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Sabre Insurance Group plc (the 'Company')
Announcement of the Results of Annual General Meeting 2019
The Annual General Meeting of Sabre Insurance Group plc was held on the 23 May 2019. 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.
| Resolution | For | % votes cast For | Againstpl | % votes cast Against | Total votes cast (excluding votes withheld) | % of issued share capital voted | Withheld |
1. | Receive and adopt the 2018 financial statements, Directors' Report and Independent Auditor's Report. | 217,963,341 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 217,963,341 | 87.19% | 248,434 |
2. | Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 201,014,779 | 92.12 | 17,196,996 | 7.88 | 218,211,775 | 87.28% | 0 |
3. | To declare a final dividend of 6.8 pence per ordinary share | 218,211,775 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 218,211,775 | 87.28% | 0 |
4. | To declare a special dividend of 6.0 pence per ordinary share | 218,211,775 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 218,211,775 | 87.28% | 0 |
5. | To re-elect Patrick Snowball as a Director | 217,188,696 | 99.67 | 729,885 | 0.33 | 217,918,581 | 87.17% | 293,194 |
6. | To re-elect Geoff Carter as a Director
| 217,841,792 | 99.83 | 369,983 | 0.17 | 218,211,775 | 87.28% | 0 |
7. | To re-elect Adam Westwood as a Director | 217,841,792 | 99.83 | 369,983 | 0.17 | 218,211,775 | 87.28% | 0 |
8. | To re-elect Catherine Barton as a Director | 217,578,425 | 99.71 | 633,350 | 0.29 | 218,211,775 | 87.28% | 0 |
9. | To re-elect Rebecca Shelley as a Director | 217,651,625 | 99.74 | 560,150 | 0.26 | 218,211,775 | 87.28% | 0 |
10. | To re-elect Ian Clark as a Director
| 217,651,625 | 99.74 | 560,150 | 0.26 | 218,211,775 | 87.28% | 0 |
11. | To re-elect Andy Pomfret as a Director
| 217,042,244 | 99.46 | 1,169,531 | 0.54 | 218,211,775 | 87.28% | 0 |
12. | To reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company | 215,061,534 | 98.56 | 3,148,938 | 1.44 | 218,210,472 | 87.28% | 1,303 |
13. | Authority to fix auditor's remuneration
| 217,903,177 | 99.86 | 307,295 | 0.14 | 218,210,472 | 87.28% | 1,303 |
14. | Authority to make political donations
| 208,710,895 | 95.65 | 9,499,577 | 4.35 | 218,210,472 | 87.28% | 1,303 |
15. | Authority to allot shares
| 207,706,476 | 95.19 | 10,505,299 | 4.81 | 218,211,775 | 87.28% | 0 |
16. | Disapplication of pre-emption rights (general authority) | 218,042,675 | 99.92 | 169,100 | 0.08 | 218,211,775 | 87.28% | 0 |
17. | Disapplication of pre-emption rights (specific capital investment) | 204,102,735 | 93.53 | 14,109,040 | 6.47 | 218,211,775 | 87.28% | 0 |
18. | Market purchase of its shares
| 218,190,860 | 100.00 | 10,100 | 0.00 | 218,200,960 | 87.28% | 10,815 |
19. | Authority to call a general meeting (other than AGMs) on 14 clear days' notice | 210,971,755 | 96.68 | 7,240,020 | 3.32 | 218,211,775 | 87.28% | 0 |
NOTES:
1. The 'For' vote includes proxy appointments which gave the Chairman 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 21 May 2019 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 www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
A copy is also available on the Sabre website - www.sabreplc.co.uk/investors
Anneka Kingan
Company Secretary
Sabre Insurance Group plc
LEI Code: 2138006RXRQ8P8VKGV98