REG - SSE Plc - Result of AGM

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20/07/2023 17:00

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RNS Number : 7102G  SSE PLC  20 July 2023

SSE PLC

 

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

The Annual General Meeting of SSE plc took place in Perth today.  All 22
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:

 

      RESOLUTIONS                                                                    VOTES        %      VOTES       %     VOTES        % of ISC VOTED  VOTES

FOR
AGAINST
TOTAL
WITHHELD
 1.   Receive the Report and Accounts 2023                                           727,570,161  99.91  638,253     0.09  728,208,414  66.57%          358,033
 2.   Approve the Remuneration Report 2023                                           691,216,093  94.93  36,950,253  5.07  728,166,346  66.56%          398,119
 3.   Declare a final dividend                                                       723,277,394  99.29  5,197,385   0.71  728,474,779  66.59%          86,908
 4.   Re-appoint Gregor Alexander                                                    727,367,870  99.86  1,012,609   0.14  728,380,479  66.58%          181,208
 5.   Re-appoint Lady Elish Angiolini                                                714,661,398  98.12  13,729,369  1.88  728,390,767  66.58%          171,551
 6.   Re-appoint John Bason                                                          714,713,776  98.12  13,666,930  1.88  728,380,706  66.58%          180,981
 7.   Re-appoint Tony Cocker                                                         714,759,702  98.13  13,608,652  1.87  728,368,354  66.58%          193,333
 8.   Re-appoint Debbie Crosbie                                                      714,370,331  98.08  14,002,447  1.92  728,372,778  66.58%          189,540
 9.   Re-appoint Helen Mahy                                                          714,726,149  98.13  13,646,245  1.87  728,372,394  66.58%          183,524
 10.  Re-appoint Sir John Manzoni                                                    693,477,772  95.20  34,956,516  4.80  728,434,288  66.59%          128,030
 11.  Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies                                            727,820,768  99.92  600,443     0.08  728,421,211  66.59%          140,476
 12.  Re-appoint Martin Pibworth                                                     725,866,779  99.65  2,512,959   0.35  728,379,738  66.58%          181,949
 13.  Re-appoint Melanie Smith                                                       703,491,088  96.58  24,885,534  3.42  728,376,622  66.58%          178,665
 14.  Re-appoint Dame Angela Strank                                                  707,503,100  97.13  20,898,359  2.87  728,401,459  66.59%          160,228
 15.  Appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor                                           723,973,594  99.41  4,278,067   0.59  728,251,661  66.57%          310,026
 16.  Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration              728,002,502  99.95  384,527     0.05  728,387,029  66.58%          168,258
 17.  Receive the Net Zero Transition Report 2023                                    677,450,632  97.63  16,424,747  2.37  693,875,379  63.43%          34,679,908
 18.  Authorise the Directors to allot shares                                        700,450,086  96.16  27,957,786  3.84  728,407,872  66.59%          147,415
 19.  Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights: general                     719,076,212  98.74  9,191,456   1.26  728,267,668  66.57%          287,509
 20.  Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights: specific                    714,308,158  98.08  13,953,477  1.92  728,261,635  66.57%          293,542
 21.  Special resolution to empower the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares  715,097,712  98.21  13,069,991  1.79  728,167,703  66.56%          384,889
 22.  Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings              700,522,503  96.21  27,599,112  3.79  728,121,615  66.56%          430,977

 

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/7102G_1-2023-7-20.pdf
(http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7102G_1-2023-7-20.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 1,093,938,615 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as
at 20 July 2023. This figure includes 3,584,723 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 1,090,353,892 as at 20 July
2023.

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