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Result of AGM

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Sage Group PLC
02 February 2023
 

RESULTS OF AGM

 

The Sage Group plc. ("Sage")

2 February 2023


Sage announces that all resolutions proposed to shareholders at its Annual General Meeting held on 2 February 2023 (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

Votes

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

830,198,502

100.00

16,748

0.00

830,215,250

81.06%

1,455,859

2.

Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

820,692,437

98.77

10,256,316

1.23

830,948,753

81.13%

722,356

3.

Declare a final dividend

831,538,987

100.00

5,503

0.00

831,544,490

81.19%

126,619

4.

Elect Ms MC Jones

830,922,175

99.97

221,332

0.03

831,143,507

81.15%

520,224

5.

Re-elect Mr A Duff

819,586,804

98.63

11,351,687

1.37

830,938,491

81.13%

732,618

6.

Re-elect Ms S Anand

830,961,460

99.97

260,855

0.03

831,222,315

81.16%

448,794

7.

Re-elect Dr J Bates

820,456,479

98.71

10,730,529

1.29

831,187,008

81.16%

484,101

8.

Re-elect Mr J Bewes

824,695,309

99.22

6,487,843

0.78

831,183,152

81.16%

487,957

9.

Re-elect Ms A Court

819,233,044

98.56

11,965,959

1.44

831,199,003

81.16%

472,106

10.

Re-elect Mr D Hall

810,253,702

97.48

20,934,386

2.52

831,188,088

81.16%

483,021

11.

Re-elect Mr D Harding

830,661,066

99.94

516,799

0.06

831,177,865

81.16%

485,866

12.

Re-elect Mr S Hare

831,142,201

99.98

181,737

0.02

831,323,938

81.17%

347,171

13.

Re-elect Mr J Howell

830,570,382

99.91

735,113

0.09

831,305,495

365,614

14.

Re-appoint the Auditors

826,942,801

99.48

4,319,271

0.52

831,262,072

409,037

15.

Authority to determine the Auditors' remuneration

831,372,689

100.00

22,945

0.00

831,395,634

275,475

16.

Political Donations

824,188,625

99.14

7,156,359

0.86

831,344,984

81.17%

326,125

17.

Non-executive Director fees

829,718,965

99.81

1,590,503

0.19

831,309,468

81.17%

361,641

18.

The Sage Group plc. 2019 Restricted Share Plan amendments

822,864,632

99.02

8,172,126

0.98

831,036,758

81.14%

634,351

19.

The Sage Group plc. 2023 Colleague Share Purchase Plan

829,877,651

99.83

1,405,686

0.17

831,283,337

81.17%

387,772

20.

Authority to allot new shares

797,634,221

95.95

33,702,230

4.05

831,336,451

81.17%

334,657

21.

General authority to disapply pre-emption rights*

828,532,478

99.92

629,437

0.08

829,161,915

80.96%

2,509,194

22.

Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights*

823,561,141

99.33

5,591,207

0.67

829,152,348

80.96%

2,518,761

23.

Authority to purchase own shares on market*

826,668,680

99.43

4,721,700

0.57

831,390,380

81.18%

280,729

24.

General meetings to be held on not less than 14 clear days' notice*

794,299,916

95.54

37,070,443

4.46

831,370,359

81.18%

300,750

 

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 2023 Annual General Meeting on Sage's website at www.sage.com/investors.

 

7.   At 6.30 pm on 31 January 2023, the total voting rights of Sage were 1,024,165,354. This is based on the issued share capital of 1,100,789,295 ordinary shares reduced by the number of treasury shares of 76,623,941.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed as special resolutions (resolutions 21 to 24 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

Telephone number of contact:

+44(0) 203 810 7200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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