REG - Bytes Technology Grp - Results of AGM
RNS Number : 1743GBytes Technology Group PLC22 July 202122 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
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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