25 June 2024
SAGA PLC - ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING 2024
Results of Annual General
Meeting (AGM) held on 25 June 2024
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 21 May 2024 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 2024
|
72,351,491
|
99.88
|
85,057
|
0.12
|
11,816
|
72,448,364
|
|
2.
|
to approve the Directors'
Remuneration Report
|
63,402,629
|
87.62
|
8,956,857
|
12.38
|
86,927
|
72,446,413
|
|
3.
|
to re-elect Sir Roger De Haan as a
director
|
70,021,332
|
96.75
|
2,349,749
|
3.25
|
77,314
|
72,448,395
|
|
4.
|
to re-elect Sir Peter Bazalgette as
a director
|
70,494,230
|
97.41
|
1,873,119
|
2.59
|
80,978
|
72,448,327
|
|
5.
|
to re-elect Anand Aithal as a
director
|
71,646,363
|
99.00
|
721,091
|
1.00
|
80,840
|
72,448,294
|
|
6.
|
to re-elect Gemma Godfrey as a
director
|
70,478,861
|
97.39
|
1,889,004
|
2.61
|
80,567
|
72,448,432
|
|
7.
|
to re-elect Julie Hopes as a
director
|
69,262,297
|
95.70
|
3,108,786
|
4.30
|
77,349
|
72,448,432
|
|
8.
|
to re-elect Gareth Hoskin as a
director
|
71,674,049
|
99.04
|
696,238
|
0.96
|
78,108
|
72,448,395
|
|
9.
|
to re-elect Steve Kingshott as a
director
|
72,116,204
|
99.65
|
253,806
|
0.35
|
78,313
|
72,448,323
|
|
10.
|
to elect Mike Hazell as a
director
|
72,195,985
|
99.69
|
223,867
|
0.31
|
28,163
|
72,448,015
|
|
11.
|
to elect Mark Watkins as a
director
|
72,179,740
|
99.67
|
239,819
|
0.33
|
28,734
|
72,448,293
|
|
12.
|
to re-appoint KPMG LLP as
auditor
|
71,931,208
|
99.33
|
482,654
|
0.67
|
34,341
|
72,448,203
|
|
13.
|
to authorise the Audit Committee to
agree the remuneration of the auditor
|
72,215,911
|
99.71
|
206,437
|
0.29
|
25,724
|
72,448,072
|
|
14.
|
to authorise the Directors to make
political donations and expenditure up to a specified
amount
|
71,812,450
|
99.16
|
606,243
|
0.84
|
29,807
|
72,448,500
|
|
15.
|
to approve the amendments to the
rules of the Saga plc 2020 Restricted Share Plan
|
67,682,993
|
93.61
|
4,618,948
|
6.39
|
146,454
|
72,448,395
|
|
16.
|
to approve the amendments to the
rules of the Saga plc 2023 Deferred Bonus Plan
|
70,270,396
|
97.20
|
2,022,762
|
2.80
|
155,284
|
72,448,442
|
|
17.
|
to authorise the Directors to allot
shares up to a specified amount
|
72,002,596
|
99.49
|
366,275
|
0.51
|
79,519
|
72,448,390
|
|
18.
|
to authorise the Directors to allot
shares and sell treasury shares for cash without making a
pre-emptive offer to shareholders
|
71,824,835
|
99.24
|
549,252
|
0.76
|
73,370
|
72,447,457
|
|
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)
|
71,847,017
|
99.27
|
527,874
|
0.73
|
73,547
|
72,448,438
|
|
20.
|
to authorise the Company to purchase
its own shares
|
72,229,137
|
99.71
|
206,626
|
0.29
|
12,543
|
72,448,306
|
|
21.
|
to authorise the Company to hold
general meetings on not less than 14 days' notice
|
69,630,602
|
96.13
|
2,801,739
|
3.87
|
16,101
|
72,448,442
|
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 21 June 2024, the day on which shareholders had to be
on the register in order to be eligible to vote, was
141,361,741.
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
Enquiries
Saga plc
Tel: 07803 602 139
Vicki Haynes,
Company
Secretary
3 Pancras Square
London
N1C 4AG
Headland Consultancy
Susanna
Voyle
Tel: 07980 894 557
Will
Smith
Tel: 07872 350 428
Tel: 020 3805 4822
Email: saga@headlandconsultancy.com