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 For1
|
%
|
Total votes Against
|
%
|
Total votes cast
|
Votes Withheld2
|
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
a general meeting (other than an AGM)
on not less than 14 clear days' notice
|
809,679,996
|
97.65
|
19,464,624
|
2.35
|
829,144,620
|
10,379
|
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
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
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
Marcus De Ville, Head of Media
Relations; tel +44 (0) 7738 898 550 or email: marcus.deville@serco.com
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