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RNS Number : 6559M
SSE PLC
17 July 2014 
 
SSE PLC 
 
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 
 
The Annual General Meeting of SSE plc took place in Perth today.  All 18
Resolutions, as set out in the Notice of 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  Withheld    
 1.   Receive the Report and Accounts                                                591,661,251  99.98            139,038     0.02             591,800,289       1,504,925   
 2.   Approve the Remuneration Policy                                                570,555,885  99.11            5,115,612   0.89             575,671,497       17,632,553  
 3.   Approve the Remuneration Report                                                559,776,567  97.61            13,699,234  2.39             573,475,801       19,828,543  
 4.   Declare a final dividend                                                       590,642,865  99.77            1,367,787   0.23             592,010,652       1,295,767   
 5.   Re-appoint Lord Smith of Kelvin                                                582,989,096  99.27            4,261,327   0.73             587,250,423       6,051,434   
 6.   Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies                                            563,735,087  95.26            28,074,998  4.74             591,810,085       1,495,398   
 7.   Re-appoint Gregor Alexander                                                    579,348,041  97.90            12,448,741  2.10             591,796,782       1,506,324   
 8.   Re-appoint Jeremy Beeton                                                       588,583,655  99.47            3,163,720   0.53             591,747,375       1,543,806   
 9.   Re-appoint Katie Bickerstaffe                                                  588,669,905  99.47            3,131,267   0.53             591,801,172       1,505,679   
 10.  Re-appoint Sue Bruce                                                           590,594,308  99.80            1,183,825   0.20             591,778,133       1,528,786   
 11.  Re-appointRichard Gillingwater                                                 569,147,741  96.20            22,452,421  3.80             591,600,162       1,705,689   
 12.  Re-appointPeter Lynas                                                          589,606,789  99.64            2,145,935   0.36             591,752,724       1,552,890   
 13.  Re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors                                                576,472,176  98.68            7,698,917   1.32             584,171,093       9,128,059   
 14.  Authorise the Directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration                583,207,468  98.86            6,727,396   1.14             589,934,864       3,368,599   
 15.  Authorise allotment of shares                                                  495,787,641  83.80            95,841,323  16.20            591,628,964       1,677,800   
 16.  Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights                              577,558,492  97.95            12,115,230  2.05             589,673,722       3,628,737   
 17.  Special resolution to empower the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares  589,662,977  99.66            2,018,333   0.34             591,681,310       1,618,585   
 18   Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings              530,438,627  89.62            61,447,166  10.38            591,885,793       1,419,790   
 
 
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: - www.hemscott.com/nsm.do 
 
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 974,967,198 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 17
July 2014. 
 
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