REG - Sage Group PLC - Result of AGM

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04/02/2021 17:10

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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


Votes
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




Telephone number of contact:


+44(0) 203 810 7200



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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