Last checked at 12 Jul 2023 15:30
12 July 2023
Bytes Technology Group plc
('BTG', 'the Company')
Results of Annual General Meeting
BTG announces that at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held today, 12 July 2023, 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 2023 Annual Report and Accounts
| 212,551,497 | 100.00% | 290 | 0.00% | 212,551,787 | 88.75% | 219,454 |
2. Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report | 210,283,647 | 98.85% | 2,454,042 | 1.15% | 212,737,689 | 88.83% | 33,552 |
3. To pay a final dividend | 212,764,467 | 100.00% | 290 | 0.00% | 212,764,757 | 88.84% | 6,484 |
4. To pay a special dividend | 212,764,352 | 100.00% | 405 | 0.00% | 212,764,757 | 88.84% | 6,484 |
5. To elect Sam Mudd as a Director | 209,876,158 | 98.65% | 2,876,841 | 1.35% | 212,752,999 | 88.84% | 18,242 |
6. To re-elect Patrick De Smedt as a Director | 201,217,057 | 95.26% | 10,015,341 | 4.74% | 211,232,398 | 88.20% | 1,538,843 |
7. To re-elect Andrew Holden as a Director | 209,352,027 | 98.40% | 3,400,972 | 1.60% | 212,752,999 | 88.84% | 18,242 |
8. To re-elect Neil Murphy as a Director | 209,867,373 | 98.64% | 2,885,626 | 1.36% | 212,752,999 | 88.84% | 18,242 |
9. To re-elect Mike Phillips as a Director | 208,660,642 | 98.11% | 4,018,283 | 1.89% | 212,678,925 | 88.81% | 18,242 |
10. To re-elect Erika Schraner as a Director | 196,968,943 | 92.58% | 15,783,555 | 7.42% | 212,752,498 | 88.84% | 18,743 |
11. To re-elect Alison Vincent as a Director | 209,804,011 | 98.61% | 2,946,607 | 1.39% | 212,750,618 | 88.84% | 20,623 |
12. Authority to re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor | 212,669,709 | 99.96% | 95,047 | 0.04% | 212,764,756 | 88.84% | 6,485 |
13. Remuneration of the auditor | 212,650,780 | 99.95% | 112,997 | 0.05% | 212,763,777 | 88.84% | 7,464 |
14. Authority to allot new shares | 198,487,235 | 93.29% | 14,276,543 | 6.71% | 212,763,778 | 88.84% | 7,463 |
15. Authority to make political donations | 203,496,152 | 95.65% | 9,247,642 | 4.35% | 212,743,794 | 88.83% | 27,447 |
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS | |||||||
16. Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 212,164,763 | 99.73% | 576,613 | 0.27% | 212,741,376 | 88.83% | 29,865 |
17. Disapplication of pre-emption rights for purposes of acquisitions and other capital investment | 212,304,876 | 99.79% | 448,966 | 0.21% | 212,753,842 | 88.84% | 17,399 |
18. Authority for the company to purchase its ordinary shares | 212,152,679 | 99.97% | 69,612 | 0.03% | 212,222,291 | 88.62% | 548,950 |
19. Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings | 209,124,116 | 98.29% | 3,630,242 | 1.71% | 212,754,358 | 88.84% | 16,883 |
Directorate Changes
As announced on 12 April 2023 and following the conclusion of the AGM, the Company confirms the appointment of Sam Mudd as an Executive Director and that David Maw has stepped down from his role as a Non-Executive Director.
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 10 July 2023, 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 | 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.