REG - SSE Plc - Result of AGM

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12/08/2020 12:30

RNS Number : 9469V
  
SSE PLC
  
12 August 2020
  
 

 
 
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


687,818,588


99.99


40,459


0.01


688,684,171


66.24


825,124




2.


Approve the 2020
Remuneration Report


655,241,110


96.61


22,963,722


3.39


688,684,169


66.24


10,479,337




3.


Declare a final dividend


682,099,272


99.11


6,118,177


0.89


688,684,170


66.24


466,721




4.


Re-appoint Gregor Alexander  


684,371,012


99.81


1,307,728


0.19


688,684,171


66.24


3,005,431




5.


Re-appoint Sue Bruce


682,175,929


99.50


3,408,473


0.50


688,684,170


66.24


3,099,768




6.


Re-appoint Tony Cocker


682,367,325


99.53


3,207,013


0.47


688,684,171


66.24


3,109,833




7.


Re-appoint 
Crawford Gillies


682,350,767


99.53


3,221,627


0.47


688,684,171


66.24


3,111,777




8.


Re-appoint Richard Gillingwater


639,448,524


93.31


45,865,632


6.69


688,684,169


66.24


3,370,013




9.


Re-appoint
Peter Lynas


682,376,519


99.53


3,200,630


0.47


688,684,171


66.24


3,107,022




10.


Re-appoint
Helen Mahy


682,367,791


99.53


3,210,676


0.47


688,684,171


66.24


3,105,704




11.


Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies


687,606,398


99.92


541,436


0.08


688,684,171


66.24


536,337




12.


Re-appoint Martin Pibworth


687,586,988


99.92


554,364


0.08


688,684,171


66.24


542,819




13.


Re- appoint Melanie Smith


682,345,438


99.53


3,227,420


0.47


688,684,171


66.24


3,111,313




14.


Appoint Angela Strank


615,848,806


90.24


66,641,893


9.76


688,684,169


66.24


6,193,470




15.


Re-appoint Ernst & Young as Auditor


687,518,378


99.91


632,167


0.09


688,684,171


66.24


533,626




16.


Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration


687,728,025


99.93


453,855


0.07


688,684,171


66.24


502,291




17.


Authorise the Directors to allot shares


675,570,306


98.17


12,619,890


1.83


688,684,171


66.24


493,975




18.


Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights


683,267,036


99.29


4,883,744


0.71


688,684,171


66.24


533,391




19.


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


677,574,656


98.49


10,382,778


1.51


688,684,169


66.24


726,735




20.


Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings


649,970,175


94.45


38,197,992


5.55


688,684,170


66.24


516,003




 
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 1,046,341,226 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 12 August 2020. This figure includes 6,661,959 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 1,039,679,257 as at 12 August 2020. 


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