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RNS Number : 9113L  Serco Group PLC  24 April 2024

Serco Group plc (the Company)

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300PT2CIHYN5GWJ21

 

Result of Annual General Meeting

 

The Company announces the results of its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at
11am today.

 

All resolutions were passed by the requisite majority on a poll; resolutions 1
to 8 and 12 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 9 to 11 and 13 as special
resolutions. The number of votes cast was 75.95% of the issue share capital
(excluding treasury shares).

 

The following table set out the votes that were cast in respect of the
resolutions:

 

 Resolution                                                                              Total votes For(1)  %      Total votes Against  %      Total votes cast  Votes Withheld(2)

 1.       To receive the Annual Report and Accounts                                      812,693,023         99.58  3,439,830            0.42   816,132,853       13,022,146
 2.       To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                  746,884,010         90.76  75,995,510           9.24   822,879,520       6,275,479
 3.       To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy                                  690,996,641         83.34  138,123,003          16.66  829,119,644       35,355
 4.       To approve the Final Dividend of 2.27 pence per share                          827,260,058         99.77  1,892,692            0.23   829,152,750       2,249
 5(a).    To re-elect John Rishton as a Director                                         763,736,712         92.11  65,382,075           7.89   829,118,787       36,212
 5(b).    To re-elect Mark Irwin as a Director                                           820,211,310         98.93  8,910,314            1.07   829,121,624       33,375
 5(c).    To re-elect Nigel Crossley as a Director                                       824,011,897         99.38  5,109,956            0.62   829,121,853       33,146
 5(d).    To re-elect Kirsty Bashforth as a Director                                     812,096,617         97.95  17,023,700           2.05   829,120,317       34,682
 5(e).    To re-elect Kru Desai as a Director                                            819,193,484         98.80  9,922,628            1.20   829,116,112       38,887
 5(f).    To re-elect Ian El-Mokadem as a Director                                       825,587,448         99.57  3,528,299            0.43   829,115,747       39,252
 5(g).    To re-elect Tim Lodge as a Director                                            825,553,104         99.57  3,557,843            0.43   829,110,947       44,052
 5(h).    To re-elect Dame Sue Owen as a Director                                        819,141,460         98.80  9,978,008            1.20   829,119,468       35,531
 5(i).    To re-elect Lynne Peacock as a Director                                        825,548,958         99.57  3,568,995            0.43   829,117,953       37,046
 6.       To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company                               814,030,436         98.18  15,092,151           1.82   829,122,587       32,412
 7.       To authorise the Audit Committee to determine auditor's remuneration           828,961,870         99.98  169,449              0.02   829,131,319       23,680
 8.       To authorise Directors to allot shares                                         778,807,874         93.93  50,327,862           6.07   829,135,736       19,263
 9.       To disapply statutory pre-emption rights (first disapplication resolution)     762,953,871         92.02  66,151,707           7.98   829,105,578       49,421
 10.      To disapply pre-emption rights in (second disapplication resolution)           759,701,537         91.63  69,398,067           8.37   829,099,604       55,395
 11.      To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares                            812,788,054         98.29  14,177,500           1.71   826,965,554       2,189,445
 12.      To authorise political donations                                               765,353,541         93.68  51,637,266           6.32   816,990,807       12,164,192
 13.      To authorise the convening of                                                  809,679,996         97.65  19,464,624           2.35   829,144,620       10,379

          a general meeting (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice

 

NOTES:

1. 'Total Votes For' include votes recorded as at the discretion of the
appointed proxy.

2. The 'Vote Withheld' option was provided to enable shareholders to refrain
from voting on any particular resolution. A vote withheld is not a

     vote in law and has not been counted in the calculation of the
proportion of the vote 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.

3. As at the record date of the AGM (22 April 2024 at 6.30pm), the issued
share capital of the Company was 1,090,903,176 ordinary shares (excluding
treasury shares).

4. The full text of the resolutions is detailed in the Notice of Meeting which
can be found on the Company's website
https://www.serco.com/investors/shareholder-information
(https://www.serco.com/investors/shareholder-information)

 

A copy of the special business resolutions passed at the AGM has been
submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for
inspection at the UK Listing Authority's National Storage Mechanism which is
located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

Nickesha Graham-Burrell

Group Company Secretary

 

24 April 2024

 

For further information please contact:

Paul Checketts, Head of Investor Relations, tel: +44 (0) 7718 195 074 or
email: paul.checketts@serco.com (mailto:paul.checketts@serco.com)

Marcus De Ville, Head of Media Relations; tel +44 (0) 7738 898 550 or
email: marcus.deville@serco.com (mailto:marcus.deville@serco.com)

 

About Serco

Serco brings together the right people, the right technology and the right
partners to create innovative solutions that make positive impact and address
some of the most urgent and complex challenges facing the modern world.  With
a primary focus on serving governments globally, Serco's services are powered
by more than 50,000 people working across defence, space, migration, justice,
healthcare, mobility and customer services. Serco's core capabilities include
service design and advisory, resourcing, complex programme management, systems
integration, case management, engineering, and asset & facilities
management. Underpinned by Serco's unique operating model, Serco drives
innovation and supports customers from service discovery through to delivery.
More information can be found at www.serco.com (http://www.serco.com) .

 

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