Last checked at 22 Jul 2021 15:19
SSE PLC
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of SSE plc took place in Perth today. All 23 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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| VOTESFOR | % | VOTESAGAINST | % | VOTESTOTAL | % of ISC VOTED | VOTESWITHHELD |
1. | Receive the Report and Accounts | 657,411,168 | 99.99 | 64,459 | 0.01 | 657,475,627 | 62.67% | 305,800 |
2. | Approve the 2021 Remuneration Report | 634,723,419 | 97.09 | 18,991,535 | 2.91 | 653,714,954 | 62.31% | 4,066,190 |
3. | Declare a final dividend | 650,080,094 | 98.85 | 7,552,020 | 1.15 | 657,632,114 | 62.68% | 149,313 |
4. | Re-appoint Gregor Alexander | 655,917,710 | 99.76 | 1,567,019 | 0.24 | 657,484,729 | 62.67% | 295,698 |
5. | Re-appoint Sue Bruce | 654,970,708 | 99.74 | 1,679,131 | 0.26 | 656,649,839 | 62.59% | 1,130,306 |
6. | Re-appoint Tony Cocker | 656,189,474 | 99.81 | 1,261,361 | 0.19 | 657,450,835 | 62.67% | 329,310 |
7. | Re-appoint Peter Lynas | 656,204,984 | 99.81 | 1,274,152 | 0.19 | 657,479,136 | 62.67% | 301,009 |
8. | Re-appoint Helen Mahy | 656,188,669 | 99.81 | 1,279,303 | 0.19 | 657,467,972 | 62.67% | 313,073 |
9. | Appoint John Manzoni | 656,687,943 | 99.90 | 624,679 | 0.10 | 657,312,622 | 62.65% | 328,655 |
10. | Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies | 656,474,351 | 99.84 | 1,034,102 | 0.16 | 657,508,453 | 62.67% | 271,879 |
11. | Re-appoint Martin Pibworth | 656,908,535 | 99.91 | 569,140 | 0.09 | 657,477,675 | 62.67% | 301,752 |
12. | Re- appoint Melanie Smith | 656,152,180 | 99.80 | 1,333,350 | 0.20 | 657,485,530 | 62.67% | 294,615 |
13. | Appoint Angela Strank | 651,009,440 | 99.01 | 6,480,188 | 0.99 | 657,489,628 | 62.67% | 290,517 |
14. | Re-appoint Ernst & Young as Auditor | 654,011,992 | 99.47 | 3,478,120 | 0.53 | 657,490,112 | 62.67% | 291,315 |
15. | Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration | 656,834,120 | 99.89 | 717,748 | 0.11 | 657,551,868 | 62.67% | 229,559 |
16. | Authorise the Directors to allot shares | 646,456,755 | 98.31 | 11,135,680 | 1.69 | 657,592,435 | 62.68% | 188,991 |
17. | Authorise the Directors to renew the SCRIP Dividend Scheme | 647,544,849 | 98.48 | 10,017,138 | 1.52 | 657,561,987 | 62.68% | 219,440 |
18. | Authorise the Directors to renew the Sharesave Scheme | 649,421,884 | 98.76 | 8,167,835 | 1.24 | 657,589,719 | 62.68% | 191,708 |
19. | Approve on an advisory basis the Net Zero Transition report from the next AGM | 648,693,306 | 99.96 | 235,946 | 0.04 | 648,929,252 | 61.85% | 8,851,893 |
20. | Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights | 650,278,457 | 98.90 | 7,226,810 | 1.10 | 657,505,267 | 62.67% | 276,160 |
21. | Special resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares | 652,061,403 | 99.40 | 3,936,828 | 0.60 | 655,998,231 | 62.53% | 1,783,196 |
22. | Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings | 623,795,551 | 94.87 | 33,743,733 | 5.13 | 657,539,284 | 62.67% | 242,143 |
23. | Special resolution to approve amendments to the Company's Articles of Association | 657,126,690 | 99.96 | 294,161 | 0.04 | 657,420,851 | 62.66% | 360,294 |
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/1885G_1-2021-7-22.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 1,049,145,497 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 22 July 2021. This figure includes 6,022,741 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 1,043,122,756 as at 22 July 2021.