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RNS Number : 8684N  AO World plc  27 September 2023

AO World PLC ("Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

 

At the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of AO World plc held earlier today all the
resolutions put to the meeting were passed.  Details of the votes cast are
shown in the table below.

 

     Resolution                                                                      Votes in favour*        Votes against           Total number of votes cast  Votes Withheld**
     No. of shares                                                                                %          No. of shares  %        No. of shares
 1   To receive the report and accounts                                              515,155,506  100        4,895          0.00     515,415,282                 254,881
 2   To approve the Directors' remuneration report                                   505,918,131  98.16      9,479,457      1.84     515,415,282                 17,694
 3   To re-elect Geoff Cooper as a Director                                          503,724,051  97.74      11,672,059     2.26     515,415,282                 19,172
 4   To re-elect John Roberts as a Director                                          515,055,037  99.93      341,262        0.07     515,415,282                 18,983
 5   To re-elect Mark Higgins as a Director                                          514,926,436  99.91      469,674        0.09     515,415,282                 19,172
 6   To re-elect Chris Hopkinson as a Director                                       500,796,608  97.17      14,599,691     2.83     515,415,282                 18,983
 7   To re-elect Shaun McCabe as a Director                                          507,650,714  98.50      7,745,585      1.50     515,415,282                 18,983
 8   To re-elect Peter Pritchard as a Director                                       515,058,559  99.93      336,233        0.07     515,415,282                 20,490
 9   To re-elect Sarah Venning as a Director                                         515,161,972  99.95      232,631        0.05     515,415,282                 20,679
 10  To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors                                              515,386,574  100        10,907         0.00     515,415,282                 17,801
 11  To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors  515,392,200  100        7,202          0.00     515,415,282                 15,880
 12  To authorise the Directors to allot shares                                      513,973,962  99.72      1,423,040      0.28     515,415,282                 18,280
 13  To disapply pre-emption rights***                                               514,008,310  99.72      1,424,192      0.28     515,450,782                 18,280
 14  To disapply pre-emption rights - limited to an acquisition or capital           513,958,751  99.72      1,438,251      0.28     515,415,282                 18,280
     investment***
 15  To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares***                          515,383,227  100        15,175         0.00     515,415,282                 16,880
 16  To authorise the Company to make political donations                            480,979,515  93.32      34,419,887     6.68     515,415,282                 15,880
 17  To authorise the Company to hold general meetings on 14 days' notice***         512,644,522  99.47      2,753,880      0.53     515,415,282                 16,880

 

*      Includes those votes giving the Chairman discretion

**   A vote 'Withheld' has no legal effect and is not counted in the votes
'For' and 'Against' a resolution

*** Passed as special resolutions

 

The maximum number of votes cast was 515,415,282 representing 89.08% of the
Company's issued share capital of 578,570,448 as at 6pm on 26 September 2023.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed as
special business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and
will shortly be available for viewing here
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

Enquiries:

AO World plc

Julie Finnemore

Company Secretary

cosec@ao.com

 

 

 

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