE plc took place in Perth today.  All 20 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	For	% of votes cast	Against	% of votes cast	Total votes cast	% of Issued Share Capital Voted	Withheld
1.	Receive the Report and Accounts	683,575,448	99.99	64,691	0.01	683,640,139	65.96%	5,599,843
2.	Approve the 2019 Remuneration Report	686,848,454	99.85	1,061,105	0.15	687,909,559	66.37%	1,330,554
3.	Approve the 2019 Remuneration Policy	674,894,957	99.13	5,919,566	0.87	680,814,523	65.68%	8,425,369
4.	Declare a final dividend	688,257,357	99.93	463,846	0.07	688,721,203	66.45%	518,013
5.	Re-appoint Gregor Alexander	680,424,230	98.81	8,212,146	1.19	688,636,376	66.44%	603,227
6.	Re-appoint Sue Bruce	677,159,664	98.35	11,367,644	1.65	688,527,308	66.43%	706,090
7.	Appoint Tony Cocker	676,550,886	98.25	12,054,730	1.75	688,605,616	66.43%	634,209
8.	Re-appoint Crawford Gillies	676,332,847	98.22	12,277,676	1.78	688,610,523	66.43%	629,690
9.	Re-appoint Richard Gillingwater	637,042,132	92.51	51,583,087	7.49	688,625,219	66.44%	614,993
10.	Re-appoint Peter Lynas	673,458,683	97.81	15,079,595	2.19	688,538,278	66.43%	700,546
11.	Re-appoint Helen Mahy	673,956,624	97.87	14,664,772	2.13	688,621,396	66.44%	618,329
12.	Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies	682,637,834	99.13	5,998,785	0.87	688,636,619	66.44%	603,594
13.	Re-appoint Martin Pibworth	682,138,579	99.06	6,477,693	0.94	688,616,272	66.44%	623,941
14.	Appoint Melanie Smith	687,983,901	99.91	622,994	0.09	688,606,895	66.43%	633,218
15.	Appoint Ernst & Young as Auditor	678,253,390	98.49	10,373,907	1.51	688,627,297	66.44%	612,916
16.	Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration	677,755,905	98.42	10,914,428	1.58	688,670,333	66.44%	569,550
17.	Authorise the Directors to allot shares	681,421,676	98.95	7,235,198	1.05	688,656,874	66.44%	583,339
18.	Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights	678,151,269	98.49	10,419,762	1.51	688,571,031	66.43%	668,752
19.	Special resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares	682,443,234	99.30	4,828,432	0.70	687,271,666	66.31%	1,968,447
20.	Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings	641,783,241	93.14	47,255,916	6.86	689,039,157	66.48%	3,770,181

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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

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 1,036,520,909 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 18 July 2019. This figure includes 7,764,849 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 1,028,756,060  as at 18 July 2019.

 

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