REG - Sage Group PLC (The) - Result of AGM
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RNS Number : 2391W Sage Group PLC (The) 06 February 2025
RESULTS OF AGM
The Sage Group plc. ("Sage")
6 February 2025
Sage announces that all resolutions proposed to shareholders at its Annual
General Meeting held on 6 February 2025 (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 809,855,256 99.98% 125,395 0.02% 809,980,651 81.17 4,946,594
2. Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report 789,980,030 97.00% 24,471,358 3.00% 814,451,388 81.62 475,856
3. Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy 655,779,523 80.72% 156,636,696 19.28% 812,416,219 81.41 2,511,025
4. Declare a final dividend 814,430,319 99.99% 100,373 0.01% 814,530,692 81.62 396,553
5. Re-elect Mr A Duff 801,314,236 98.39% 13,127,828 1.61% 814,442,064 81.61 485,181
6. Re-elect Dr J Bates 810,970,893 99.57% 3,470,095 0.43% 814,440,988 81.61 486,257
7. Re-elect Mr J Bewes 801,940,182 98.47% 12,499,262 1.53% 814,439,444 81.61 487,801
8. Re-elect Ms M C Jones 814,384,751 99.99% 51,128 0.01% 814,435,879 81.61 491,366
9. Re-elect Ms A Court 810,841,446 99.56% 3,594,580 0.44% 814,436,026 81.61 491,219
10. Re-elect Ms R Donnelly 809,120,712 99.61% 3,199,771 0.39% 812,320,483 81.40 2,606,762
11. Re-elect Mr D Harding 814,070,519 99.95% 376,239 0.05% 814,446,758 81.61 480,487
12. Re-elect Mr S Hare 813,435,198 99.87% 1,042,468 0.13% 814,477,666 81.62 449,579
13. Re-elect Mr J Howell 810,743,026 99.54% 3,737,661 0.46% 814,480,687 81.62 446,558
14. Appoint KPMG LLP as auditor 811,962,514 99.69% 2,517,427 0.31% 814,479,941 81.62 447,304
15. Authority to determine the auditor's remuneration 814,500,186 100.00% 19,131 0.00% 814,519,317 81.62 407,928
16. Political Donations 805,813,970 99.31% 5,600,761 0.69% 811,414,731 81.31 3,512,515
17. The Sage Group plc. Long Term Incentive Plan 797,796,609 97.95% 16,693,995 2.05% 814,490,604 81.62 436,641
18. Removal of discretionary plan 5% dilution limit for share plans 810,841,235 99.55% 3,637,889 0.45% 814,479,124 81.62 448,121
19. Authority to allot new shares 776,971,585 95.39% 37,518,930 4.61% 814,490,515 81.62 436,729
20. Authority to disapply pre-emption rights (general)* 674,549,478 82.82% 139,923,923 17.18% 814,473,401 81.62 453,843
21. Authority to disapply pre-emption rights (acquisition or specified capital 658,241,842 80.87% 155,661,049 19.13% 813,902,891 81.56 1,024,353
investment)*
22. Authority to purchase own shares on market* 811,258,001 99.61% 3,186,611 0.39% 814,444,612 81.61 482,632
23. General meetings to be held on not less than 14 clear days' notice* 788,190,786 96.77% 26,326,113 3.23% 814,516,899 81.62 410,345
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 2025 Annual General Meeting on Sage's website at www.sage.com/investors
(http://www.sage.com/investors) .
7. At 6.30pm on 4 February 2025, the total voting rights of Sage were
997,918,749. This is based on the issued share capital of 1,059,657,520
ordinary shares reduced by the number of treasury shares of 61,738,771.
In accordance with UKLR 6.4.2, copies of all the resolutions passed as special
resolutions (resolutions 20 to 23 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 (http://www.sage.com/investors) .
END
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