RNS Number : 6968E
AO World plc
18 September 2024
 

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

                                 389,462,076

99.99

                1,505

0.01

    389,463,581

              412,887

2

To approve the Directors' remuneration report

                                 388,724,209

99.71

         1,149,888

0.29

    389,874,097

                  2,371

3

To re-elect Geoff Cooper as a Director

                                 354,972,224

92.56

       28,547,481

7.44

    383,519,705

           6,356,763

4

To re-elect John Roberts as a Director

                                 389,347,544

99.86

            528,924

0.14

    389,876,468

                       -  

5

To re-elect Mark Higgins as a Director

                                 389,243,572

99.84

            632,896

0.16

    389,876,468

                       -  

6

To re-elect Chris Hopkinson as a Director

                                 368,844,809

94.61

       21,031,659

5.39

    389,876,468

                       -  

7

To re-elect Shaun McCabe as a Director

                                 389,546,959

99.92

            329,509

0.08

    389,876,468

                       -  

8

To re-elect Peter Pritchard as a Director

                                 375,551,122

96.33

       14,325,346

3.67

    389,876,468

                       -  

9

To re-elect Sarah Venning as a Director

                                 386,896,329

99.24

         2,978,182

0.76

    389,874,511

                  1,957

10

To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors

                                 389,871,313

99.99

                3,198

0.01

    389,874,511

                  1,957

11

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

                                 389,870,480

99.99

                5,574

0.01

    389,876,054

                     414

12

To authorise the Directors to allot shares

                                 388,028,810

99.53

         1,846,658

0.47

    389,875,468

                  1,000

13

To disapply pre-emption rights***

                                 388,676,146

99.69

         1,197,365

0.31

    389,873,511

                  2,957

14

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

                                 388,251,851

99.58

         1,623,617

0.42

    389,875,468

                  1,000

15

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

                                 389,799,885

99.99

              19,425

0.01

    389,819,310

                57,158

16

To authorise the Company to make political donations

                                 357,931,465

91.81

       31,944,828

8.19

    389,876,293

                     175

17

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

                                 386,992,370

99.26

         2,878,072

0.74

    389,870,442

                  6,026

18

To approve the AO World Sharesave Scheme

                                 385,706,660

99.99

                9,315

0.01

    385,715,975

                       -  

 

*      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 389,876,468 representing 67.18% of the Company's issued share capital of 580,303,475 as at 6pm on 17 September 2024.

 

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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