11 July 2024
Bytes Technology Group plc
('BTG', 'the Company')
Results of Annual General Meeting
BTG announces that at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held today, 11 July 2024, all resolutions set out in the Notice of the AGM were passed by the requisite majority of votes. A poll was taken on the resolutions put to the meeting.
The results of the poll for each resolution, incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting, were as follows:
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| VOTES FOR | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | TOTAL SHARES VOTED | % OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED | VOTES WITHHELD |
| ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS | | | | | | | |
| 1. Receipt of the 2024 Annual Report and Accounts
| 208,116,201 | 99.98% | 35,283 | 0.02% | 208,151,484 | 86.50% | 463,198 |
| 2. Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report | 205,694,710 | 98.60% | 2,918,337 | 1.40% | 208,613,047 | 86.70% | 1,635 |
| 3. Approval of Directors' Remuneration Policy | 205,930,571 | 98.71% | 2,682,442 | 1.29% | 208,613,013 | 86.70% | 1,669 |
| 4. To pay a final dividend | 208,613,763 | 100.00% | 250 | 0.00% | 208,614,013 | 86.70% | 669 |
| 5. To pay a special dividend | 208,613,763 | 100.00% | 250 | 0.00% | 208,614,013 | 86.70% | 669 |
| 6. To re-elect Patrick De Smedt as a Director | 205,472,673 | 98.50% | 3,132,544 | 1.50% | 208,605,217 | 86.69% | 9,465 |
| 7. To re-elect Sam Mudd as a Director | 208,603,064 | 100.00% | 2,332 | 0.00% | 208,605,396 | 86.69% | 9,286 |
| 8. To re-elect Andrew Holden as a Director | 208,587,226 | 99.99% | 18,170 | 0.01% | 208,605,396 | 86.69% | 9,286 |
| 9. To re-elect Erika Schraner as a Director | 206,504,780 | 98.99% | 2,100,437 | 1.01% | 208,605,217 | 86.69% | 9,465 |
| 10. To elect Shruthi Chindalur as a Director | 207,344,183 | 99.39% | 1,262,094 | 0.61% | 208,606,277 | 86.69% | 8,405 |
| 11. To elect Ross Paterson as a Director | 207,043,435 | 99.25% | 1,563,036 | 0.75% | 208,606,471 | 86.69% | 8,211 |
| 12. To elect Anna Vikström Persson as a Director | 207,341,660 | 99.39% | 1,264,811 | 0.61% | 208,606,471 | 86.69% | 8,211 |
| 13. Authority to re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor | 207,648,993 | 99.54% | 963,766 | 0.46% | 208,612,759 | 86.70% | 1,923 |
| 14. Remuneration of the auditor | 207,824,621 | 99.62% | 788,138 | 0.38% | 208,612,759 | 86.70% | 1,923 |
| 15. Authority to allot new shares | 178,517,582 | 85.57% | 30,096,431 | 14.43% | 208,614,013 | 86.70% | 669 |
| 16. Authority to make political donations | 198,407,396 | 95.13% | 10,160,065 | 4.87% | 208,567,461 | 86.68% | 47,221 |
| SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS | | | | | | | |
| 17. Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 207,050,863 | 99.25% | 1,561,956 | 0.75% | 208,612,819 | 86.70% | 1,863 |
| 18. Disapplication of pre-emption rights for purposes of acquisitions and other capital investment | 207,363,266 | 99.40% | 1,249,553 | 0.60% | 208,612,819 | 86.70% | 1,863 |
| 19. Authority for the company to purchase its ordinary shares | 207,976,862 | 99.98% | 44,053 | 0.02% | 208,020,915 | 86.45% | 593,767 |
| 20. Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings | 201,015,968 | 96.36% | 7,598,079 | 3.64% | 208,614,047 | 86.70% | 635 |
Notes:
- Proxy appointments giving discretion to the Chair of the meeting have been included in the "For" total.
- A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
- The Company's total ordinary shares in issue (total voting rights) as at 9 July 2024, being the record date at which a person had to be registered in the Company's register of members in order to vote at the AGM, was 240,624,836 ordinary shares of £0.01 each. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per ordinary share held.
In compliance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM will be submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
A copy of this announcement will be available at: https://www.bytesplc.com/investors/shareholder-information/
Enquiries
| WK Groenewald | Tel: +44 (0)1372 418992 |
| Group Company Secretary |
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| Bytes Technology Group plc |
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