REG - Serco Group PLC - Result of AGM

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21/04/2021 15:40

RNS Number : 2111W
  
Serco Group PLC
  
21 April 2021
  
 

 
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 2.00pm today. 
 
In accordance with the national lockdown restrictions currently in place, the AGM took place as a closed meeting and was attended by the minimum necessary quorum of two shareholders. All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the meeting. 
 
All resolutions as set out in the notice of Annual General Meeting (the 'Resolutions') were duly passed. The full text of each Resolution is contained in the 2021 Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website, www.serco.com. 
 
The total number of ordinary shares of 2 pence each (the 'Ordinary Shares') in the capital of the Company (excluding shares held in treasury) on the shareholder register at 6.30pm on Monday 19 April 2021, being those eligible to be voted on at the AGM, was 1,213,449,676. 
 
The table below shows the votes received for and against the Resolutions, representing a total of 75.77 per cent of the total number of Ordinary Shares (excluding shares held in treasury). 
 



Resolution 


Total votes For1


%2


Total votes against
 


%2


Total votes cast


Votes withheld3




1


To receive the Annual Report and Accounts


902,637,217


99.81%


1,722,265


0.19%


904,359,482


15,055,900




2


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report


894,864,671


97.33%


24,521,239


2.67%


919,385,910


29,472




3


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy


867,794,582


94.55%


49,987,687


5.45%


917,782,269


1,633,113




4


To approve the Final Dividend of 1.4 pence


919,384,381


100.00%


28,430


0.00%


919,412,811


2,572




5


To elect Dame Sue Owen as a Director


919,258,665


99.99%


132,953


0.01%


919,391,618


23,765




6


To elect Tim Lodge as a Director


919,252,594


99.99%


129,932


0.01%


919,382,526


32,857




7


To re-elect John Rishton as a Director


885,947,217


96.37%


33,411,543


3.63%


919,358,760


56,623




8


To re-elect Rupert Soames as a Director


903,666,972


99.83%


1,501,482


0.17%


905,168,454


14,246,928




9


To re-elect Kirsty Bashforth as a Director


903,662,505


99.83%


1,502,058


0.17%


905,164,563


14,250,819




10


To re-elect Eric Born as a Director


918,037,639


99.85%


1,348,728


0.15%


919,386,367


29,016




11


To re-elect Ian El-Mokadem as a Director


917,975,845


99.85%


1,397,441


0.15%


919,373,286


42,097




12


To re-elect Lynne Peacock as a Director


916,371,272


99.67%


3,014,769


0.33%


919,386,041


29,342




13


To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company


904,885,710


98.42%


14,506,953


1.58%


919,392,663


22,720




14


To authorise the Audit Committee to determine auditor's remuneration


919,244,479


99.98%


140,638


0.02%


919,385,117


30,266




15


To authorise Directors to Allot Shares


913,619,700


99.38%


5,745,462


0.62%


919,365,162


50,221




16


To disapply statutory pre-emption rights relating to shares allotted in Resolution 15*


918,993,314


99.96%


367,330


0.04%


919,360,644


54,739




17


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


878,297,717


95.53%


41,070,576


4.47%


919,368,293


47,089




18


To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares*


897,765,129


97.73%


20,817,607


2.27%


918,582,736


832,646




19


To authorise political donations


802,671,151


87.39%


115,823,334


12.61%


918,494,485


920,898




20


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


881,563,723


95.92%


37,516,996


4.08%


919,080,719


334,664




21


To approve the International Save As You Earn Plan 2021


917,116,262


99.75%


2,278,319


0.25%


919,394,581


20,802



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
 
21 April 2021

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