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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: +44 (0)1372 418 992
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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.