SSE PLC
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2026
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of SSE plc was held at the Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, Perth PH1 5HZ on Thursday, 16 July 2026 at 12.30pm. All 21 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.
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VOTES FOR |
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VOTES AGAINST |
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VOTES TOTAL |
% of AVAILABLE VOTING RIGHTS* |
VOTES WITHHELD |
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1 |
Receive the Annual Report and Accounts 2026 |
897,403,328 |
99.77 |
2,045,131 |
0.23 |
899,448,459 |
74.19% |
1,717,417 |
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2 |
Approve the Remuneration Report 2026 |
883,183,167 |
98.49 |
13,553,050 |
1.51 |
896,736,217 |
73.96% |
4,436,197 |
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3 |
Declare a final dividend |
900,110,096 |
99.90 |
906,276 |
0.10 |
901,016,372 |
74.32% |
155,331 |
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4 |
Re-elect Lady Elish Angiolini |
890,269,238 |
98.82 |
10,633,366 |
1.18 |
900,902,604 |
74.31% |
269,004 |
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5 |
Re-elect John Bason |
890,316,654 |
98.83 |
10,558,958 |
1.17 |
900,875,612 |
74.31% |
295,996 |
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6 |
Re-elect Tony Cocker |
890,496,156 |
98.85 |
10,386,885 |
1.15 |
900,883,041 |
74.31% |
288,562 |
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7 |
Re-elect Dame Debbie Crosbie |
888,830,923 |
98.66 |
12,052,099 |
1.34 |
900,883,022 |
74.31% |
288,581 |
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8 |
Re-elect Sir John Manzoni |
859,467,902 |
95.41 |
41,351,147 |
4.59 |
900,819,049 |
74.30% |
352,554 |
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9 |
Re-elect Hixonia Nyasulu |
890,455,726 |
98.84 |
10,477,417 |
1.16 |
900,933,143 |
74.31% |
237,489 |
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10 |
Re-elect Barry O'Regan |
894,142,772 |
99.25 |
6,764,130 |
0.75 |
900,906,902 |
74.31% |
264,701 |
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11 |
Re-elect Martin Pibworth |
896,534,034 |
99.51 |
4,393,128 |
0.49 |
900,927,162 |
74.31% |
244,441 |
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12 |
Re-elect Melanie Smith |
889,782,976 |
98.77 |
11,093,037 |
1.23 |
900,876,013 |
74.31% |
295,590 |
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13 |
Re-elect Dame Angela Strank |
889,417,142 |
98.73 |
11,472,216 |
1.27 |
900,889,358 |
74.31% |
282,245 |
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14 |
Re-elect Maarten Wetselaar |
890,540,098 |
98.85 |
10,332,000 |
1.15 |
900,872,098 |
74.31% |
299,505 |
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15 |
Re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor |
900,472,014 |
99.95 |
434,917 |
0.05 |
900,906,931 |
74.31% |
263,572 |
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16 |
Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration |
900,532,675 |
99.96 |
380,306 |
0.04 |
900,912,981 |
74.31% |
257,522 |
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17 |
Authorise the Directors to allot shares (66%) |
850,215,401 |
94.37 |
50,697,871 |
5.63 |
900,913,272 |
74.31% |
256,240 |
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18 |
Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights: 10% general +2% for follow on offers |
784,041,694 |
87.04 |
116,727,685 |
12.96 |
900,769,379 |
74.30% |
393,376 |
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19 |
Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights: 10% specific +2% for follow on offers |
751,158,581 |
83.39 |
149,621,114 |
16.61 |
900,779,695 |
74.30% |
383,060 |
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20 |
Special resolution to empower the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares |
898,502,812 |
99.86 |
1,223,205 |
0.14 |
899,726,017 |
74.21% |
1,436,738 |
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21 |
Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings |
849,268,537 |
94.26 |
51,672,494 |
5.74 |
900,941,031 |
74.31% |
221,819 |
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 1,215,474,042 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 16 July 2026. This figure includes 3,080,565 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 1,212,393,477 as at 16 July 2026.
3. In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, copies of the resolutions passed at the AGM, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
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