AO World PLC (the "Company")
Total Voting Rights
In accordance with DTR 5.6.1 and further to the Company's announcements on 5 July 2024 and 2 August 2024 the Company announces that, as at 31 July 2024, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 580,303,475 ordinary shares of 0.25p each ("Ordinary Shares"). No Ordinary Shares are held in treasury.
The above figure includes 1,733,027 Ordinary Shares which were allotted to the AO World Employee Benefit Trust to satisfy the release of share awards under the terms of the AO 2018 Incentive Plan (FY21 grant and certain early settlements of FY22 and FY23 grants). As previously announced, these Ordinary Shares were admitted to listing on 8 July 2024.
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in AO World PLC as at 31 July 2024 is 580,303,475 and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Enquiries:
AO World PLC
Company Secretary
cosec@ao.com
About AO
AO World PLC, headquartered in Bolton and listed on the London Stock Exchange, is the UK's most trusted online electrical retailer, with a mission to be the destination for electricals. Our strategy is to create value by offering our customers brilliant customer service and making AO the destination for everything they need, in the simplest and easiest way, when buying electricals. We offer major and small domestic appliances and a growing range of mobile phones, AV, consumer electricals and laptops. We also provide ancillary services such as the installation of new and collection of old products and offer product protection plans and customer finance. AO Business serves the B2B market in the UK, providing electricals and installation services at scale. AO also has a WEEE processing facility, ensuring customers' electronic waste is dealt with responsibly.