REG - Serco Group PLC - Result of AGM

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14/05/2020 13:20

RNS Number : 9477M
  
Serco Group PLC
  
14 May 2020
  
 

 
Serco Group plc (the 'Company')
Legal Entity Identifier: 549300PT2CIHYN5GWJ21 


 
Result of Annual General Meeting
 
The Company announces that it held its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') at 11.00am today. 
 
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the "Stay at Home Measures" introduced by the UK Government, the AGM took place as a closed meeting. All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the meeting. 
 
As announced on 2 April 2020, Resolution 3, which was in regard to the payment of a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2019, was withdrawn. 
 
All resolutions as set out in the notice of Annual General Meeting (the 'Resolutions'), other than Resolution 3, were duly passed. The full text of each Resolution is contained in the 2020 Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website, www.serco.com. 
 
The table below shows the votes received for and against the Resolutions, representing a total of 77.11 per cent of the 1,233,380,637 Ordinary Shares of 2 pence each in issue as at the time of the meeting.
 



Resolution 


Total votes For1


%2


Total votes against
 


%2


Total votes cast


Votes withheld3




1


To receive the Annual Report and Accounts


911,041,084


98.50


13,915,096


1.50


924,956,180


26,088,642




2


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report


908,416,989


95.53


42,537,841


4.47


950,954,830


89,992




3


To approve a final dividend of 1p per Ordinary Share


WITHDRAWN




4


To re-elect Sir Roy Gardner as a Director


931,055,874


97.91


19,908,760


2.09


950,964,634


80,188




5


To re-elect Rupert Soames as a Director


925,277,729


99.93


633,187


0.07


925,910,916


25,133,906




6


To re-elect Angus Cockburn as a Director


925,269,849


99.93


642,273


0.07


925,912,122


25,132,700




7


To re-elect Kirsty Bashforth as a Director


925,203,282


99.93


631,883


0.07


925,835,165


25,209,657




8


To re-elect Eric Born as a Director


950,314,311


99.93


645,470


0.07


950,959,781


85,041




9


To re-elect Ian El-Mokadem as a Director


950,321,411


99.93


638,010


0.07


950,959,421


85,401




10


To re-elect Rachel Lomax as a Director


950,325,311


99.93


634,110


0.07


950,959,421


85,401




11


To re-elect Lynne Peacock as a Director


949,467,655


99.84


1,487,488


0.16


950,955,143


89,679




12


To re-elect John Rishton as a Director


950,329,240


99.93


625,903


0.07


950,955,143


89,679




13


To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company


950,797,388


99.98


168,476


0.02


950,965,864


78,958




14


To authorise the Audit Committee to determine auditor's remuneration


950,814,969


99.99


141,478


0.01


950,956,447


88,375




15


To authorise Directors to Allot Shares


941,494,764


99.00


9,479,594


1.00


950,974,358


70,464




16


To disapply statutory pre-emption rights relating to shares allotted in Resolution 14*


950,795,587


99.98


158,932


0.02


950,954,519


90,303




17


To disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment*


921,178,633


96.87


29,776,176


3.13


950,954,809


90,013




18


To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares*


922,264,755


97.12


27,379,599


2.88


949,644,354


1,400,468




19


To authorise political donations


804,019,974


84.55


146,934,425


15.45


950,954,399


90,423




20


To enable a meeting other than an AGM to be held on not less than 14 clear days' notice*


926,942,159


97.47


24,032,391


2.53


950,974,550


70,272



*indicates a special resolution
 
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "For" total.
2. Percentages are rounded to two decimal places.
3. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is therefore not counted towards the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" the resolution.
 
The voting figures will shortly be available on the Company's website at www.serco.com. A copy of the special business resolutions will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will in due course be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism 
 
David Eveleigh
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
 
14 May 2020


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