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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
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Approve the
Directors'
Remuneration
2. Report 820,692,437 98.77 10,256,316 1.23 830,948,753 81.13% 722,356
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Declare a
3. final dividend 831,538,987 100.00 5,503 0.00 831,544,490 81.19% 126,619
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Elect Ms
4. MC Jones 830,922,175 99.97 221,332 0.03 831,143,507 81.15% 520,224
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Re-elect
5. Mr A Duff 819,586,804 98.63 11,351,687 1.37 830,938,491 81.13% 732,618
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Re-elect
6. Ms S Anand 830,961,460 99.97 260,855 0.03 831,222,315 81.16% 448,794
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Re-elect
7. Dr J Bates 820,456,479 98.71 10,730,529 1.29 831,187,008 81.16% 484,101
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Re-elect
8. Mr J Bewes 824,695,309 99.22 6,487,843 0.78 831,183,152 81.16% 487,957
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Re-elect
9. Ms A Court 819,233,044 98.56 11,965,959 1.44 831,199,003 81.16% 472,106
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Re-elect
10. Mr D Hall 810,253,702 97.48 20,934,386 2.52 831,188,088 81.16% 483,021
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Re-elect
11. Mr D Harding 830,661,066 99.94 516,799 0.06 831,177,865 81.16% 485,866
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Re-elect
12. Mr S Hare 831,142,201 99.98 181,737 0.02 831,323,938 81.17% 347,171
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Re-elect
13. Mr J Howell 830,570,382 99.91 735,113 0.09 831,305,495 81.17% 365,614
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Re-appoint
14. the Auditors 826,942,801 99.48 4,319,271 0.52 831,262,072 81.16% 409,037
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Authority
to determine
the Auditors'
15. remuneration 831,372,689 100.00 22,945 0.00 831,395,634 81.18% 275,475
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Political
16. Donations 824,188,625 99.14 7,156,359 0.86 831,344,984 81.17% 326,125
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Non-executive
Director
17. fees 829,718,965 99.81 1,590,503 0.19 831,309,468 81.17% 361,641
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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
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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
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Authority
to allot
20. new shares 797,634,221 95.95 33,702,230 4.05 831,336,451 81.17% 334,657
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
END
Name of contact: Mohor Roy
Telephone number of contact: +44(0) 203 810 7200
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