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Sage Group PLC
25 February 2020
RESULTS OF 2020 AGM
The Sage Group plc.
25 February 2020
The Sage Group plc. ("Sage") announces that all resolutions
proposed to shareholders at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held
on 25 February 2020 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:
Resolution V otes % Votes % Total % of Votes
For Against votes total withheld
voting
rights
voted
Receive the Annual
1. Report and Accounts 909,484,401 99.96 364,373 0.04 909,848,774 83.35% 1,433,987
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Approve the Directors'
2. Remuneration Report 833,078,963 98.30 14,432,659 1.70 847,511,622 77.64% 63,771,140
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Declare a final
3. dividend 910,954,852 100.00 1,382 0.00 910,956,234 83.45% 326,528
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4. Elect Dr J Bates 910,656,699 99.97 284,262 0.03 910,940,961 83.45% 341,801
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5. Elect Mr J Bewes 910,651,496 99.97 288,534 0.03 910,940,030 83.45% 342,732
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6. Elect Ms A Court 910,741,026 99.98 200,059 0.02 910,941,085 83.45% 341,677
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Re-elect Sir D
7. Brydon 882,774,460 97.49 22,686,155 2.51 905,460,615 82.95% 5,822,146
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8. Re-elect Mr D Hall 890,764,834 98.23 16,096,172 1.77 906,861,006 83.08% 4,421,756
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9. Re-elect Mr S Hare 902,080,389 99.03 8,860,313 0.97 910,940,702 83.45% 342,060
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10. Re-elect Mr J Howell 901,675,046 98.98 9,269,805 1.02 910,944,851 83.45% 337,911
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11. Re-elect Ms C Keers 902,275,556 99.05 8,668,564 0.95 910,944,120 83.45% 338,642
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Re-appoint the
12. Auditors 910,855,312 100.00 44,745 0.00 910,900,057 83.45% 382,705
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Authority to determine
13. the Auditors' remuneration 910,914,059 100.00 32,423 0.00 910,946,482 83.45% 336,280
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14. Political Donations 898,175,449 98.95 9,529,211 1.05 907,704,660 83.16% 3,578,102
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Authority to allot
15. new shares 888,362,570 97.52 22,567,521 2.48 910,930,091 83.45% 352,671
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General authority
to disapply pre-emption
16. rights* 910,742,067 99.99 130,526 0.01 910,872,593 83.45% 410,169
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Additional authority
to disapply pre-emption
17. rights* 898,409,753 98.64 12,424,131 1.36 910,833,884 83.44% 448,877
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Authority to purchase
18. own shares on market* 906,747,670 99.55 4,136,595 0.45 910,884,265 83.45% 398,496
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General meetings
to be held on not
less than 14 clear
19. days' notice* 863,425,119 95.12 44,298,832 4.88 907,723,951 83.16% 3,558,811
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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 Chairman.
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 2020 Notice of Annual General Meeting on Sage's website.
7. At 6.30 pm on 21 February 2020, the total voting rights of
Sage was 1,091,568,122. This is based on the issued share capital
of 1,120,789,295 ordinary shares reduced by the number of treasury
shares of 29,221,173.
In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's Listing Rule
9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed as special resolutions
(resolutions 16 to resolutions 19) have been submitted to the UK
Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will be
available for inspection at
http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm .
A copy of the AGM results as shown above will also be made
available on Sage's website.
END
Name of contact: Mohor Roy
Telephone number of contact: +44(0) 191 294 3457
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