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SAGA PLC
22 June 2017
 

22 June 2017

SAGA PLC - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2017

Results of Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 22 June 2017

Saga plc (the "Company") announces that, at its AGM held earlier today at Enbrook Park, Sandgate, Folkestone, Kent CT20 3SE, the resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM dated 28 April 2017 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 1-14 were passed as ordinary resolutions, Resolutions 15-18 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 and adopt the directors' report and accounts for year ended 31 January 2017

744,036,306

99.91

662,149

0.09

143,354

744,841,809

2.

to approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

701,600,314

94.46

41,146,035

5.54

2,088,656

744,835,005

3.

to declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 January 2017 of 5.8p per ordinary share

744,769,805

100.00

31,191

0.00

39,925

744,840,921

4.

to re-elect Andrew Goodsell as a director

725,582,236

98.90

8,089,224

1.10

3,541,147

737,212,607

5.

to re-elect Lance Batchelor as a director

743,219,455

99.82

1,364,134

0.18

236,038

744,819,627

6.

to re-elect Jonathan Hill as a director

743,237,371

99.82

1,335,243

0.18

243,228

744,815,842

7.

to re-elect Ray King as a director

743,376,517

99.84

1,183,622

0.16

255,398

744,815,537

8.

to re-elect Bridget McIntyre as a director

743,392,993

99.84

1,193,218

0.16

233,058

744,819,269

9.

to re-elect Orna NiChionna as a director

741,801,364

99.63

2,756,621

0.37

256,299

744,814,284

10.

to re-elect Gareth Williams as a director

716,561,410

96.55

25,637,567

3.45

2,613,232

744,812,209

11.

to appoint KPMG LLP as auditors

744,089,793

99.92

560,072

0.08

170,444

744,820,309

12.

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

744,220,728

99.95

338,720

0.05

218,407

744,777,855

13.

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

654,230,621

87.90

90,061,424

12.10

516,398

744,808,443

14.

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

738,282,187

99.18

6,109,207

0.82

380,454

744,771,848

15.

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

742,511,253

99.77

1,732,952

0.23

546,466

744,790,671

16.

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

697,763,189

93.75

46,481,506

6.25

537,268

744,781,963

17.

to authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

739,586,165

99.34

4,910,029

0.66

284,229

744,780,423

18.

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

724,963,715

97.36

19,659,647

2.64

159,500

744,782,862

 

 

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

2) Resolutions 15-18 inclusive have been proposed as special resolutions and required a 75% majority.

3)  The total voting rights of the Company as at 20th June 2017, the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote, was 1,118,005,405.

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 www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM 

6)  Payment of final dividend will be made on 30 June to shareholders who were on the shareholder register on 12 May 2017. 

 


 

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Sandgate

Folkestone
Kent
CT20 3SE

 

 


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