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Sage Group PLC

02 February 2023

RESULTS OF AGM

The Sage Group plc. ("Sage")

2 February 2023

Sage announces that all resolutions proposed to shareholders at its Annual General Meeting held on 2 February 2023 (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       V otes       Percent      Votes       Percent         Total           Percent       Votes 
                             For        of votes     Against     of votes         votes          of total     withheld 
                                          cast                     cast      cast (excluding      voting 
                                          for                    against          votes           rights 
                                                                                withheld)         voted 
                                                                                                (excluding 
                                                                                                  votes 
                                                                                                withheld) 
       Receive the 
        Annual Report 
 1.     and Accounts     830,198,502    100.00       16,748       0.00        830,215,250        81.06%      1,455,859 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       Approve the 
        Directors' 
        Remuneration 
 2.     Report           820,692,437     98.77     10,256,316     1.23        830,948,753        81.13%       722,356 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       Declare a 
 3.     final dividend   831,538,987    100.00       5,503        0.00        831,544,490        81.19%       126,619 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       Elect Ms 
 4.     MC Jones         830,922,175     99.97      221,332       0.03        831,143,507        81.15%       520,224 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       Re-elect 
 5.     Mr A Duff        819,586,804     98.63     11,351,687     1.37        830,938,491        81.13%       732,618 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       Re-elect 
 6.     Ms S Anand       830,961,460     99.97      260,855       0.03        831,222,315        81.16%       448,794 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       Re-elect 
 7.     Dr J Bates       820,456,479     98.71     10,730,529     1.29        831,187,008        81.16%       484,101 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       Re-elect 
 8.     Mr J Bewes       824,695,309     99.22     6,487,843      0.78        831,183,152        81.16%       487,957 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       Re-elect 
 9.     Ms A Court       819,233,044     98.56     11,965,959     1.44        831,199,003        81.16%       472,106 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       Re-elect 
 10.    Mr D Hall        810,253,702     97.48     20,934,386     2.52        831,188,088        81.16%       483,021 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       Re-elect 
 11.    Mr D Harding     830,661,066     99.94      516,799       0.06        831,177,865        81.16%       485,866 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       Re-elect 
 12.    Mr S Hare        831,142,201     99.98      181,737       0.02        831,323,938        81.17%       347,171 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       Re-elect 
 13.    Mr J Howell      830,570,382     99.91      735,113       0.09        831,305,495        81.17%       365,614 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       Re-appoint 
 14.    the Auditors     826,942,801     99.48     4,319,271      0.52        831,262,072        81.16%       409,037 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       Authority 
        to determine 
        the Auditors' 
 15.    remuneration     831,372,689    100.00       22,945       0.00        831,395,634        81.18%       275,475 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       Political 
 16.    Donations        824,188,625     99.14     7,156,359      0.86        831,344,984        81.17%       326,125 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       Non-executive 
        Director 
 17.    fees             829,718,965     99.81     1,590,503      0.19        831,309,468        81.17%       361,641 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       The Sage 
       Group plc. 
       2019 Restricted 
       Share Plan 
 18.   amendments        822,864,632     99.02     8,172,126      0.98        831,036,758        81.14%       634,351 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       The Sage 
        Group plc. 
        2023 Colleague 
        Share Purchase 
 19.    Plan             829,877,651     99.83     1,405,686      0.17        831,283,337        81.17%       387,772 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       Authority 
        to allot 
 20.    new shares       797,634,221     95.95     33,702,230     4.05        831,336,451        81.17%       334,657 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       General 
       authority 
       to disapply 
       pre-emption 
 21.   rights*           828,532,478     99.92      629,437       0.08        829,161,915        80.96%      2,509,194 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       Additional 
        authority 
        to disapply 
        pre-emption 
 22.    rights*          823,561,141     99.33     5,591,207      0.67        829,152,348        80.96%      2,518,761 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       Authority 
        to purchase 
        own shares 
 23.    on market*       826,668,680     99.43     4,721,700      0.57        831,390,380        81.18%       280,729 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
       General 
       meetings 
       to be held 
       on not less 
       than 14 clear 
 24.   days' notice*     794,299,916     95.54     37,070,443     4.46        831,370,359        81.18%       300,750 
      ----------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------  ---------- 
 

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 2023 Annual General Meeting on Sage's website at www.sage.com/investors.

7. At 6.30 pm on 31 January 2023, the total voting rights of Sage were 1,024,165,354. This is based on the issued share capital of 1,100,789,295 ordinary shares reduced by the number of treasury shares of 76,623,941.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed as special resolutions (resolutions 21 to 24 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.

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