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RNS Number : 5410B  Serco Group PLC  22 April 2026

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300PT2CIHYN5GWJ21

Serco Group plc (the Company)

 

Result of Annual General Meeting

 

The Company announces the results of its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at
10.30am on Wednesday, 22 April 2026 at the offices of Clifford Chance LLP, 10
Upper Bank Street, London, E14 5JJ.

 

All resolutions were passed and decided on by a poll: resolutions 1 to 7, 11
and 13 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 8 to 10 and 12 as special
resolutions.

 

The table below sets out the results for each resolution.

 

 

 Resolution(1)                                                                         Total votes For(2,3)  %       Total votes Against(3)  %     Total votes cast  % of relevant shares in issue(4)  Votes Withheld(5)

 1.        To receive the Annual Report and Accounts                                   758,363,622           100.00  21,829                  0.00  758,385,451       76.14%                            366,769
 2.        To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                               756,552,651           99.71   2,165,106               0.29  758,717,757       76.17%                            34,463
 3.        To declare the Final Dividend of 3.05 pence per share                       758,732,424           100.00  6,082                   0.00  758,738,506       76.17%                            13,714
 4(a)      To elect Keith Williams as a Director                                       738,337,145           97.32   20,363,488              2.68  758,700,633       76.17%                            51,587
 4(b)      To elect Mark Reid as a Director                                            748,500,740           98.66   10,198,992              1.34  758,699,732       76.17%                            52,488
 4(c)      To re-elect Anthony Kirby as a Director                                     751,287,033           99.02   7,425,158               0.98  758,712,191       76.17%                            40,029
 4(d)      To re-elect Kirsty Bashforth as a Director                                  746,427,458           98.38   12,271,337              1.62  758,698,795       76.17%                            53,425
 4(e)      To re-elect Kru Desai as a Director                                         751,322,877           99.03   7,371,934               0.97  758,694,811       76.17%                            57,409
 4(f)      To re-elect Ian El-Mokadem as a Director                                    751,339,622           99.03   7,371,669               0.97  758,711,291       76.17%                            40,929
 4(g)      To re-elect Victoria Hull as a Director                                     738,790,617           97.37   19,921,314              2.63  758,711,931       76.17%                            40,289
 4(h)      To re-elect Tim Lodge as a Director                                         747,894,757           98.58   10,810,469              1.42  758,705,226       76.17%                            46,994
 4(i)      To re-elect Dame Sue Owen as a Director                                     751,307,041           99.02   7,405,384               0.98  758,712,425       76.17%                            39,795
 4(j)      To re-elect Lynne Peacock as a Director                                     751,316,880           99.03   7,382,887               0.97  758,699,767       76.17%                            52,453
 5.        To reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company                    758,547,763           99.98   166,244                 0.02  758,714,007       76.17%                            38,213
 6.        To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration    758,586,105           99.98   143,424                 0.02  758,729,529       76.17%                            22,691
 7.        To authorise Directors to allot shares                                      733,651,321           96.69   25,079,530              3.31  758,730,851       76.17%                            21,369
 8.        To disapply statutory pre-emption rights (first disapplication resolution)  734,069,106           96.76   24,592,521              3.24  758,661,627       76.16%                            90,593
 9.        To disapply pre-emption rights (additional disapplication resolution)       717,991,107           94.63   40,722,015              5.37  758,713,122       76.17%                            39,098
 10.       To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares                         757,230,873           100.00  31,076                  0.00  757,261,949       76.02%                            1,490,271
 11.       To authorise political donations                                            736,997,493           97.14   21,726,901              2.86  758,724,394       76.17%                            27,826
 12.       To authorise the convening of a general meeting (other than an AGM) on not  742,355,888           97.84   16,380,317              2.16  758,736,205       76.17%                            16,015
           less than 14 clear days' notice
 13.       To approve an increase to the current cap on Non-Executive Directors' fees  748,556,763           98.88   8,442,415               1.12  756,999,178       76.00%                            1,753,042

 

NOTES:

1. 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)

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

3. Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of the total votes
cast.

4. As at the record date of the AGM (20 April 2025 at 6.30pm), the issued
share capital of the Company was 996,087,302 ordinary shares (excluding
treasury shares).

5. 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.

 

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/)

 

 

Amanda Miller

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

 

22 April 2026

 

For further information please contact:

Jamie Hastings, Head of Investor Relations | +44 (0) 7718 195 074 |
jamie.hastings@serco.com (mailto:jamie.hastings@serco.com)

Scot Marchbank, Group Communications and Marketing Director | +44 (0) 7958 675
706 | scot.marchbank@serco.com (mailto:scot.marchbank@serco.com)

 

About Serco

Serco brings together the right people, the right technology, and the right
partners to create innovative solutions that make a 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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