REG - SAGA Plc - Result of AGM

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22/06/2020 17:10

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SAGA PLC
  
22 June 2020
  
 

22 June 2020
SAGA PLC - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2020
Results of Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 22 June 2020
Saga plc (the "Company") announces that, at its AGM held earlier today at Enbrook Park, Sandgate, Folkestone, Kent CT20 3SE, the resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM dated 19 May 2020 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 audit reports for year ended 31 January 2020


645,800,971


99.98


156,774


0.02


1,082,169


647,039,914




2.


to approve the Directors' Remuneration Report


536,042,769


82.92


110,416,414


17.08


581,780


647,040,963




3.


to approve the Saga plc 2020 Restricted Share Plan


604,360,644


97.16


17,653,018


2.84


25,026,393


647,040,055




4.


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy


609,404,573


97.98


12,534,190


2.02


25,102,200


647,040,963




5.


to re-elect Patrick O'Sullivan as a director


643,019,113


99.46


3,493,343


0.54


528,507


647,040,963




6.


to re-elect James Quin as a director


642,245,000


99.34


4,277,283


0.66


518,114


647,040,397




7.


to re-elect Orna NiChionna as a director


642,913,933


99.44


3,639,166


0.56


487,864


647,040,963




8.


to re-elect Eva Eisenschimmel as a director


634,788,070


99.46


3,421,118


0.54


8,831,209


647,040,397




9.


to re-elect Julie Hopes as a director


644,166,558


99.63


2,401,843


0.37


471,996


647,040,397




10.


to re-elect Gareth Hoskin as a director


644,110,076


99.62


2,446,808


0.38


483,513


647,040,397




11.


to re-elect Gareth Williams as a director                      


643,099,241


99.48


3,371,302


0.52


569,854


647,040,397




12.


to elect Euan Sutherland as a director


645,857,041


99.91


582,599


0.09


601,324


647,040,964




13.


to elect Cheryl Agius as a director


645,892,524


99.91


550,740


0.09


597,133


647,040,397




14.


to re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors


646,363,794


99.92


496,909


0.08


179,694


647,040,397




15.


to authorise the Audit Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors


646,444,454


99.94


388,577


0.06


206,458


647,039,489




16.


to authorise the Directors to make political donations and expenditure up to a specified amount


593,360,087


91.74


53,393,082


8.26


288,471


647,041,640




17.


to authorise the Directors to allot shares up to a specified amount


633,905,593


98.04


12,678,061


1.96


457,121


647,040,775




18.


to authorise the Directors to allot shares and sell treasury shares for cash without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders


640,514,856


99.03


6,305,813


0.97


220,783


647,041,452




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)


640,354,305


99.00


6,459,159


1.00


227,987


647,041,451




20.


to authorise the Company to purchase its own shares


644,199,205


99.86


909,250


0.14


1,934,635


647,043,090




21.


to authorise the Company to hold general meetings on not less than 14 days' notice


631,925,454


97.68


14,980,698


2.32


134,812


647,040,964




 
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 have been proposed as special resolutions and required a 75% majority.
3)   The total voting rights of the Company as at 18 June 2020, the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote, was 1,122,003,328. 
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 www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM 


 
 
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Vicki Haynes,
Company Secretary                                                                                                                            
Enbrook Park
Sandgate
Folkestone

Kent

CT20 3SE
 


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