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RNS Number : 7102G

SSE PLC

20 July 2023

SSE PLC

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of SSE plc took place in Perth today. All 22 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:

 
                RESOLUTIONS               VOTES        %       VOTES       %        VOTES         % of        VOTES 
                                           FOR                 AGAINST              TOTAL       ISC VOTED    WITHHELD 
       Receive the Report and 
       Accounts 
 1.    2023                            727,570,161   99.91      638,253   0.09   728,208,414       66.57%      358,033 
      ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
       Approve the Remuneration 
       Report 
 2.    2023                            691,216,093   94.93   36,950,253   5.07   728,166,346       66.56%      398,119 
      ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
 3.    Declare a final dividend        723,277,394   99.29    5,197,385   0.71   728,474,779       66.59%       86,908 
      ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
 4.    Re-appoint Gregor Alexander     727,367,870   99.86    1,012,609   0.14   728,380,479       66.58%      181,208 
      ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
       Re-appoint Lady Elish 
 5.    Angiolini                       714,661,398   98.12   13,729,369   1.88   728,390,767       66.58%      171,551 
      ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
 6.    Re-appoint John Bason           714,713,776   98.12   13,666,930   1.88   728,380,706       66.58%      180,981 
      ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
 7.    Re-appoint Tony Cocker          714,759,702   98.13   13,608,652   1.87   728,368,354       66.58%      193,333 
      ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
 8.    Re-appoint Debbie Crosbie       714,370,331   98.08   14,002,447   1.92   728,372,778       66.58%      189,540 
      ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
 9.    Re-appoint Helen Mahy           714,726,149   98.13   13,646,245   1.87   728,372,394       66.58%      183,524 
      ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
 10.   Re-appoint Sir John Manzoni     693,477,772   95.20   34,956,516   4.80   728,434,288       66.59%      128,030 
      ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
       Re-appoint Alistair 
 11.   Phillips-Davies                 727,820,768   99.92      600,443   0.08   728,421,211       66.59%      140,476 
      ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
 12.   Re-appoint Martin Pibworth      725,866,779   99.65    2,512,959   0.35   728,379,738       66.58%      181,949 
      ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
 13.   Re-appoint Melanie Smith        703,491,088   96.58   24,885,534   3.42   728,376,622       66.58%      178,665 
      ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
 14.   Re-appoint Dame Angela Strank   707,503,100   97.13   20,898,359   2.87   728,401,459       66.59%      160,228 
      ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
       Appoint Ernst & Young LLP as 
 15.   Auditor                         723,973,594   99.41    4,278,067   0.59   728,251,661       66.57%      310,026 
      ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
       Authorise the Audit Committee 
       to agree the Auditor's 
 16.   remuneration                    728,002,502   99.95      384,527   0.05   728,387,029       66.58%      168,258 
      ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
       Receive the Net Zero 
       Transition 
 17.   Report 2023                     677,450,632   97.63   16,424,747   2.37   693,875,379       63.43%   34,679,908 
      ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
       Authorise the Directors to 
       allot 
 18.   shares                          700,450,086   96.16   27,957,786   3.84   728,407,872       66.59%      147,415 
      ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
       Special resolution to 
       disapply 
 19.   pre-emption rights: general     719,076,212   98.74    9,191,456   1.26   728,267,668       66.57%      287,509 
      ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
       Special resolution to 
       disapply 
 20.   pre-emption rights: specific    714,308,158   98.08   13,953,477   1.92   728,261,635       66.57%      293,542 
      ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
       Special resolution to empower 
       the Company to purchase its 
       own 
 21.   Ordinary Shares                 715,097,712   98.21   13,069,991   1.79   728,167,703       66.56%      384,889 
      ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
       Special resolution to approve 
       14 days' notice of general 
 22.   meetings                        700,522,503   96.21   27,599,112   3.79   728,121,615       66.56%      430,977 
      ------------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  -----------  ----------- 
 

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/7102G_1-2023-7-20.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 1,093,938,615 ordinary shares of 50 pence each in issue as at 20 July 2023. This figure includes 3,584,723 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 1,090,353,892 as at 20 July 2023.

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