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Annual General Meeting 2019

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 27 February 2019 all of the resolutions were passed by way of a poll. The votes cast were as follows: -

	Resolution	For	Against	Withheld	TotalVotes Cast	% of Issued Share Capital
1.	Receive Annual Report & Accounts	865,986,482	4,983	8,283,801	865,991,465	79.76%
2.	Approve final dividend	866,826,262	1,598	7,447,406	866,827,860	79.84%
3.	Re-elect Mr D H Brydon	844,937,497	19,718,493	9,619,276	864,655,990	79.64%
4.	Re-elect Mr N Berkett	856,746,712	10,076,883	7,451,671	866,823,595	79.83%
5.	Re-elect Mr D B Crump	858,243,391	8,580,204	7,451,671	866,823,595	79.83%
6.	Re-elect Mr J W D Hall	850,913,718	15,909,877	7,451,671	866,823,595	79.83%
7.	Re-elect Mr S Hare	859,165,525	7,657,614	7,452,127	866,823,139	79.83%
8.	Re-elect Mr J Howell	851,783,333	15,017,851	7,474,082	866,801,184	79.83%
9.	Re-elect Ms S Jiandani	853,681,748	13,141,847	7,451,671	866,823,595	79.83%
10.	Re-elect Ms C Keers	859,580,308	7,239,709	7,455,249	866,820,017	79.83%
11.	Re-appoint auditors	866,780,523	37,507	7,457,236	866,818,030	79.83%
12.	Power to determine auditor remuneration	866,798,743	25,284	7,451,239	866,824,027	79.83%
13.	Approve Directors' remuneration report	842,860,938	10,713,722	20,700,606	853,574,660	78.61%
14.	Approve Directors' remuneration policy	747,391,904	29,250,695	97,632,667	776,642,599	71.53%
15.	Power to allot shares	847,576,595	19,197,252	7,501,419	866,773,847	79.83%
16.	Power to allot equity securities for cash	866,494,507	319,211	7,461,548	866,813,718	79.83%
17.	Power to make market purchases of own shares	863,896,793	2,873,560	7,504,913	866,770,353	79.83%
18.	General meetings to be held on not less than 14 days' notice	827,031,486	35,844,493	11,399,287	862,875,979	79.47%
19.	Approve Sage Group 2019 Restricted Share Plan	862,682,516	4,115,524	7,477,226	866,798,040	79.83%
20.	Approve the Sage Group 2010 Restricted Share Plan	863,160,780	3,594,401	7,520,085	866,755,181	79.83%

Note: A vote 'withheld' is not counted in the votes cast 'for' or 'against' the resolution

Annual General Meeting 2018

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 28 February 2018 all of the resolutions were passed by way of a poll. The votes cast were as follows: -

	Resolution	For	Against	Withheld	No of Votes Cast	% of Issued Share Capital
1.	Receive Annual Report & Accounts	843,838,184	1,365,359	4,698,683	849,956,393	78.40%
2.	Approve dividend	849,339,602	14,245	549,805	849,956,393	78.40%
3.	Re-elect Mr D H Brydon	825,558,335	20,697,273	3,641,729	849,956,393	78.40%
4.	Re-elect Mr N Berkett	841,841,046	7,489,832	559,394	849,956,393	78.40%
5.	Elect Mr D B Crump	840,989,709	8,350,173	558,056	849,956,393	78.40%
6.	Re-elect Mr J W D Hall	833,769,734	12,485,219	3,642,715	849,956,393	78.40%
7.	Re-elect Mr S Hare	840,577,966	8,759,399	557,686	849,956,393	78.40%
8.	Re-elect Mr J Howell	831,847,836	10,205,342	7,844,409	849,956,392	78.40%
9.	ElectMs S Jiandani	837,759,715	8,494,503	3,643,571	849,956,393	78.40%
10.	Elect Ms C Keers	835,319,353	2,134,771	12,445,004	849,956,393	78.40%
11.	Re-elect Mr S Kelly	841,948,693	7,393,058	556,949	849,956,393	78.40%
12.	Re-appoint auditors	849,280,149	36,628	584,350	849,956,393	78.40%
13.	Power to determine auditor remuneration	849,306,849	29,672	567,046	849,956,393	78.40%
14.	Approve Directors' remuneration report	832,945,959	15,946,831	996,239	849,956,393	78.40%
15.	Power to allot shares	826,809,723	22,528,722	559,463	849,956,393	78.40%
16.	Power to allot equity securities for cash	848,296,251	1,043,691	564,908	849,956,393	78.40%
17.	Power to make market purchases of own shares	841,163,216	8,291,375	448,801	849,956,393	78.40%
18.	General meetings to be held on not less than 14 days' notice	809,982,034	39,364,491	556,759	849,956,393	78.40%
19.	Approve The Sage Group plc 2017 Share Option Plan	835,131,932	14,184,927	586,140	849,956,393	78.40%
20.	Approve the Californian Operations schedule	835,750,904	13,527,679	620,882	849,956,393	78.40%

Note: A vote 'withheld' is not counted in the votes cast 'for' or 'against' the resolution

Annual General Meeting 2017

At the Annual General Meeting of The Sage Group plc held on 28th February 2017 all of the resolutions were passed by way of a poll. The votes cast were as follows:

	Resolution	For	Against	Withheld	No. of votes cast	% of issued share capital
1.	Receive Annual Report & Accounts	810,511,110	760,522	724,895	812,058,836	75.17%
2.	Approve dividend	811,541,351	177,974	281,049	812,058,836	75.17%
3.	Re-elect Mr. D. H. Brydon	783,121,916	23,864,096	5,009,102	812,058,835	75.17%
4.	Re-elect Mr. N. Berkett	802,765,070	8,947,357	285,861	812,058,836	75.17%
5.	Re-elect Mr. J. W. D. Hall	803,351,664	8,356,660	285,956	812,058,836	75.17%
6.	Re-elect Mr. S. Hare	801,147,807	10,565,210	281,622	812,058,836	75.17%
7.	Re-elect Mr. J. Howell	792,799,242	12,376,897	6,824,875	812,058,834	75.17%
8.	Re-elect Mr. S. Kelly	802,262,142	9,451,187	286,861	812,058,836	75.17%
9.	Re-appoint auditors	811,594,271	116,833	282,212	812,058,836	75.17%
10.	Power to determine auditor remuneration	811,535,678	111,803	346,527	812,058,836	75.17%
11.	Approve Directors’ remuneration report	737,686,181	73,884,744	419,256	812,058,835	75.17%
12.	Power to allot shares	780,959,379	26,539,831	4,498,464	812,058,836	75.17%
13.	Power to allot equity securities for cash	809,531,813	2,166,289	289,217	812,058,836	75.17%
14.	Power to make market purchases of own shares	802,654,361	9,003,767	332,082	812,058,835	75.17%
15.	General meetings to be held on not less than 14 days' notice	769,212,322	42,507,323	277,707	812,058,836	75.17%

Note: A vote ‘withheld’ is not counted in the votes cast ‘for’ or ‘against’ the resolution.

Annual General Meeting 2016

At the Annual General Meeting of The Sage Group plc held on 1st March 2016 all of the resolutions were passed by way of a poll. The votes cast were as follows:

	Resolution	For	Against	Withheld	No. of votes cast	% of issued share capital
1.	Receive Annual Report & Accounts	786,783,328	3,200,659	809,090	789,983,987	73.19%
2.	Approve dividend	790,042,542	22,859	727,676	790,065,401	73.20%
3.	Re-elect Mr. D. H. Brydon	774,221,712	15,351,958	1,219,407	789,573,670	73.16%
4.	Re-elect Mr. N. Berkett	784,551,191	5,510,744	731,142	790,061,935	73.20%
5.	Re-elect Mr. J. W. D. Hall	783,408,708	6,653,322	731,047	790,062,030	73.20%
6.	Re-elect Mr. S. Hare	783,563,436	6,495,234	734,407	790,058,670	73.20%
7.	Re-elect Mr. J. Howell	776,509,917	6,153,272	8,129,888	782,663,189	72.52%
8.	Re-elect Mr. S. Kelly	784,317,440	5,744,662	730,975	790,062,102	73.20%
9.	Re-elect Ms. I. Kuznetsova	784,540,061	5,522,860	730,156	790,062,921	73.20%
10 .	Re-elect Ms. R. Markland	775,890,909	13,088,207	1,813,961	788,979,116	73.10%
11.	Re-appoint auditors	790,011,968	49,594	731,515	790,061,562	73.20%
12.	Power to determine auditor remuneration	789,811,951	252,787	728,339	790,064,738	73.20%
13.	Approve Remuneration Report	772,197,384	15,684,604	2,911,089	787,881,988	73.00%
14.	Approve Remuneration Policy	767,613,442	20,268,897	2,910,738	787,882,339	73.00%
15.	Power to allot shares	766,747,206	20,842,395	3,203,476	787,589,601	72.97%
16.	Approve the Sage Save and Share Plan	782,897,589	7,017,318	878,170	789,914,907	73.19%
17.	Power to allot equity securities for cash	788,593,965	1,072,668	1,126,444	789,666,633	73.16%
18.	Power to make market purchases	789,921,249	141,854	729,974	790,063,103	73.20%
19.	General meetings to be held on not less than 14 days’ notice	735,081,105	54,981,259	730,712	790,062,364	73.20%

Annual General Meeting 2015

At the Annual General Meeting of The Sage Group plc held on 3rd March 2015 all of the resolutions were passed by way of a poll. The votes cast were as follows:

	Resolution	For	Against	Withheld	No. of votes cast	% of issued share capital
1.	Receive Annual Report & Accounts	809,594,969	3,244,287	900,254	812,839,256	75.45%
2.	Approve dividend	813,414,182	1,145	324,183	813,415,327	75.51%
3.	Re-elect Mr. D. H. Brydon	794,695,319	17,916,119	1,128,072	812,611,438	75.43%
4.	Re-elect Mr. N. Berkett	809,304,062	4,109,816	325,632	813,413,878	75.51%
5.	Re-elect Mr. J. W. D. Hall	809,309,881	4,103,997	325,632	813,413,878	75.51%
6.	Re-elect Mr. S. Hare	809,332,889	4,077,154	329,467	813,410,043	75.51%
7.	Re-elect Mr. J. Howell	809,049,105	4,103,954	586,451	813,153,059	75.48%
8.	Elect Mr. S. Kelly	809,333,126	4,079,019	327,365	813,412,145	75.51%
9.	Elect Ms. I. Kuznetsova	813,095,520	316,957	327,033	813,412,477	75.51%
10.	Re-elect Ms. R. Markland	809,312,851	4,100,742	325,917	813,413,593	75.51%
11.	Appoint auditors	809,310,280	4,100,312	328,918	813,410,592	75.51%
12.	Power to determine auditor remuneration	809,390,374	4,021,475	327,661	813,411,849	75.51%
13.	Approve Remuneration Report	723,023,906	33,853,496	56,862,108	756,877,402	70.26%
14.	Power to allot shares	788,334,438	21,625,457	3,779,615	809,959,895	75.19%
15.	Power to allot equity securities for cash	813,353,329	52,625	333,556	813,405,954	75.51%
16.	Power to make market purchases	813,248,483	33,694	328,849	813,282,177	75.50%
17.	General meetings to be held on not less than 14 days' notice	764,431,234	48,973,231	335,045	813,404,465	75.51%
18.	Adopt 2015 Performance Share Plan	763,336,800	50,041,186	361,524	813,377,986	75.50%

Annual General Meeting 2014

At the Annual General Meeting of The Sage Group plc held on 6th March 2014 all of the resolutions were passed by way of a poll. The votes cast were as follows:

Resolution	For	Against	Withheld	No. of votes cast	% of issued share capital
1. Receive Annual Report & Accounts	825,476,429	2,876,501	1,037,539	828,352,930	74%
2. Approve dividend	825,110,298	3,797,916	482,255	828,908,214	74%
3. Re-elect Mr. D. H. Brydon	802,677,397	23,489,586	3,223,486	826,166,983	74%
4. Re-elect Mr. G. S. Berruyer	820,894,886	8,009,760	485,823	828,904,646	74%
5. Elect Mr. N. Berkett	820,261,225	8,641,768	487,476	828,902,993	74%
6. Elect Mr. J. W. D. Hall	820,915,364	7,984,190	490,915	828,899,554	74%
7. Elect Mr. S. Hare	820,832,939	8,065,950	491,580	828,898,889	74%
8. Elect Mr. J. Howell	820,649,714	8,251,379	489,376	828,901,093	74%
9. Re-elect Ms. R. Markland	820,822,308	8,079,953	488,208	828,902,261	74%
10. Re-appoint auditors	797,261,635	26,011,582	6,117,252	823,273,217	74%
11. Power to determine auditor remuneration	800,621,142	28,277,713	491,614	828,898,855	74%
12. Approve Remuneration Report	795,851,111	31,404,471	2,134,887	827,255,582	74%
13. Approve Directors’ remuneration policy	778,225,813	41,157,395	10,007,261	819,383,208	73%
14. Power to allot shares	799,655,690	26,522,390	3,212,389	826,178,080	74%
15. Power to allot equity securities for cash	828,647,656	251,782	491,031	828,899,438	74%
16. Power to make market purchases	826,163,747	2,734,664	492,058	828,898,411	74%
17. General meetings to be held on not less than 14 days’ notice	777,961,801	50,946,547	482,120	828,908,348	7

Annual General Meeting 2013

At the Annual General Meeting of The Sage Group plc held on 1 March 2013 all of the resolutions were passed by way of a poll. The votes cast were as follows:

Resolution	For	Against	Withheld	No. of votes cast	% of issued share capital
1. Receive Accounts	856,665,316	265,876	543,110	856,931,192	71%
2. Approve Dividend	856,932,211	3,022	539,069	856,935,233	71%
3. Elect Mr. D. H. Brydon	830,860,369	22,001,412	4,612,520	852,861,781	71%
4. Re-elect Mr. G. S. Berruyer	846,526,856	10,398,566	548,880	856,925,422	71%
5. Re-elect Mr. P. S. Harrison	846,473,306	10,451,789	549,207	856,925,095	71%
6. Re-elect Ms. T. Ingram	836,013,140	14,303,379	7,157,782	850,316,519	70%
7. Re-elect Ms. R. Markland	837,229,906	13,085,028	7,159,367	850,314,934	70%
8. Re-elect Mr. I. Mason	844,165,409	12,755,091	553,802	856,920,500	71%
9. Re-elect Mr. M. E. Rolfe	844,141,849	12,779,401	553,052	856,921,250	71%
10. Re-appoint Auditors	839,593,911	16,919,976	960,413	856,513,887	71%
11. Power to determine auditor remuneration	841,956,660	14,547,040	970,601	856,503,700	71%
12. Approve Remuneration Report	781,616,580	48,521,017	27,336,704	830,137,597	69%
13. Allotment of Securities	878,373,402	52,260,861	33,478,206	930,634,263	71%
14. Power to allot equity securities for cash	855,363,130	76,364	2,034,808	855,439,494	71%
15. Power to make market purchases of shares	841,918,328	8,401,190	7,154,783	850,319,518	70%
16. General meeting to be held at not less than 14 days notice	790,599,011	66,333,618	541,673	856,932,629	71%
17. Allow payment of non-executives fees up to £1 million	843,624,261	6,376,547	7,473,494	850,000,808	70%

Extraordinary General Meeting

At the Extraordinary General Meeting of The Sage Group plc held on 3 June 2013 all of the resolutions were passed by way of a poll. The votes cast were as follows:

Resolution	For	Against	Withheld	No. of votes cast	% of issued share capital
1. Approve share consolidation	848,254,627	9,780,297	509,571	858,034,924	71%
2. Power to make market purchases of shares	849,197,013	2,275,193	7,072,289	851,472,206	70%
3. Allotment of Securities	831,511,085	24,900,227	2,133,183	856,411,312	71%
4. Power to allot equity securities for cash	857,908,855	104,824	530,186	858,013,679	71%

Stock data

Listing	London Stock Exchange
Ticker	SGE.L
Sector	IT Software and Computer Services

Substantial Shareholdings

At 30 September 2016, the Company had been notified, in accordance with the DTRs, of the following interests in its ordinary share capital:

Name	Ordinary shares	% of capital
Aviva Investors	62,996,904	5.83%
BlackRock Inc	58,605,472	5.42%
Standard Life	56,480,398	5.23%

As at 12 December 2016 (being the last practicable date prior to the publication of the Annual Report & Accounts on 14 December 2016) the Company’s issued share capital consists of 1,119,573,788 ordinary shares, carrying one vote each, of which 39,522,431 were held in treasury. Therefore, the total exercisable voting rights in the company as at 30 November 2015 are 1,079,378,391.

Notifications

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