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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                                                          Votes        Percent of votes cast for  Votes       Percent of votes cast against  Total votes cast (excluding votes withheld)  Percent of total voting rights voted (excluding votes withheld)  Votes withheld

                                                                           For                                     Against
 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
(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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