REG - SSE Plc - Result of AGM

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19/07/2018 16:35

RNS Number : 2163V
SSE PLC
19 July 2018
 


 
SSE PLC
 
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
 
The Annual General Meeting of SSE plc took place in Perth today.  All 19 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


673,511,408


99.99


74,576


0.01


673,585,984


66.35


4,030,228




2.


Approve the 2018
Remuneration Report


645,891,826


97.25


18,247,804


2.75


664,139,630


65.42


13,484,571




3.


Declare a final dividend


677,376,446


99.97


181,335


0.03


677,557,781


66.74


66,421




4.


Re-appoint Gregor Alexander 


669,608,518


98.84


7,849,319


1.16


677,457,837


66.73


165,891




5.


Re-appoint Sue Bruce


667,835,154


98.58


9,617,212


1.42


677,452,366


66.73


171,336




6.


Appoint Tony Cocker


675,135,790


99.66


2,287,797


0.34


677,423,587


66.73


200,089




7.


Re-appoint
Crawford Gillies


668,166,988


98.63


9,276,169


1.37


677,443,157


66.73


180,571




8.


Re-appoint Richard Gillingwater


621,870,039


93.09


46,156,513


6.91


668,026,552


65.80


9,597,148




9.


Re-appoint
Peter Lynas


664,998,078


98.16


12,438,093


1.84


677,436,171


66.73


187,201




10.


Re-appoint
Helen Mahy


632,562,346


93.37


44,883,319


6.63


677,450,665


66.73


173,061




11.


Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies


672,160,826


99.22


5,300,360


0.78


677,461,186


66.73


161,444




12.


Appoint Martin Pibworth


671,703,515


99.15


5,725,268


0.85


677,428,783


66.73


194,593




13.


Re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditor


653,055,086


96.51


23,588,912


3.49


676,643,998


66.65


980,229




14.


Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration


642,127,496


94.78


35,354,042


5.22


677,481,538


66.73


140,536




15.


Authorise the Directors to allot shares


672,118,076


99.21


5,353,093


0.79


677,471,169


66.73


143,149




16.


Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights


673,551,510


99.43


3,858,586


0.57


677,410,096


66.73


211,056




17.


Special resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares


669,920,306


99.07


6,299,694


0.93


676,220,000


66.61


1,404,227




18.


Authorise the Directors to renew the Scrip Dividend Scheme


677,310,464


99.97


179,874


0.03


677,490,338


66.73


131,608




19.


Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings


613,411,952


90.99


60,753,488


9.01


674,165,440


66.41


3,458,287




 
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 1,023,008,915 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 19 July 2018. This figure includes 7,811,381 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 1,015,197,534 as at 19 July 2018.




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