5th Feb 2026 15:05
RESULTS OF AGM
The Sage Group plc. ("Sage")
5 February 2026
Sage announces that all resolutions proposed to shareholders at its Annual General Meeting held on 5 February 2026 (the "AGM") 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:
| Resolutions | Votes For | Percent of votes cast for | Votes Against | Percent of votes cast against | Total votes cast (excluding votes withheld) | Percent of total voting rights voted (excluding votes withheld) | Votes withheld |
1. | Receive the Annual Report and Accounts | 780,666,017 | 100.00% | 16,639 | 0.00% | 780,682,656 | 82.20 | 7,422,939 |
2. | Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 657,419,843 | 83.99% | 125,298,951 | 16.01% | 782,718,794 | 82.42 | 5,386,801 |
3. | Declare a final dividend | 787,821,543 | 99.98% | 127,619 | 0.02% | 787,949,162 | 82.97 | 156,433 |
4. | Elect Ms J Cartin | 780,302,003 | 99.04% | 7,581,515 | 0.96% | 787,883,518 | 82.96 | 222,077 |
5. | Elect Ms L Mitchell-Keller | 786,596,965 | 99.84% | 1,289,044 | 0.16% | 787,886,009 | 82.96 | 219,586 |
6. | Re-elect Mr A Duff | 769,503,002 | 97.66% | 18,414,416 | 2.34% | 787,917,418 | 82.97 | 188,177 |
7. | Re-elect Mr S Hare | 783,588,062 | 99.45% | 4,335,990 | 0.55% | 787,924,052 | 82.97 | 181,543 |
8. | Re-elect Dr J Bates | 774,675,640 | 98.32% | 13,235,717 | 1.68% | 787,911,357 | 82.97 | 194,238 |
9. | Re-elect Mr J Bewes | 769,200,175 | 97.63% | 18,711,277 | 2.37% | 787,911,452 | 82.97 | 194,143 |
10. | Re-elect Ms M Chan Jones | 786,833,841 | 99.86% | 1,081,853 | 0.14% | 787,915,694 | 82.97 | 189,901 |
11. | Re-elect Ms A Court | 774,542,276 | 98.30% | 13,373,418 | 1.70% | 787,915,694 | 82.97 | 189,901 |
12. | Re-elect Ms R Donnelly | 784,484,010 | 99.56% | 3,431,684 | 0.44% | 787,915,694 | 82.97 | 189,901 |
13. | Re-elect Mr D Harding | 786,807,755 | 99.86% | 1,103,196 | 0.14% | 787,910,951 | 82.97 | 194,644 |
14. | Re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor | 787,894,338 | 100.00% | 36,032 | 0.00% | 787,930,370 | 82.97 | 175,225 |
15. | Authority to determine the auditor's remuneration | 787,913,830 | 100.00% | 26,615 | 0.00% | 787,940,445 | 82.97 | 165,150 |
16. | Political Donations | 781,074,776 | 99.50% | 3,963,356 | 0.50% | 785,038,132 | 82.66 | 3,067,463 |
17. | Non-executive Director fees | 785,716,728 | 99.72% | 2,171,747 | 0.28% | 787,888,475 | 82.96 | 217,120 |
18. | The Sage Group plc. 2026 Share Incentive Plan | 787,667,080 | 99.97% | 242,368 | 0.03% | 787,909,448 | 82.97 | 196,147 |
19. | The Sage Group plc. 2023 Colleague Share Purchase Plan | 787,681,482 | 99.97% | 233,319 | 0.03% | 787,914,801 | 82.97 | 190,794 |
20. | The Sage Group plc. Save and Share Plan | 787,678,229 | 99.97% | 242,145 | 0.03% | 787,920,374 | 82.97 | 185,221 |
21. | Authority to allot new shares | 747,147,839 | 94.82% | 40,785,398 | 5.18% | 787,933,237 | 82.97 | 172,358 |
22. | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights (general)* | 662,556,773 | 84.09% | 125,361,577 | 15.91% | 787,918,350 | 82.97 | 187,245 |
23. | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights (acquisition or specified capital investment)* | 643,767,339 | 81.77% | 143,556,103 | 18.23% | 787,323,442 | 82.90 | 183,145 |
24. | Authority to purchase own shares on market* | 787,033,745 | 99.89% | 830,166 | 0.11% | 787,863,911 | 82.96 | 241,684 |
25. | General meetings to be held on not less than 14 clear days' notice* | 749,405,990 | 95.11% | 38,539,585 | 4.89% | 787,945,575 | 82.97 | 160,020 |
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 Chair.
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 Notice of 2026 Annual General Meeting on Sage's website at www.sage.com/investors.
7. At 6.30pm on 3 February 2026, the total voting rights of Sage were 949,683,721. This is based on the issued share capital of 1,004,999,268 ordinary shares reduced by the number of treasury shares of 55,315,547.
In accordance with UKLR 6.4.2, copies of all the resolutions passed as special resolutions (resolutions 22 to 25 inclusive) will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
A copy of the AGM results as shown above will also be made available on Sage's website at www.sage.com/investors.
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Name of contact: | Mohor Roy |
Telephone number of contact: | +44(0) 203 810 7200 |
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