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RNS Number : 1100W  Bytes Technology Group PLC  11 July 2024

 

11 July 2024

 

Bytes Technology Group plc

('BTG', 'the Company')

 

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

BTG announces that at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held today, 11 July
2024, 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 2024 Annual Report and Accounts             208,116,201  99.98%   35,283         0.02%   208,151,484         86.50%                           463,198

 2. Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report             205,694,710  98.60%   2,918,337      1.40%   208,613,047         86.70%                           1,635
 3. Approval of Directors' Remuneration Policy                 205,930,571  98.71%   2,682,442      1.29%   208,613,013         86.70%                           1,669
 4. To pay a final dividend                                    208,613,763  100.00%  250            0.00%   208,614,013         86.70%                           669
 5. To pay a special dividend                                  208,613,763  100.00%  250            0.00%   208,614,013         86.70%                           669
 6. To re-elect Patrick De Smedt as a Director                 205,472,673  98.50%   3,132,544      1.50%   208,605,217         86.69%                           9,465
 7. To re-elect Sam Mudd as a Director                         208,603,064  100.00%  2,332          0.00%   208,605,396         86.69%                           9,286
 8. To re-elect Andrew Holden as a Director                    208,587,226  99.99%   18,170         0.01%   208,605,396         86.69%                           9,286
 9. To re-elect Erika Schraner as a Director                   206,504,780  98.99%   2,100,437      1.01%   208,605,217         86.69%                           9,465
 10. To elect Shruthi Chindalur as a Director                  207,344,183  99.39%   1,262,094      0.61%   208,606,277         86.69%                           8,405
 11. To elect Ross Paterson as a Director                      207,043,435  99.25%   1,563,036      0.75%   208,606,471         86.69%                           8,211
 12. To elect Anna Vikström Persson as a Director              207,341,660  99.39%   1,264,811      0.61%   208,606,471         86.69%                           8,211
 13. Authority to re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor      207,648,993  99.54%   963,766        0.46%   208,612,759         86.70%                           1,923
 14. Remuneration of the auditor                               207,824,621  99.62%   788,138        0.38%   208,612,759         86.70%                           1,923
 15. Authority to allot new shares                             178,517,582  85.57%   30,096,431     14.43%  208,614,013         86.70%                           669
 16. Authority to make political donations                     198,407,396  95.13%   10,160,065     4.87%   208,567,461         86.68%                           47,221
 SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
 17. Disapplication of pre-emption rights                      207,050,863  99.25%   1,561,956      0.75%   208,612,819         86.70%                           1,863
 18. Disapplication of pre-emption rights for purposes of      207,363,266  99.40%   1,249,553      0.60%   208,612,819         86.70%                           1,863

 acquisitions and other capital investment
 19. Authority for the company to purchase its ordinary        207,976,862  99.98%   44,053         0.02%   208,020,915         86.45%                           593,767

 shares
 20. Notice period for general meetings other than annual      201,015,968  96.36%   7,598,079      3.64%   208,614,047         86.70%                           635

 general meetings

 

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 9 July 2024, 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
240,624,836 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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

A copy of this announcement will be available
at: https://www.bytesplc.com/investors/shareholder-information/
(https://www.bytesplc.com/investors/shareholder-information/)

 

 Enquiries

 

  WK Groenewald                Tel: +44 (0)1372 418992
  Group Company Secretary
  Bytes Technology Group plc

 

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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