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RNS Number : 9984W  SSE PLC  18 July 2024

SSE PLC

 

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2024

 

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of SSE plc was held at the Perth Concert
Hall, Mill Street, Perth PH1 5HZ on Thursday, 18 July 2024 at 12.30pm. All 24
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 2024                                      779,974,753  99.42  4,530,860    0.58   784,505,613  71.74%          510,367
 2.   Approve the Remuneration Report 2024                                      768,728,485  97.97  15,943,530   2.03   784,672,015  71.76%          343,964
 3.   Declare a final dividend                                                  783,949,107  99.89  883,279      0.11   784,832,386  71.77%          179,788
 4.   Re-elect Elish Angiolini                                                  767,691,863  97.83  17,035,595   2.17   784,727,458  71.77%          286,623
 5.   Re-elect John Bason                                                       769,961,630  98.12  14,751,880   1.88   784,713,510  71.76%          300,641
 6.   Re-elect Tony Cocker                                                      767,785,830  97.84  16,934,436   2.16   784,720,266  71.76%          294,393
 7.   Re-elect Debbie Crosbie                                                   768,732,819  97.97  15,908,414   2.03   784,641,233  71.76%          373,426
 8.   Re-elect Helen Mahy                                                       767,667,146  97.83  17,046,806   2.17   784,713,952  71.76%          300,140
 9.   Re-elect Sir John Manzoni                                                 755,783,930  96.31  28,983,516   3.69   784,767,446  71.77%          246,307
 10.  Elect Barry O'Regan                                                       784,104,466  99.92  626,993      0.08   784,731,459  71.77%          282,633
 11.  Re-elect Alistair Phillips-Davies                                         783,548,602  99.85  1,198,140    0.15   784,746,742  71.77%          267,350
 12.  Re-elect Martin Pibworth                                                  781,717,933  99.62  3,019,505    0.38   784,737,438  71.77%          276,653
 13.  Re-elect Melanie Smith                                                    765,554,853  97.56  19,168,654   2.44   784,723,507  71.76%          290,485
 14.  Re-elect Angela Strank                                                    767,686,736  97.83  17,050,544   2.17   784,737,280  71.77%          276,712
 15.  Elect Maarten Wetselaar                                                   784,346,634  99.97  272,824      0.03   784,619,458  71.76%          394,634
 16.  Re-appoint Ernst & Young as Auditor                                       780,944,427  99.52  3,766,944    0.48   784,711,371  71.76%          302,721
 17.  Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration         784,454,991  99.97  273,388      0.03   784,728,379  71.77%          285,684
 18.  Receive the Net Zero Transition Report 2024                               753,810,019  98.20  13,827,271   1.80   767,637,290  70.20%          17,376,338
 19.  Authorise the Directors to allot shares                                   746,046,677  95.07  38,690,208   4.93   784,736,885  71.77%          276,639
 20.  Authorise renewal of Scrip Dividend Scheme                                780,788,996  99.50  3,950,966    0.50   784,739,962  71.77%          261,644
 21.  Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights: general                690,344,287  87.99  94,239,925   12.01  784,584,212  71.75%          418,287
 22.  Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights: specific               653,860,009  83.34  130,735,877  16.66  784,595,886  71.75%          406,262
 23.  Special resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary  780,345,352  99.45  4,330,991    0.55   784,676,343  71.76%          326,155
      Shares
 24.  Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings         742,238,968  94.61  42,306,583   5.39   784,545,551  71.75%          448,943

 

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/9984W_1-2024-7-18.pdf
(http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/9984W_1-2024-7-18.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 1,096,240,818 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as
at 18 July 2024. This figure includes 2,774,092 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 1,093,466,726 as at 18 July
2024.

 

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