25 June 2024
SAGA PLC - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2024
The following amendment has been made to the '(Saga plc - Annual General Meeting 2024)' announcement
released on 25 June 2024 at 14:19 under RNS No 8229T
Note (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 143,361,741.
All other details remain unchanged.
The full amended text is shown below.
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 143,361,741.
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
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