Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9469V
SSE PLC
12 August 2020
 

 

 

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

687,818,588

99.99

40,459

0.01

688,684,171

66.24

825,124

2.

Approve the 2020

Remuneration Report

655,241,110

96.61

22,963,722

3.39

688,684,169

66.24

10,479,337

3.

Declare a final dividend

682,099,272

99.11

6,118,177

0.89

688,684,170

66.24

466,721

4.

Re-appoint Gregor Alexander 

684,371,012

99.81

1,307,728

0.19

688,684,171

66.24

3,005,431

5.

Re-appoint Sue Bruce

682,175,929

99.50

3,408,473

0.50

688,684,170

66.24

3,099,768

6.

Re-appoint Tony Cocker

682,367,325

99.53

3,207,013

0.47

688,684,171

66.24

3,109,833

7.

Re-appoint

Crawford Gillies

682,350,767

99.53

3,221,627

0.47

688,684,171

66.24

3,111,777

8.

Re-appoint Richard Gillingwater

639,448,524

93.31

45,865,632

6.69

688,684,169

66.24

3,370,013

9.

Re-appoint

Peter Lynas

682,376,519

99.53

3,200,630

0.47

688,684,171

66.24

3,107,022

10.

Re-appoint

Helen Mahy

682,367,791

99.53

3,210,676

0.47

688,684,171

66.24

3,105,704

11.

Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies

687,606,398

99.92

541,436

0.08

688,684,171

66.24

536,337

12.

Re-appoint Martin Pibworth

687,586,988

99.92

554,364

0.08

688,684,171

66.24

542,819

13.

Re- appoint Melanie Smith

682,345,438

99.53

3,227,420

0.47

688,684,171

66.24

3,111,313

14.

Appoint Angela Strank

615,848,806

90.24

66,641,893

9.76

688,684,169

66.24

6,193,470

15.

Re-appoint Ernst & Young as Auditor

687,518,378

99.91

632,167

0.09

688,684,171

66.24

533,626

16.

Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration

687,728,025

99.93

453,855

0.07

688,684,171

66.24

502,291

17.

Authorise the Directors to allot shares

675,570,306

98.17

12,619,890

1.83

688,684,171

66.24

493,975

18.

Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights

683,267,036

99.29

4,883,744

0.71

688,684,171

66.24

533,391

19.

Special resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares

677,574,656

98.49

10,382,778

1.51

688,684,169

66.24

726,735

20.

Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings

649,970,175

94.45

38,197,992

5.55

688,684,170

66.24

516,003

 

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 1,046,341,226 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 12 August 2020. This figure includes 6,661,959 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 1,039,679,257 as at 12 August 2020.


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