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AGM Information • Jul 20, 2017

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SSE PLC

20 July 2017

SSE PLC

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of SSE plc took place in Perth today.  All 18  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	614,308,663	99.88	745,025	0.12	615,053,688	61.35	2,308,808
2.	Approve the 2017 Remuneration Report	596,482,176	98.19	10,982,799	1.81	607,464,975	60.59	9,186,427
3.	Declare a final dividend	616,483,405	99.99	86,831	0.01	616,570,236	61.50	76,345
4.	Re-appoint Gregor Alexander	612,981,462	99.43	3,514,235	0.57	616,495,697	61.49	152,774
5.	Re-appoint Jeremy Beeton	614,735,258	99.72	1,752,008	0.28	616,487,266	61.49	159,205
6.	Re-appoint Katie Bickerstaffe	615,057,679	99.77	1,443,449	0.23	616,501,128	61.49	147,343
7.	Re-appoint Sue Bruce	615,010,286	99.76	1,470,499	0.24	616,480,785	61.49	165,686
8.	Re-Appoint Crawford Gillies	615,008,833	99.76	1,472,935	0.24	616,481,768	61.49	166,703
9.	Re-appoint Richard Gillingwater	607,839,723	98.90	6,750,203	1.10	614,589,926	61.30	2,060,915
10.	Re-appoint Peter Lynas	613,343,024	99.49	3,140,046	0.51	616,483,070	61.49	167,784
11.	Re-Appoint Helen Mahy	612,625,117	99.37	3,856,156	0.63	616,481,273	61.49	169,568
12.	Re-appoint Alistair Phillips-Davies	616,234,737	99.96	262,624	0.04	616,497,361	61.49	153,480
13.	Re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditor	600,541,324	97.41	15,969,979	2.59	616,511,303	61.49	134,882
14.	Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration	610,003,007	98.94	6,506,858	1.06	616,509,865	61.49	137,756
15.	Authorise the Directors to allot shares	598,023,086	97.00	18,480,067	3.00	616,503,153	61.49	144,651
16.	Special resolution to disapply pre-emption rights	615,629,530	99.87	812,789	0.13	616,442,319	61.49	204,152
17.	Special resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares	606,426,215	98.48	9,347,261	1.52	615,773,476	61.42	871,449
18.	Special resolution to approve 14 days' notice of general meetings	560,047,039	91.34	53,124,692	8.66	613,171,731	61.16	3,476,739

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 1,001,961,134 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 20 July 2017.  Every shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held.

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