Results of AGM

Bytes Technology Group PLC

11 July 2024

 

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:

	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: [phone]
Group Company Secretary
Bytes Technology Group plc

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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