Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6462A

Sage Group PLC

03 February 2022

 

RESULTS OF AGM

The Sage Group plc. ("Sage")

3 February 2022

Sage announces that all resolutions proposed to shareholders at its Annual General Meeting held on 3 February 2022 (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	Percent of votes cast for	Votes Against	Percent of votes cast against	Total votes cast (excluding votes withheld)	Percent of total voting rights voted (excluding votes withheld)	Votes withheld
1.	Receive the Annual Report and Accounts	832,404,644	100.00%	9,304	0.00%	832,413,948	81.77%	1,011,946
2.	Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	816,960,269	98.46%	12,768,964	1.54%	829,729,233	81.51%	3,696,661
3.	Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	825,904,476	99.12%	7,332,300	0.88%	833,236,776	81.86%	189,118
4.	Declare a final dividend	830,592,400	99.67%	2,752,944	0.33%	833,345,344	81.87%	80,550
5.	Elect Mr A Duff	828,595,982	99.43%	4,710,697	0.57%	833,306,679	81.86%	119,215
6.	Elect Mr D Harding	832,568,468	99.91%	737,585	0.09%	833,306,053	81.86%	119,841
7.	Re-elect Ms S Anand	832,719,231	99.93%	609,691	0.07%	833,328,922	81.86%	96,972
8.	Re-elect Dr J Bates	816,541,068	97.99%	16,766,179	2.01%	833,307,247	81.86%	118,647
9.	Re-elect Mr J Bewes	817,268,717	98.08%	16,037,875	1.92%	833,306,592	81.86%	119,302
10.	Re-elect Ms A Court	830,821,882	99.70%	2,504,023	0.30%	833,325,905	81.86%	99,989
11.	Re-elect Mr D Hall	786,273,115	94.36%	47,026,772	5.64%	833,299,887	81.86%	115,603
12.	Re-elect Mr S Hare	832,638,618	99.91%	717,780	0.09%	833,356,398	81.87%	69,496
13.	Re-elect Mr J Howell	831,744,847	99.81%	1,573,235	0.19%	833,318,082	81.86%	97,408
14.	Re-elect Ms I Wasti	832,697,983	99.93%	609,010	0.07%	833,306,993	81.86%	118,901
15.	Re-appoint the Auditors	829,004,574	99.48%	4,341,478	0.52%	833,346,052	81.87%	79,842
16.	Authority to determine the Auditors' remuneration	832,665,725	99.92%	699,567	0.08%	833,365,292	81.87%	60,602
17.	Political Donations	829,939,734	99.60%	3,370,340	0.40%	833,310,074	81.86%	115,820
18.	Authority to allot new shares	792,325,250	95.08%	41,007,359	4.92%	833,332,609	81.87%	93,285
19.	General authority to disapply pre-emption rights*	828,744,246	99.93%	566,733	0.07%	829,310,979	81.47%	4,114,915
20.	Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights*	811,598,774	97.86%	17,723,371	2.14%	829,322,145	81.47%	4,103,749
21.	Authority to purchase own shares on market*	827,388,345	99.29%	5,907,321	0.71%	833,295,666	81.86%	130,228
22.	General meetings to be held on not less than 14 clear days' notice*	793,318,523	95.20%	40,035,608	4.80%	833,354,131	81.87%	71,763

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 Chair.

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 2022 Annual General Meeting on Sage's website at www.sage.com/investors.

7.  At 6.30 pm on 1 February 2022, the total voting rights of Sage were 1,017,932,561. This is based on the issued share capital of 1,100,789,295 ordinary shares reduced by the number of treasury shares of 82,856,734.

In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed as special resolutions (resolutions 19 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 at www.sage.com/investors.

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Name of contact:	Mohor Roy
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