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18 Jul 2019 16:08
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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