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23/07/2015 17:40

RNS Number : 9593T
SSE PLC
23 July 2015
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
% of Issued Share Capital Voted
1.
Receive the Report and Accounts
655,241,723
99.99
96,413
0.01
655,338,136
4,357,563
65.99
2.
Approve the 2015 Remuneration Report
641,651,672
98.30
11,127,638
1.70
652,779,310
6,946,512
65.73
3.
Declare a final dividend
656,313,333
99.75
1,671,346
0.25
657,984,679
1,737,814
66.25
4.
Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies 
621,543,419
94.49
36,260,701
5.51
657,804,120
1,922,861
66.24
5.
Re-appoint Gregor Alexander
614,433,925
94.00
39,200,061
6.00
653,633,986
6,092,087
65.82
6.
Re-appoint Jeremy Beeton
654,085,133
99.44
3,693,576
0.56
657,778,709
1,937,120
66.23
7.
Re-appoint 
Katie Bickerstaffe
649,329,291
99.34
4,285,692
0.56
653,614,983
6,113,099
65.81
8.
Re-appoint Sue Bruce
640,582,760
97.38
17,205,496
2.62
657,788,256
1,939,415
66.23
9.
Re-appoint
Richard Gillingwater
648,531,449
98.66
8,824,922
1.34
657,356,371
2,360,871
66.19
10.
Re-appoint
Peter Lynas
648,869,029
98.65
8,901,139
1.35
657,770,168
1,947,649
66.23
11.
Re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditor
639,083,918
97.15
18,745,424
2.85
657,829,342
1,895,935
66.24
12.
Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration
653,817,870
99.39
4,017,552
0.61
657,835,422
1,888,823
66.24
13.
Authorise the Directors to allot shares
645,925,426
98.21
11,797,858
1.79
657,723,284
1,998,093
66.23
14.
Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights
652,437,043
99.22
5,129,116
0.78
657,566,159
2,152,381
66.21
15.
Special resolution to empower the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares
656,770,949
99.85
998,160
0.15
657,769,109
1,958,974
66.23
16.
Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings
603,557,535
91.78
54,087,211
8.22
657,644,746
1,934,380
66.22
17.
Authorise the Directors to renew the Scrip Dividend Scheme 
655,697,825
99.68
2,087,736
0.32
657,785,561
1,937,791
66.23
18.
Special resolution to ratify and confirm the 2014 final dividend and 2015 interim dividend
656,748,260
99.85
1,007,485
0.15
657,755,745
1,783,723
66.23
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 993,116,117 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 23 July 2015. Every shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held.
3. Following the passing of Resolution 18, and as described in detail in the explanatory notes to the Notice of Annual General Meeting and Annual Financial Report announcement, both published on 22 June 2015, the Company today confirms that it has today entered into:
- a deed of release in favour of the Company's shareholders; and 
- a deed of release in favour of past and present Directors of the 
Company (being related parties of the Company for the purposes of the Listing Rules and which deed constitutes a smaller related party transaction under LR.11.1.10R of the Listing Rules).

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