RNS Number : 8684N
AO World plc
27 September 2023
 

AO World PLC ("Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

 

At the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of AO World plc held earlier today all the resolutions put to the meeting were passed.  Details of the votes cast are shown in the table below.

 


Resolution

Votes in favour*

Votes against

Total number of votes cast

Votes Withheld**

No. of shares

%

No. of shares

%

No. of shares

1

To receive the report and accounts

515,155,506

100

4,895

0.00

515,415,282

254,881

2

To approve the Directors' remuneration report

505,918,131

98.16

9,479,457

1.84

515,415,282

17,694

3

To re-elect Geoff Cooper as a Director

503,724,051

97.74

11,672,059

2.26

515,415,282

19,172

4

To re-elect John Roberts as a Director

515,055,037

99.93

341,262

0.07

515,415,282

18,983

5

To re-elect Mark Higgins as a Director

514,926,436

99.91

469,674

0.09

515,415,282

19,172

6

To re-elect Chris Hopkinson as a Director

500,796,608

97.17

14,599,691

2.83

515,415,282

18,983

7

To re-elect Shaun McCabe as a Director

507,650,714

98.50

7,745,585

1.50

515,415,282

18,983

8

To re-elect Peter Pritchard as a Director

515,058,559

99.93

336,233

0.07

515,415,282

20,490

9

To re-elect Sarah Venning as a Director

515,161,972

99.95

232,631

0.05

515,415,282

20,679

10

To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors

515,386,574

100

10,907

0.00

515,415,282

17,801

11

To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors

515,392,200

100

7,202

0.00

515,415,282

15,880

12

To authorise the Directors to allot shares

513,973,962

99.72

1,423,040

0.28

515,415,282

18,280

13

To disapply pre-emption rights***

514,008,310

99.72

1,424,192

0.28

515,450,782

18,280

14

To disapply pre-emption rights - limited to an acquisition or capital investment***

513,958,751

99.72

1,438,251

0.28

515,415,282

18,280

15

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares***

515,383,227

100

15,175

0.00

515,415,282

16,880

16

To authorise the Company to make political donations

480,979,515

93.32

34,419,887

6.68

515,415,282

15,880

17

To authorise the Company to hold general meetings on 14 days' notice***

512,644,522

99.47

2,753,880

0.53

515,415,282

16,880

 

*      Includes those votes giving the Chairman discretion

**   A vote 'Withheld' has no legal effect and is not counted in the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution

*** Passed as special resolutions

 

The maximum number of votes cast was 515,415,282 representing 89.08% of the Company's issued share capital of 578,570,448 as at 6pm on 26 September 2023.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed as special business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing here.

 

Enquiries:

AO World plc

Julie Finnemore

Company Secretary

cosec@ao.com

 

 

 

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