Results of AGM

RNS Number : 1743G

Bytes Technology Group PLC

22 July 2021

 

22 July 2021

Bytes Technology Group plc

("Bytes", "the Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

Bytes announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held today, 22 July 2021, 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:

	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	TOTAL SHARES VOTED	% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
1. Receipt of the 2021 Annual Report and Accounts	209,055,963	100.00%	2,011	0.00%	209,057,974	87.30%	212,622
2. Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report	198,518,281	94.87%	10,733,711	5.13%	209,251,992	87.38%	18,603
3. Approval of the Remuneration Policy	197,311,669	94.29%	11,940,324	5.71%	209,251,993	87.38%	18,603
4. To elect Patrick De Smedt as a Director	196,576,129	93.94%	12,675,021	6.06%	209,251,150	87.38%	19,446
5. To elect Neil Murphy as a Director	204,113,155	97.54%	5,137,995	2.46%	209,251,150	87.38%	19,446
6. To elect Keith Richardson as a Director	204,112,660	97.54%	5,138,490	2.46%	209,251,150	87.38%	19,446
7. To elect Mike Phillips as a Director	200,184,926	99.83%	346,307	0.17%	200,531,233	83.74%	8,739,363
8. To elect Alison Vincent as a Director	200,204,269	99.84%	326,964	0.16%	200,531,233	83.74%	8,739,363
9. To elect David Maw as a Director	179,467,171	89.93%	20,091,803	10.07%	199,558,974	83.33%	9,711,622
10. Authority to appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors	206,821,237	98.84%	2,431,381	1.16%	209,252,618	87.38%	17,978
11. Remuneration of the auditors	206,825,458	98.84%	2,426,035	1.16%	209,251,493	87.38%	19,103
12. Authority to allot new shares	184,445,253	88.14%	24,807,865	11.86%	209,253,118	87.38%	17,478
13. Authority to make political donations	194,667,912	93.03%	14,584,099	6.97%	209,252,011	87.38%	18,585
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
14. Disapplication of pre-emption rights	198,662,962	94.94%	10,589,031	5.06%	209,251,993	87.38%	18,603
15. Disapplication of pre-emption rights for purposes of acquisitions and other capital investment	196,769,810	94.03%	12,482,183	5.97%	209,251,993	87.38%	18,603
16. Authority for the company to purchase its ordinary shares	209,014,840	99.92%	165,991	0.08%	209,180,831	87.35%	89,765
17. Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings	206,001,347	98.45%	3,250,646	1.55%	209,251,993	87.38%	18,603

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 of ordinary shares in issue (total voting rights) as at 20 July 2021, 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 239,482,333 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 Group Company Secretary Bytes Technology Group plc

Tel: [phone]

The Company has a primary listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

 

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