Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9477M

Serco Group PLC

14 May 2020

 

Serco Group plc (the 'Company')

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300PT2CIHYN5GWJ21

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Company announces that it held its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') at 11.00am today.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the "Stay at Home Measures" introduced by the UK Government, the AGM took place as a closed meeting. All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the meeting.

As announced on 2 April 2020, Resolution 3, which was in regard to the payment of a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2019, was withdrawn.

All resolutions as set out in the notice of Annual General Meeting (the 'Resolutions'), other than Resolution 3, were duly passed. The full text of each Resolution is contained in the 2020 Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website, www.serco.com .

The table below shows the votes received for and against the Resolutions, representing a total of 77.11 per cent of the 1,233,380,637   Ordinary Shares of 2 pence each in issue as at the time of the meeting.

Resolution		Total votes For 1	% 2	Total votes against	% 2	Total votes cast	Votes withheld3
1	To receive the Annual Report and Accounts	911,041,084	98.50	13,915,096	1.50	924,956,180	26,088,642
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	908,416,989	95.53	42,537,841	4.47	950,954,830	89,992
3	To approve a final dividend of 1p per Ordinary Share	WITHDRAWN
4	To re-elect Sir Roy Gardner as a Director	931,055,874	97.91	19,908,760	2.09	950,964,634	80,188
5	To re-elect Rupert Soames as a Director	925,277,729	99.93	633,187	0.07	925,910,916	25,133,906
6	To re-elect Angus Cockburn as a Director	925,269,849	99.93	642,273	0.07	925,912,122	25,132,700
7	To re-elect Kirsty Bashforth as a Director	925,203,282	99.93	631,883	0.07	925,835,165	25,209,657
8	To re-elect Eric Born as a Director	950,314,311	99.93	645,470	0.07	950,959,781	85,041
9	To re-elect Ian El-Mokadem as a Director	950,321,411	99.93	638,010	0.07	950,959,421	85,401
10	To re-elect Rachel Lomax as a Director	950,325,311	99.93	634,110	0.07	950,959,421	85,401
11	To re-elect Lynne Peacock as a Director	949,467,655	99.84	1,487,488	0.16	950,955,143	89,679
12	To re-elect John Rishton as a Director	950,329,240	99.93	625,903	0.07	950,955,143	89,679
13	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company	950,797,388	99.98	168,476	0.02	950,965,864	78,958
14	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine auditor's remuneration	950,814,969	99.99	141,478	0.01	950,956,447	88,375
15	To authorise Directors to Allot Shares	941,494,764	99.00	9,479,594	1.00	950,974,358	70,464
16	To disapply statutory pre-emption rights relating to shares allotted in Resolution 14*	950,795,587	99.98	158,932	0.02	950,954,519	90,303
17	To disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment*	921,178,633	96.87	29,776,176	3.13	950,954,809	90,013
18	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares*	922,264,755	97.12	27,379,599	2.88	949,644,354	1,400,468
19	To authorise political donations	804,019,974	84.55	146,934,425	15.45	950,954,399	90,423
20	To enable a meeting other than an AGM to be held on not less than 14 clear days' notice*	926,942,159	97.47	24,032,391	2.53	950,974,550	70,272

*indicates a special resolution

1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "For" total.

2. Percentages are rounded to two decimal places.

3. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is therefore not counted towards the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" the resolution.

The voting figures will shortly be available on the Company's website at www.serco.com . A copy of the special business resolutions will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will in due course be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism  

David Eveleigh

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

14 May 2020

 

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