RESULTS OF AGM
The Sage Group plc.
("Sage")
1 February 2024
Sage announces that all resolutions proposed to shareholders at its
Annual General Meeting held on 1 February 2024 (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
For
|
Percent
of votes cast for
|
Votes
Against
|
Percent
of votes cast against
|
Total
votes cast (excluding votes withheld)
|
Percent
of total voting rights voted (excluding votes withheld)
|
Votes
withheld
|
1.
|
Receive the Annual Report and
Accounts
|
821,132,090
|
100.00%
|
8,949
|
0.00%
|
821,141,039
|
80.73
|
989,933
|
2.
|
Approve the Directors' Remuneration
Report
|
805,495,629
|
98.30%
|
13,958,246
|
1.70%
|
819,453,875
|
80.56
|
2,677,096
|
3.
|
Declare a final dividend
|
817,117,436
|
99.42%
|
4,801,302
|
0.58%
|
821,918,738
|
80.80
|
212,233
|
4.
|
Elect Ms R Donnelly
|
821,519,159
|
99.97%
|
210,348
|
0.03%
|
821,729,507
|
80.79
|
401,465
|
5.
|
Re-elect Mr A Duff
|
811,915,688
|
98.81%
|
9,812,752
|
1.19%
|
821,728,440
|
80.79
|
402,532
|
6.
|
Re-elect Ms S Anand
|
821,210,650
|
99.94%
|
533,835
|
0.06%
|
821,744,485
|
80.79
|
386,487
|
7.
|
Re-elect Dr J Bates
|
821,220,498
|
99.94%
|
520,314
|
0.06%
|
821,740,812
|
80.79
|
390,160
|
8.
|
Re-elect Mr J Bewes
|
821,557,736
|
99.98%
|
181,868
|
0.02%
|
821,739,604
|
80.79
|
391,368
|
9.
|
Re-elect Ms M C Jones
|
821,597,637
|
99.98%
|
152,435
|
0.02%
|
821,750,072
|
80.79
|
380,900
|
10.
|
Re-elect Ms A Court
|
817,409,151
|
99.47%
|
4,345,208
|
0.53%
|
821,754,359
|
80.79
|
376,613
|
11.
|
Re-elect Mr D Harding
|
821,350,742
|
99.95%
|
390,284
|
0.05%
|
821,741,026
|
80.79
|
389,946
|
12.
|
Re-elect Mr S Hare
|
821,732,904
|
99.98%
|
139,957
|
0.02%
|
821,872,861
|
80.80
|
258,111
|
13.
|
Re-elect Mr J Howell
|
820,912,267
|
99.89%
|
931,323
|
0.11%
|
821,843,590
|
80.80
|
287,382
|
14.
|
Re-appoint the Auditors
|
818,448,430
|
99.59%
|
3,395,470
|
0.41%
|
821,843,900
|
80.80
|
287,072
|
15.
|
Authority to determine the Auditors'
remuneration
|
821,758,697
|
99.99%
|
110,034
|
0.01%
|
821,868,731
|
80.80
|
262,241
|
16.
|
Political Donations
|
812,421,272
|
99.24%
|
6,190,106
|
0.76%
|
818,611,378
|
80.48
|
3,519,594
|
17.
|
Authority to allot new
shares
|
797,101,480
|
97.00%
|
24,665,772
|
3.00%
|
821,767,252
|
80.79
|
363,719
|
18.
|
To disapply pre-emption rights
(general)*
|
732,459,728
|
89.14%
|
89,246,530
|
10.86%
|
821,706,258
|
80.78
|
424,714
|
19.
|
To disapply pre-emption rights
(acquisition or specified capital investment)*
|
758,118,333
|
92.55%
|
61,047,505
|
7.45%
|
819,165,838
|
80.53
|
2,965,132
|
20.
|
Authority to purchase own shares on
market*
|
818,545,693
|
99.60%
|
3,274,162
|
0.40%
|
821,819,855
|
80.79
|
311,117
|
21.
|
General meetings to be held on not
less than 14 clear days' notice*
|
785,492,570
|
95.57%
|
36,369,526
|
4.43%
|
821,862,096
|
80.80
|
268,876
|
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 2024
Annual General Meeting on Sage's website at
www.sage.com/investors.
7. At 6.30pm on 30
January 2024, the total voting rights of Sage were 1,017,171,212.
This is based on the issued share capital of 1,086,162,282
ordinary shares reduced by the number of treasury shares of
68,991,070.
In accordance with Listing Rule
9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed as special resolutions
(resolutions 18 to 21 inclusive) will be submitted to the National
Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection
at:
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.
END
Name of contact:
|
Mohor Roy
|
Telephone number of
contact:
|
+44(0) 203 810 7200
|