REG - SSE Plc - Result of AGM

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21/07/2022 15:00

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RNS Number : 3459T  SSE PLC  21 July 2022

SSE PLC

 

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

The Annual General Meeting of SSE plc took place in Perth today.  All 25
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                                                                VOTES        %       VOTES        %      VOTES        % of ISC VOTED  VOTES

FOR
AGAINST
TOTAL
WITHHELD
 1.   Receive the Report and Accounts                                           684,903,653  99.94   405,873      0.06   685,309,526  63.86%          722,792
 2.   Approve the 2022 Remuneration Report                                      661,201,733  97.42   17,489,152   2.58   678,690,885  63.24%          7,337,070
 3.   Approve the 2022 Remuneration Policy                                      620,165,900  91.43   58,111,404   8.57   678,277,304  63.21%          7,750,651
 4.   Approve the Performance Share Plan Rules                                  654,822,705  95.59   30,214,208   4.41   685,036,913  63.84%          991,042
 5.   Declare a final dividend                                                  685,626,190  100.00  22,671       0.00   685,648,861  63.89%          379,221
 6.   Re-appoint Gregor Alexander                                               683,450,535  99.69   2,101,241    0.31   685,551,776  63.88%          475,179
 7.   Appoint Elish Angiolini                                                   684,863,540  99.90   686,882      0.10   685,550,422  63.88%          476,533
 8.   Appoint John Bason                                                        473,761,197  81.90   104,687,000  18.10  578,448,197  53.90%          107,578,758
 9.   Re-appoint Sue Bruce                                                      667,390,246  98.27   11,758,773   1.73   679,149,019  63.29%          6,877,936
 10.  Re-appoint Tony Cocker                                                    675,002,872  98.46   10,542,935   1.54   685,545,807  63.88%          481,148
 11.  Appoint Debbie Crosbie                                                    684,777,336  99.89   732,453      0.11   685,509,789  63.88%          517,166
 12.  Re-appoint Peter Lynas                                                    674,946,079  98.76   8,502,605    1.24   683,448,684  63.69%          476,560
 13.  Re-appoint Helen Mahy                                                     674,962,410  98.46   10,575,276   1.54   685,537,686  63.88%          489,269
 14.  Re-appoint John Manzoni                                                   666,724,775  97.25   18,843,033   2.75   685,567,808  63.88%          459,147
 15.  Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies                                       684,588,285  99.86   957,420      0.14   685,545,705  63.88%          481,250
 16.  Re-appoint Martin Pibworth                                                684,960,499  99.91   590,334      0.09   685,550,833  63.88%          476,122
 17.  Re- appoint Melanie Smith                                                 675,463,430  98.53   10,063,630   1.47   685,527,060  63.88%          499,795
 18.  Re-appoint Angela Strank                                                  674,936,427  98.45   10,635,826   1.55   685,572,253  63.88%          454,602
 19.  Re-appoint Ernst & Young as Auditor                                       682,397,875  99.54   3,164,616    0.46   685,562,491  63.88%          465,364
 20.  Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration         685,241,903  99.95   348,008      0.05   685,589,911  63.89%          437,944
 21.  Receive the Net Zero Transition Report                                    675,119,870  98.92   7,402,699    1.08   682,522,569  63.60%          3,505,286
 22.  Authorise the Directors to allot shares                                   659,750,614  96.21   26,002,620   3.79   685,753,234  63.90%          274,621
 23.  Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights                         674,749,099  98.40   10,938,539   1.60   685,687,638  63.90%          340,217
 24.  Special resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary  673,547,745  98.61   9,470,709    1.39   683,018,454  63.65%          563,813
      Shares
 25   Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings         647,474,608  94.78   35,661,985   5.22   683,136,593  63.66%          445,547

 

 

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.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3459T_1-2022-7-21.pdf
(http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3459T_1-2022-7-21.pdf)

 

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 are 1,073,136,776 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as
at 21 July 2022. This figure includes 5,454,815 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 1,067,681,961 as at 21 July
2022.

 

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