Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0719O

Sage Group PLC

04 February 2021

 

RESULTS OF AGM

The Sage Group plc. ("Sage")

4 February 2021

Sage announces that all resolutions proposed to shareholders at its Annual General Meeting held on 4 February 2021 (the "AGM") were carried by the requisite majority on a poll.

The following table shows the votes cast for and against each resolution and the number of votes withheld:

	Resolutions	V otes For	%	Votes Against	%	Total votes	% of total voting rights voted	Votes withheld
1.	Receive the Annual Report and Accounts	892,318,298	99.96%	375,923	0.04%	892,694,221	81.43%	3,477,172
2.	Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	803,292,111	89.77%	91,511,968	10.23%	894,804,079	81.63%	1,367,314
3.	Declare a final dividend	895,695,353	99.97%	226,475	0.03%	895,921,828	81.73%	249,565
4.	Elect Ms S Anand	895,771,552	99.99%	52,502	0.01%	895,824,054	81.72%	347,339
5.	Elect Ms I Wasti	895,779,348	99.99%	45,795	0.01%	895,825,143	81.72%	346,200
6.	Re-elect Sir D Brydon	892,360,024	99.85%	1,363,251	0.15%	893,723,275	81.53%	2,448,118
7.	Re-elect Dr J Bates	823,166,761	91.88%	72,717,119	8.12%	895,883,880	81.73%	287,513
8.	Re-elect Mr J Bewes	878,813,962	98.09%	17,071,418	1.91%	895,885,380	81.73%	286,013
9.	Re-elect Ms A Court	822,543,836	91.81%	73,342,044	8.19%	895,885,880	81.73%	285,513
10.	Re-elect Mr D Hall	822,983,159	91.86%	72,900,110	8.14%	895,883,269	81.73%	288,124
11.	Re-elect Mr S Hare	895,178,860	99.92%	716,050	0.08%	895,894,910	81.73%	276,483
12.	Re-elect Mr J Howell	893,860,821	99.77%	2,029,197	0.23%	895,890,018	81.73%	281,375
13.	Re-appoint the Auditors	893,581,111	99.99%	101,052	0.01%	893,682,163	81.52%	2,489,230
14.	Authority to determine the Auditors' remuneration	895,804,582	99.99%	51,402	0.01%	895,855,984	81.72%	315,409
15.	Political Donations	891,563,365	99.52%	4,275,834	0.48%	895,839,199	81.72%	332,194
16.	Discretionary Share Plan Amendments	894,577,810	99.86%	1,227,623	0.14%	895,805,433	81.72%	365,960
17.	Authority to allot new shares	850,754,477	94.97%	45,086,098	5.03%	895,840,575	81.72%	330,818
18.	General authority to disapply pre-emption rights*	893,331,922	99.96%	352,393	0.04%	893,684,315	81.53%	2,487,078
19.	Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights*	881,816,715	98.67%	11,866,137	1.33%	893,682,852	81.53%	2,488,541
20.	Authority to purchase own shares on market*	887,410,293	99.06%	8,444,536	0.94%	895,854,829	81.72%	316,564
21.	General meetings to be held on not less than 14 clear days' notice*	857,216,174	95.71%	38,442,538	4.29%	895,658,712	81.71%	512,680
22.	Adoption of new Articles of Association*	894,902,101	99.92%	696,961	0.08%	895,599,062	81.70%	572,331

NOTES:

1.  * Indicates a Special Resolution requiring 75% of votes cast to be carried. 

2.  All resolutions were passed.

3.  Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes cast.

4.  Votes "For" include discretionary votes given to the Chairman.

5.  A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.

6.  To view the full wording of the resolutions, please refer to the Notice of 2021 Annual General Meeting on Sage's website.

7.  At 6.30 pm on 2 February 2021, the total voting rights of Sage were 1,096,206,744. This is based on the issued share capital of 1,120,789,295 ordinary shares reduced by the number of treasury shares of 24,582,551.

In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed as special resolutions (resolutions 18 to 22 inclusive) will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at:

https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

A copy of the AGM results as shown above will also be made available on Sage's website.

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Name of contact:	Mohor Roy
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