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Sabre Insurance Group plc (the 'Company')
Announcement of the Results of Annual General Meeting 2024
The Annual General Meeting of Sabre Insurance Group plc was held on the 23 May 2024. All resolutions set out in the notice of Annual General Meeting were passed by the requisite majority by way of a poll. The table below shows the results of the poll on all 19 resolutions. Each shareholder present in person, or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per share held.
No.
| Resolution | FOR | % votes cast FOR | AGAINST | % votes cast AGAINST | Total votes cast (excluding votes withheld) | % of issued share capital voted | WITHELD |
1. | Receive and adopt the 2023 financial statements, Directors' Report and Independent Auditor's Report. | 217,735,031 | 100.00 | 4,020 | 0.00 | 217,739,051 | 87.10% | 898,294 |
2. | Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy) | 199,646,266 | 91.32 | 18,986,655 | 8.68 | 218,632,921 | 87.45% | 4,424 |
3. | Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 199,640,582 | 91.31 | 18,992,339 | 8.69 | 218,632,921 | 87.45% | 4,424 |
4. | Approve final dividend of 4.2 pence per ordinary share | 218,637,065 | 100.00 | 280 | 0.00 | 218,637,345 | 87.45% | 0 |
5. | Approve special dividend of 3.9 pence per ordinary share | 218,633,045 | 100.00 | 4,300 | 0.00 | 218,637,345 | 87.45% | 0 |
6. | To elect Bryan Joseph as a Director | 218,625,258 | 99.99 | 11,709 | 0.01 | 218,636,967 | 87.45% | 378 |
7. | To re-elect Geoff Carter as a Director | 218,626,133 | 100.00 | 10,554 | 0.00 | 218,636,687 | 87.45% | 658 |
8. | To re-elect Karen Geary as a Director | 217,591,880 | 99.52 | 1,044,807 | 0.48 | 218,636,687 | 87.45% | 658 |
9. | To re- elect Alison Morris as a Director | 216,697,528 | 99.11 | 1,939,159 | 0.89 | 218,636,687 | 87.45% | 658 |
10. | To re-elect Rebecca Shelley as a Director | 208,534,659 | 95.77 | 9,208,438 | 4.23 | 217,743,097 | 87.10% | 894,248 |
11. | To re-elect Adam Westwood as a Director | 218,609,261 | 99.99 | 27,706 | 0.01 | 218,636,967 | 87.45% | 378 |
12. | To re-appoint PwC as auditor of the Company | 217,731,750 | 99.59 | 902,741 | 0.41 | 218,634,491 | 87.45% | 2,854 |
13. | Authority to fix auditor's remuneration | 218,631,671 | 100.00 | 5,296 | 0.00 | 218,636,967 | 87.45% | 378 |
14. | Authority to make political donations | 197,516,899 | 90.71 | 20,226,276 | 9.29 | 217,743,175 | 87.10% | 894,170 |
15. | Authority to allot shares
| 218,582,184 | 99.97 | 54,783 | 0.03 | 218,636,967 | 87.45% | 378 |
16. | Disapplication of pre-emption rights (general authority) | 212,330,974 | 97.12 | 6,297,266 | 2.88 | 218,628,240 | 87.45% | 9,105 |
17. | Disapplication of pre-emption rights (specific capital investment) | 206,659,472 | 94.53 | 11,968,768 | 5.47 | 218,628,240 | 87.45% | 9,105 |
18. | Authority to market purchase shares | 217,711,328 | 99.58 | 916,912 | 0.42 | 218,628,240 | 87.45% | 9,105 |
19. | Authority to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice | 218,145,919 | 99.78 | 491,426 | 0.22 | 218,637,345 | 87.45% | 0 |
NOTES:
1. The 'For' vote includes proxy appointments which gave the Chair discretion on how to vote.
2. A vote 'Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution nor in the calculation of the percentage of the issued share capital voted for any resolution.
3. Resolutions 16 to 19 were Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority.
4. As at 6.30 pm on 22 May 2024 the total number of ordinary shares in issue, and therefore total number of voting rights was 250,000,000. The Company did not hold any shares in treasury at that time.
5. As per Listing Rule 9.6.2 a copy of the full text of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting (including resolutions concerning special business) will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk. A copy is also available on Sabre's website - https://www.sabreplc.co.uk/investors/annual-general-meeting/
Anneka Kingan, Company Secretary
Sabre Insurance Group plc
LEI Code: 2138006RXRQ8P8VKGV98