Results of 2023 Annual General Meeting

SAGA PLC
20 June 2023
 

20 June 2023

SAGA PLC - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2023

Results of Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 20 June 2023

Saga plc (the Company) announces that, at its AGM held earlier today at the office of Numis Securities Limited, 45 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7BF, the resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM dated 15 May 2023 were passed following a poll on each resolution. In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, on a poll every member present in person or by proxy has one vote for every share held. Resolutions 1-17 were passed as ordinary resolutions; Resolutions 18-21 were passed as special resolutions. The following table shows the votes cast on each resolution.


RESOLUTION

VOTES FOR

% OF VOTES CAST FOR

VOTES AGAINST

% OF VOTES CAST AGAINST

VOTES WITHHELD

VOTES CAST IN TOTAL (INCLUDING VOTES WITHHELD)

1.

to receive the Annual Report and Accounts and Director and Auditor Reports for year ended

31 January 2023

70,167,729

99.95

34,856

0.05

25,447

70,228,032

2.

to approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

57,255,601

81.75

12,782,808

18.25

194,130

70,232,539

3.

to re-elect Sir Roger De Haan as a director

69,072,921

98.43

1,104,297

1.57

55,103

70,232,321

4.

to re-elect Euan Sutherland as a director

69,519,386

99.09

641,467

0.91

71,764

70,232,617

5.

to re-elect James Quin as a director

69,620,371

99.23

538,396

0.77

73,790

70,232,557

6.

to re-elect Eva Eisenschimmel as a director

65,632,320

93.55

4,524,389

6.45

75,908

70,232,617

7.

to re-elect Julie Hopes as a director

67,941,307

96.84

2,215,370

3.16

75,762

70,232,439

8.

to re-elect Gareth Hoskin as a director

69,661,511

99.29

497,706

0.71

73,046

70,232,263

9.

to elect Anand Aithal as a director

69,659,507

99.28

505,651

0.72

66,965

70,232,123

10.

to elect Sir Peter Bazalgette as a director

68,260,826

97.29

1,903,358

2.71

68,087

70,232,271

11.

to elect Gemma Godfrey as a director

67,517,419

96.20

2,669,035

3.80

45,798

70,232,252

12.

to elect Steve Kingshott as a director

69,573,205

99.15

595,261

0.85

63,597

70,232,063

13.

to re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor

69,687,134

99.57

302,092

0.43

242,793

70,232,019

14.

to authorise the Audit Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditor

69,759,455

99.69

216,239

0.31

256,722

70,232,416

15.

to authorise the Directors to make political donations and expenditure up to a specified amount

69,254,873

98.65

949,324

1.35

28,523

70,232,720

16.

To approve the Saga plc 2023 Deferred Bonus Plan

67,501,649

96.36

2,547,717

3.64

182,807

70,232,173

17.

to authorise the Directors to allot shares up to a specified amount

68,335,998

97.52

1,738,659

2.48

157,754

70,232,411

18.

to authorise the Directors to allot shares and sell treasury shares for cash without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders

67,805,270

96.62

2,369,064

3.38

57,805

70,232,139

19.

to authorise the Directors to allot shares and sell treasury shares for cash without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders (in connection with capital investment)

67,836,764

96.67

2,337,449

3.33

58,529

70,232,742

20.

to authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

69,910,615

99.58

294,546

0.42

27,080

70,232,241

21.

to authorise the Company to hold general meetings on not less than 14 days' notice

66,917,633

95.31

3,292,613

4.69

22,298

70,232,544

 

Notes:

1)    A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution.

2)    Resolutions 18-21 inclusive were proposed as special resolutions and required a 75% majority.

3)    The total voting rights of the Company as at 16 June 2023, the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote, was 140,337,271.

4)    The results will be made available on the Company's website: www.corporate.saga.co.uk

5)    In accordance with LR.9.6.2 a document setting out the resolutions passed at the AGM concerning special business has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

 

 

 

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