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RNS Number : 9153E
SSE PLC
21 July 2016
 

 

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 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

 

665,488,042

 

99.93

 

465,444

 

0.07

 

665,953,486

 

66.09

 

6,028,101

2.

Approve the 2016 Remuneration Report

 

663,406,073

 

99.45

 

 

 

3,667,525

 

0.55

 

667,073,598

 

66.20

 

4,910,567

3.

Approve the 2016 Remuneration Policy

 

660,635,888

 

99.22

 

 

 

5,166,428

 

0.78

 

 

665,802,316

 

66.08

 

6,175,339

4.

Declare a final dividend

 

670,732,738

 

99.83

 

1,148,140

 

0.17

 

671,880,878

 

66.68

 

103,164

5.

 Re-appoint Gregor Alexander 

 

629,891,228

 

93.78

 

41,800,747

 

6.22

 

671,691,975

 

66.66

 

286,692

6.

Re-appoint Jeremy Beeton

 

670,193,423

 

99.78

 

1,485,193

 

0.22

 

671,678,616

 

66.66

 

305,202

7.

Re-appoint Katie Bickerstaffe

 

665,093,852

 

99.66

 

2,237,436

 

0.34

 

667,331,288

 

66.23

 

4,651,129

8.

Re-appoint

Sue Bruce

 

669,101,220

 

99.62

 

2,568,931

 

0.38

 

671,670,151

 

66.66

 

315,729

9.

Appoint Crawford Gillies

 

668,434,056

 

99.53

 

3,180,739

 

0.47

 

671,614,795

 

66.65

 

366,888

10.

Re-appoint

Richard Gillingwater

 

663,328,505

 

98.94

 

7,104,063

 

1.06

 

670,432,568

 

66.54

 

1,555,419

11.

Re-appoint

Peter Lynas

 

666,703,803

 

99.26

 

4,945,211

 

0.74

 

671,649,014

 

66.66

 

333,374

12.

Appoint Helen Mahy

 

669,897,809

 

99.74

 

1,725,962

 

0.26

 

671,623,771

 

66.65

 

357,955

13.

Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies

 

634,406,637

 

94.45

 

37,270,863

 

5.55

 

671,677,500

 

66.66

 

311,705

14.

Re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditor

 

654,832,527

 

98.38

 

10,803,023

 

1.62

 

665,635,550

 

66.06

 

6,344,834

15.

Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration

 

 

 

663,113,210

 

 

 

99.03

 

 

 

6,511,725

 

 

 

0.97

 

 

 

669,624,935

 

 

 

66.46

 

 

 

2,361,779

16.

Authorise the Directors to allot shares

 

658,229,799

 

98.01

 

13,393,822

 

1.99

 

671,623,621

 

66.65

 

360,404

17.

Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights

 

668,686,062

 

99.59

 

2,730,488

 

0.41

 

671,416,550

 

66.63

 

568,302

18.

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

 

 

 

660,573,848

 

 

 

99.04

 

 

 

6,392,570

 

 

 

0.96

 

 

 

666,966,418

 

 

 

66.19

 

 

 

5,014,667

19.

Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings

 

 

601,679,743

 

 

90.20

 

 

65,376,008

 

 

9.80

 

 

667,055,751

 

 

66.20

 

 

4,928,731

20.

Special resolution to approve the SSE plc Performance Share Plan 2016

 

 

656,376,632

 

 

97.99

 

 

13,440,192

 

 

2.01

 

 

669,816,824

 

 

66.47

 

 

2,163,614

 

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: - www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

 

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 were 1,007,624,770 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 21 July 2016.  Every shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held.


This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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