REG - SSE Plc - Result of AGM

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18/07/2019 16:10

RNS Number : 0319G
SSE PLC
18 July 2019
 


 
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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