REG - SSE Plc - Results of AGM

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22/07/2021 15:20

RNS Number : 1885G
  
SSE PLC
  
22 July 2021
  
 

SSE PLC
 
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
 
The Annual General Meeting of SSE plc took place in Perth today.  All 23 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:
 




 


 


VOTES

FOR


%


VOTES

AGAINST


%


VOTES

TOTAL


% of ISC VOTED


VOTES

WITHHELD




1.


Receive the Report and Accounts


657,411,168


99.99


64,459


0.01


657,475,627


62.67%


305,800




2.


Approve the 2021
Remuneration Report


634,723,419


97.09


18,991,535


2.91


653,714,954


62.31%


4,066,190




3.


Declare a final dividend


650,080,094


98.85


7,552,020


1.15


657,632,114


62.68%


149,313




4.


Re-appoint Gregor Alexander 


655,917,710


99.76


1,567,019


0.24


657,484,729


62.67%


295,698




5.


Re-appoint Sue Bruce


654,970,708


99.74


1,679,131


0.26


656,649,839


62.59%


1,130,306




6.


Re-appoint Tony Cocker


656,189,474


99.81


1,261,361


0.19


657,450,835


62.67%


329,310




7.


Re-appoint Peter Lynas


656,204,984


99.81


1,274,152


0.19


657,479,136


62.67%


301,009




8.


Re-appoint Helen Mahy


656,188,669


99.81


1,279,303


0.19


657,467,972


62.67%


313,073




9.


Appoint John Manzoni


656,687,943


99.90


624,679


0.10


657,312,622


62.65%


328,655




10.


Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies


656,474,351


99.84


1,034,102


0.16


657,508,453


62.67%


271,879




11.


Re-appoint Martin Pibworth


656,908,535


99.91


569,140


0.09


657,477,675


62.67%


301,752




12.


Re- appoint Melanie Smith


656,152,180


99.80


1,333,350


0.20


657,485,530


62.67%


294,615




13.


Appoint Angela Strank


651,009,440


99.01


6,480,188


0.99


657,489,628


62.67%


290,517




14.


Re-appoint Ernst & Young as Auditor


654,011,992


99.47


3,478,120


0.53


657,490,112


62.67%


291,315




15.


Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration


656,834,120


99.89


717,748


0.11


657,551,868


62.67%


229,559




16.


Authorise the Directors to allot shares


646,456,755


98.31


11,135,680


1.69


657,592,435


62.68%


188,991




17.


Authorise the Directors to renew the SCRIP Dividend Scheme


647,544,849


98.48


10,017,138


1.52


657,561,987


62.68%


219,440




18.


Authorise the Directors to renew the Sharesave Scheme


649,421,884


98.76


8,167,835


1.24


657,589,719


62.68%


191,708




19.


Approve on an advisory basis the Net Zero Transition report from the next AGM


648,693,306


99.96


235,946


0.04


648,929,252


61.85%


8,851,893




20.


Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights


650,278,457


98.90


7,226,810


1.10


657,505,267


62.67%


276,160




21.


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


652,061,403


99.40


3,936,828


0.60


655,998,231


62.53%


1,783,196




22.


Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings


623,795,551


94.87


33,743,733


5.13


657,539,284


62.67%


242,143




23.


Special resolution to approve amendments to the Company's Articles of Association


657,126,690


99.96


294,161


0.04


657,420,851


62.66%


360,294




 
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/1885G_1-2021-7-22.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 1,049,145,497 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 22 July 2021. This figure includes 6,022,741 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 1,043,122,756 as at 22 July 2021.
 

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