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RNS Number : 9406R  Sage Group PLC (The)  05 February 2026

RESULTS OF AGM

 

The Sage Group plc. ("Sage")

5 February 2026

Sage announces that all resolutions proposed to shareholders at its Annual
General Meeting held on 5 February 2026 (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                                      780,666,017  100.00%                    16,639       0.00%                          780,682,656                                  82.20                                                            7,422,939
 2.   Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                  657,419,843  83.99%                     125,298,951  16.01%                         782,718,794                                  82.42                                                            5,386,801
 3.   Declare a final dividend                                                    787,821,543  99.98%                     127,619      0.02%                          787,949,162                                  82.97                                                            156,433
 4.   Elect Ms J Cartin                                                           780,302,003  99.04%                     7,581,515    0.96%                          787,883,518                                  82.96                                                            222,077
 5.   Elect Ms L Mitchell-Keller                                                  786,596,965  99.84%                     1,289,044    0.16%                          787,886,009                                  82.96                                                            219,586
 6.   Re-elect Mr A Duff                                                          769,503,002  97.66%                     18,414,416   2.34%                          787,917,418                                  82.97                                                            188,177
 7.   Re-elect Mr S Hare                                                          783,588,062  99.45%                     4,335,990    0.55%                          787,924,052                                  82.97                                                            181,543
 8.   Re-elect Dr J Bates                                                         774,675,640  98.32%                     13,235,717   1.68%                          787,911,357                                  82.97                                                            194,238
 9.   Re-elect Mr J Bewes                                                         769,200,175  97.63%                     18,711,277   2.37%                          787,911,452                                  82.97                                                            194,143
 10.  Re-elect Ms M Chan Jones                                                    786,833,841  99.86%                     1,081,853    0.14%                          787,915,694                                  82.97                                                            189,901
 11.  Re-elect Ms A Court                                                         774,542,276  98.30%                     13,373,418   1.70%                          787,915,694                                  82.97                                                            189,901
 12.  Re-elect Ms R Donnelly                                                      784,484,010  99.56%                     3,431,684    0.44%                          787,915,694                                  82.97                                                            189,901
 13.  Re-elect Mr D Harding                                                       786,807,755  99.86%                     1,103,196    0.14%                          787,910,951                                  82.97                                                            194,644
 14.  Re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor                                              787,894,338  100.00%                    36,032       0.00%                          787,930,370                                  82.97                                                            175,225
 15.  Authority to determine the auditor's remuneration                           787,913,830  100.00%                    26,615       0.00%                          787,940,445                                  82.97                                                            165,150
 16.  Political Donations                                                         781,074,776  99.50%                     3,963,356    0.50%                          785,038,132                                  82.66                                                            3,067,463
 17.  Non-executive Director fees                                                 785,716,728  99.72%                     2,171,747    0.28%                          787,888,475                                  82.96                                                            217,120
 18.  The Sage Group plc. 2026 Share                                              787,667,080  99.97%                     242,368      0.03%                          787,909,448                                  82.97                                                            196,147

      Incentive Plan
 19.  The Sage Group plc. 2023 Colleague Share Purchase Plan                      787,681,482  99.97%                     233,319      0.03%                          787,914,801                                  82.97                                                            190,794
 20.  The Sage Group plc. Save and Share Plan                                     787,678,229  99.97%                     242,145      0.03%                          787,920,374                                  82.97                                                            185,221
 21.  Authority to allot new shares                                               747,147,839  94.82%                     40,785,398   5.18%                          787,933,237                                  82.97                                                            172,358
 22.  Authority to disapply pre-emption rights (general)*                         662,556,773  84.09%                     125,361,577  15.91%                         787,918,350                                  82.97                                                            187,245
 23.  Authority to disapply pre-emption rights (acquisition or specified capital  643,767,339  81.77%                     143,556,103  18.23%                         787,323,442                                  82.90                                                            183,145
      investment)*
 24.  Authority to purchase own shares on market*                                 787,033,745  99.89%                     830,166      0.11%                          787,863,911                                  82.96                                                            241,684
 25.  General meetings to be held on not less than 14 clear days' notice*         749,405,990  95.11%                     38,539,585   4.89%                          787,945,575                                  82.97                                                            160,020

 

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 2026 Annual General Meeting on Sage's website at www.sage.com/investors
(http://www.sage.com/investors) .

 

7.   At 6.30pm on 3 February 2026, the total voting rights of Sage were
949,683,721. This is based on the issued share capital of 1,004,999,268
ordinary shares reduced by the number of treasury shares of 55,315,547.

 

In accordance with UKLR 6.4.2, copies of all the resolutions passed as special
resolutions (resolutions 22 to 25 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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