Last checked at 20 Jul 2023 16:57
SSE PLC
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of SSE plc took place in Perth today. All 22 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:
| RESOLUTIONS | VOTESFOR | % | VOTESAGAINST | % | VOTESTOTAL | % of ISC VOTED | VOTESWITHHELD |
1. | Receive the Report and Accounts 2023 | 727,570,161 | 99.91 | 638,253 | 0.09 | 728,208,414 | 66.57% | 358,033 |
2. | Approve the Remuneration Report 2023 | 691,216,093 | 94.93 | 36,950,253 | 5.07 | 728,166,346 | 66.56% | 398,119 |
3. | Declare a final dividend | 723,277,394 | 99.29 | 5,197,385 | 0.71 | 728,474,779 | 66.59% | 86,908 |
4. | Re-appoint Gregor Alexander | 727,367,870 | 99.86 | 1,012,609 | 0.14 | 728,380,479 | 66.58% | 181,208 |
5. | Re-appoint Lady Elish Angiolini | 714,661,398 | 98.12 | 13,729,369 | 1.88 | 728,390,767 | 66.58% | 171,551 |
6. | Re-appoint John Bason | 714,713,776 | 98.12 | 13,666,930 | 1.88 | 728,380,706 | 66.58% | 180,981 |
7. | Re-appoint Tony Cocker | 714,759,702 | 98.13 | 13,608,652 | 1.87 | 728,368,354 | 66.58% | 193,333 |
8. | Re-appoint Debbie Crosbie | 714,370,331 | 98.08 | 14,002,447 | 1.92 | 728,372,778 | 66.58% | 189,540 |
9. | Re-appoint Helen Mahy | 714,726,149 | 98.13 | 13,646,245 | 1.87 | 728,372,394 | 66.58% | 183,524 |
10. | Re-appoint Sir John Manzoni | 693,477,772 | 95.20 | 34,956,516 | 4.80 | 728,434,288 | 66.59% | 128,030 |
11. | Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies | 727,820,768 | 99.92 | 600,443 | 0.08 | 728,421,211 | 66.59% | 140,476 |
12. | Re-appoint Martin Pibworth | 725,866,779 | 99.65 | 2,512,959 | 0.35 | 728,379,738 | 66.58% | 181,949 |
13. | Re-appoint Melanie Smith | 703,491,088 | 96.58 | 24,885,534 | 3.42 | 728,376,622 | 66.58% | 178,665 |
14. | Re-appoint Dame Angela Strank | 707,503,100 | 97.13 | 20,898,359 | 2.87 | 728,401,459 | 66.59% | 160,228 |
15. | Appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor | 723,973,594 | 99.41 | 4,278,067 | 0.59 | 728,251,661 | 66.57% | 310,026 |
16. | Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration | 728,002,502 | 99.95 | 384,527 | 0.05 | 728,387,029 | 66.58% | 168,258 |
17. | Receive the Net Zero Transition Report 2023 | 677,450,632 | 97.63 | 16,424,747 | 2.37 | 693,875,379 | 63.43% | 34,679,908 |
18. | Authorise the Directors to allot shares | 700,450,086 | 96.16 | 27,957,786 | 3.84 | 728,407,872 | 66.59% | 147,415 |
19. | Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights: general | 719,076,212 | 98.74 | 9,191,456 | 1.26 | 728,267,668 | 66.57% | 287,509 |
20. | Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights: specific | 714,308,158 | 98.08 | 13,953,477 | 1.92 | 728,261,635 | 66.57% | 293,542 |
21. | Special resolution to empower the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares | 715,097,712 | 98.21 | 13,069,991 | 1.79 | 728,167,703 | 66.56% | 384,889 |
22. | Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings | 700,522,503 | 96.21 | 27,599,112 | 3.79 | 728,121,615 | 66.56% | 430,977 |
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/7102G_1-2023-7-20.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 1,093,938,615 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 20 July 2023. This figure includes 3,584,723 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 1,090,353,892 as at 20 July 2023.