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2 July 2025
Bytes Technology Group plc
('BTG', 'the Company')
Results of Annual General Meeting
BTG announces that at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held today, 2 July 2025, 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 2025 Annual Report and Accounts
| 213,280,748
| 100.00%
| 0
| 0.00%
| 213,280,748
| 87.91%
| 345,567
|
2. Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report | 211,116,360
| 98.83%
| 2,505,925
| 1.17%
| 213,622,285
| 88.05%
| 4,006
|
3. To pay a final dividend | 210,622,644
| 100.00%
| 40 | 0.00%
| 210,622,684
| 86.81%
| 3,631
|
4. To pay a special dividend | 210,622,644
| 100.00%
| 40
| 0.00%
| 210,622,684
| 86.81%
| 3,631
|
5. To re-elect Patrick De Smedt as a Director | 209,584,640
| 99.51%
| 1,037,669
| 0.49%
| 210,622,309
| 86.81%
| 4,006
|
6. To re-elect Sam Mudd as a Director | 210,621,063
| 100.00%
| 1,246
| 0.00%
| 210,622,309
| 86.81%
| 4,006
|
7. To re-elect Andrew Holden as a Director | 213,096,410
| 99.75%
| 525,899
| 0.25%
| 213,622,309
| 88.05%
| 4,006
|
8. To re-elect Erika Schraner as a Director | 212,495,174
| 99.47%
| 1,127,135
| 0.53%
| 213,622,309
| 88.05%
| 4,006
|
9. To re-elect Shruthi Chindalur as a Director | 212,817,255
| 99.62%
| 805,054
| 0.38%
| 213,622,309
| 88.05%
| 4,006
|
10. To re-elect Ross Paterson as a Director | 211,826,490
| 99.16%
| 1,795,819
| 0.84%
| 213,622,309
| 88.05%
| 4,006
|
11. To re-elect Anna Vikström Persson as a Director | 212,831,885
| 99.63%
| 790,424
| 0.37%
| 213,622,309
| 88.05%
| 4,006
|
12. Authority to re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor | 213,410,438
| 99.90%
| 210,570
| 0.10%
| 213,621,008
| 88.05%
| 5,307
|
13. Remuneration of the auditor | 213,619,581
| 100.00%
| 1,417
| 0.00%
| 213,620,998
| 88.05%
| 5,317
|
14. Authority to allot new shares | 181,685,770
| 85.05%
| 31,936,904
| 14.95%
| 213,622,674
| 88.05%
| 3,641
|
15. Authority to make political donations | 201,363,301
| 94.34%
| 12,091,996
| 5.66%
| 213,455,297
| 87.98%
| 171,018
|
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS | |||||||
16. Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 211,630,056
| 99.07%
| 1,992,628
| 0.93%
| 213,622,684
| 88.05%
| 3,631
|
17. Disapplication of pre-emption rights for purposes of acquisitions and other capital investment | 211,810,646
| 99.15%
| 1,812,038
| 0.85%
| 213,622,684
| 88.05%
| 3,631
|
18. Authority for the company to purchase its ordinary shares | 212,901,106
| 99.83%
| 367,552
| 0.17%
| 213,268,658
| 87.91%
| 357,647
|
19. Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings | 202,616,216
| 94.89%
| 10,914,883
| 5.11%
| 213,531,099
| 88.01%
| 4,216
|
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 30 June 2025, 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 242,612,536 ordinary shares of £0.01 each. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per ordinary share held.
In compliance with UKLR 6.4.2, 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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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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