SSE PLC — AGM Information 2013

Jul 25, 2013

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RNS Number : 1886K

SSE PLC

25 July 2013

SSE PLC

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of SSE plc took place in Perth today.  All 17 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	Withheld
1.	Receive the Report and Accounts	592,576,585	99.89	652,010	0.11	593,228,595	1,657,280
2.	Approve the Remuneration Report	569,397,929	99.11	5,096,221	0.89	574,494,150	20,488,407
3.	Declare a final dividend	592,357,794	99.83	1,031,616	0.17	593,389,410	1,608,956
4.	Re-appoint Katie Bickerstaffe	590,683,526	99.59	2,403,816	0.41	593,087,342	1,886,006
5.	Re-appoint Jeremy Beeton	590,814,034	99.62	2,259,255	0.38	593,073,289	1,906,261
6.	Re-appoint Lord Smith of Kelvin	578,774,073	98.37	9,596,378	1.63	588,370,451	6,625,058
7.	Re-appoint Gregor Alexander	590,421,434	99.54	2,709,031	0.46	593,130,465	1,867,235
8.	Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies	590,322,784	99.53	2,791,001	0.47	593,113,785	1,869,920
9.	Re-appoint Lady Rice	578,842,287	98.65	7,909,970	1.35	586,752,257	8,227,759
10.	Re-appoint Richard Gillingwater	577,630,546	98.44	9,135,195	1.56	586,765,741	8,214,785
11.	Re-appoint Thomas Thune Andersen	590,735,420	99.61	2,325,940	0.39	593,061,360	1,914,307
12.	Appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors	588,161,053	99.19	4,793,257	0.81	592,954,310	2,035,523
13.	Authorise the Directors to determine the Auditors' remuneration	592,405,504	99.91	550,748	0.09	592,956,252	2,029,791
14.	Authorise allotment of shares	479,775,252	80.97	112,739,169	19.03	592,514,421	2,471,502
15.	Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights	580,698,556	98.05	11,572,141	1.95	592,270,697	2,700,047
16.	Special resolution to empower the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares	590,193,103	99.51	2,896,369	0.49	593,089,472	1,890,995
17.	Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings	524,833,915	88.48	68,358,414	11.52	593,192,329	1,788,677

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 964,353,887 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 25 July 2013.

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