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RNS Number : 2117W  Pets At Home Group Plc  12 July 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 12 July 2024

PETS AT HOME GROUP PLC: Results of Annual General Meeting 2024

 

Pets at Home Group Plc ("Company") gives notice that at its Annual General
Meeting held on 11 July 2024 at Pets at Home, Chester House, Stanley Green
Trading Estate, Handforth, Cheshire, SK9 3RN at 11.00 a.m., a poll was taken
on all resolutions put to the meeting.  All resolutions were passed by the
members entitled to vote.

The results of the poll incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the
meeting are set out below.

 

                                                                                              VOTES FOR¹   %²       VOTES AGAINST  %      VOTES TOTAL  % OF ISC³   VOTES WITHHELD(4)
 Ordinary Resolutions
 1            To receive the directors report and accounts for the year ended 28 March 2024   348,897,549  99.99%   28,633         0.01%  348,926,182  74.65%      805,033
 2            To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 28 March 2024  331,100,225  94.69%   18,561,019     5.31%  349,661,244  74.81%      69,971
 3            To declare a final dividend of 8.3 pence per ordinary share for the year ended  349,657,315  100.00%  7,975          0.00%  349,665,290  74.81%      65,925
              28 March 2024
 4            To re-elect the following individuals as directors
 4A           Lyssa McGowan                                                                   343,351,205  98.20%   6,287,582      1.80%  349,638,787  74.80%      92,428
 4B           Mike Iddon                                                                      343,397,394  98.21%   6,260,339      1.79%  349,657,733  74.81%      73,482
 4C           Ian Burke                                                                       338,091,957  96.70%   11,551,065     3.30%  349,643,022  74.80%      88,191
 4D           Zarin Patel                                                                     340,298,410  97.33%   9,324,600      2.67%  349,623,010  74.80%      108,203
 4E           Roger Burnley                                                                   329,830,489  94.34%   19,797,801     5.66%  349,628,290  74.80%      102,923
 4F           Natalie-Jane Macdonald                                                          340,323,912  97.34%   9,303,993      2.66%  349,627,905  74.80%      103,308
 5            To elect Angelique Augereau as a director                                       349,603,253  99.99%   20,409         0.01%  349,623,662  74.80%      107,553
 6            To appoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor                                          349,099,328  99.85%   537,689        0.15%  349,637,017  74.80%      76,128
 7            To authorise the directors to set the auditor's fees                            349,603,505  99.99%   42,869         0.01%  349,646,374  74.80%      66,771
 8            To give the directors authority to allot shares                                 339,042,583  96.97%   10,602,164     3.03%  349,644,747  74.80%      68,398
 9            To authorise the Company and its Subsidiaries to make political donations       340,155,605  97.90%   7,305,855      2.10%  347,461,460  74.34%      2,251,685
 Special Resolutions
 10           To disapply pre-emption rights                                                  342,046,774  99.71%   988,669        0.29%  343,035,443  73.39%      6,677,702
 11           Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights                                 342,276,991  99.67%   1,136,682      0.33%  343,413,673  73.47%      6,299,472
 12           To authorise the Company to buy its own shares                                  348,983,458  99.87%   464,933        0.13%  349,448,391  74.76%      264,754
 13           To authorise short notice general meetings                                      345,266,052  98.86%   3,974,462      1.14%  349,240,514  74.72%      472,631

 

Notes:

 

1.         Votes "for" include discretionary votes.

2.         Percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.

3.         Issued share capital at meeting date: 467,420,023.

4.         A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in
the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

 

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General
Meeting which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) and on the Company's
website https://investors.petsathome.com/investors/
(https://investors.petsathome.com/investors/)

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the resolutions, other than
those concerning ordinary business, passed by the Company at the Annual
General Meeting held on 11 July 2024, has been submitted to 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) .

 

 

For further information contact:

Lesley Lazenby

Legal Director & Company Secretary

Pets at Home Group Plc

0161 486 6688

 

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