Results of 2023 Annual General Meeting

SAGA PLC

20 June 2023

 

20 June 2023

SAGA PLC - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2023

Results of Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 20 June 2023

Saga plc (the Company) announces that, at its AGM held earlier today at the office of Numis Securities Limited, 45 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7BF, the resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM dated 15 May 2023 were passed following a poll on each resolution. In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, on a poll every member present in person or by proxy has one vote for every share held. Resolutions 1-17 were passed as ordinary resolutions; Resolutions 18-21 were passed as special resolutions. The following table shows the votes cast on each resolution.

	RESOLUTION	VOTES FOR	% OF VOTES CAST FOR	VOTES AGAINST	% OF VOTES CAST AGAINST	VOTES WITHHELD	VOTES CAST IN TOTAL (INCLUDING VOTES WITHHELD)
1.	to receive the Annual Report and Accounts and Director and Auditor Reports for year ended 31 January 2023	70,167,729	99.95	34,856	0.05	25,447	70,228,032
2.	to approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	57,255,601	81.75	12,782,808	18.25	194,130	70,232,539
3.	to re-elect Sir Roger De Haan as a director	69,072,921	98.43	1,104,297	1.57	55,103	70,232,321
4.	to re-elect Euan Sutherland as a director	69,519,386	99.09	641,467	0.91	71,764	70,232,617
5.	to re-elect James Quin as a director	69,620,371	99.23	538,396	0.77	73,790	70,232,557
6.	to re-elect Eva Eisenschimmel as a director	65,632,320	93.55	4,524,389	6.45	75,908	70,232,617
7.	to re-elect Julie Hopes as a director	67,941,307	96.84	2,215,370	3.16	75,762	70,232,439
8.	to re-elect Gareth Hoskin as a director	69,661,511	99.29	497,706	0.71	73,046	70,232,263
9.	to elect Anand Aithal as a director	69,659,507	99.28	505,651	0.72	66,965	70,232,123
10.	to elect Sir Peter Bazalgette as a director	68,260,826	97.29	1,903,358	2.71	68,087	70,232,271
11.	to elect Gemma Godfrey as a director	67,517,419	96.20	2,669,035	3.80	45,798	70,232,252
12.	to elect Steve Kingshott as a director	69,573,205	99.15	595,261	0.85	63,597	70,232,063
13.	to re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor	69,687,134	99.57	302,092	0.43	242,793	70,232,019
14.	to authorise the Audit Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditor	69,759,455	99.69	216,239	0.31	256,722	70,232,416
15.	to authorise the Directors to make political donations and expenditure up to a specified amount	69,254,873	98.65	949,324	1.35	28,523	70,232,720
16.	To approve the Saga plc 2023 Deferred Bonus Plan	67,501,649	96.36	2,547,717	3.64	182,807	70,232,173
17.	to authorise the Directors to allot shares up to a specified amount	68,335,998	97.52	1,738,659	2.48	157,754	70,232,411
18.	to authorise the Directors to allot shares and sell treasury shares for cash without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders	67,805,270	96.62	2,369,064	3.38	57,805	70,232,139
19.	to authorise the Directors to allot shares and sell treasury shares for cash without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders (in connection with capital investment)	67,836,764	96.67	2,337,449	3.33	58,529	70,232,742
20.	to authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	69,910,615	99.58	294,546	0.42	27,080	70,232,241
21.	to authorise the Company to hold general meetings on not less than 14 days' notice	66,917,633	95.31	3,292,613	4.69	22,298	70,232,544

Notes:

1)    A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution.

2)    Resolutions 18-21 inclusive were proposed as special resolutions and required a 75% majority.

3)    The total voting rights of the Company as at 16 June 2023, the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote, was 140,337,271.

4)    The results will be made available on the Company's website: www.corporate.saga.co.uk

5)    In accordance with LR.9.6.2 a document setting out the resolutions passed at the AGM concerning special business has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

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