2 July 2025
Bytes Technology Group plc
('BTG', 'the Company')
Results of Annual General Meeting
BTG announces that at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held today, 2 July 2025, 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:
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VOTES FOR |
% |
VOTES AGAINST |
% |
TOTAL SHARES VOTED |
% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED |
VOTES WITHHELD |
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ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS |
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1. Receipt of the 2025 Annual Report and Accounts |
213,280,748 |
100.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
213,280,748 |
87.91% |
345,567 |
|
2. Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report |
211,116,360 |
98.83% |
2,505,925 |
1.17% |
213,622,285 |
88.05% |
4,006 |
|
3. To pay a final dividend |
210,622,644 |
100.00% |
40 |
0.00% |
210,622,684 |
86.81% |
3,631 |
|
4. To pay a special dividend |
210,622,644 |
100.00% |
40 |
0.00% |
210,622,684 |
86.81% |
3,631 |
|
5. To re-elect Patrick De Smedt as a Director |
209,584,640 |
99.51% |
1,037,669 |
0.49% |
210,622,309 |
86.81% |
4,006 |
|
6. To re-elect Sam Mudd as a Director |
210,621,063 |
100.00% |
1,246 |
0.00% |
210,622,309 |
86.81% |
4,006 |
|
7. To re-elect Andrew Holden as a Director |
213,096,410 |
99.75% |
525,899 |
0.25% |
213,622,309 |
88.05% |
4,006 |
|
8. To re-elect Erika Schraner as a Director |
212,495,174 |
99.47% |
1,127,135 |
0.53% |
213,622,309 |
88.05% |
4,006 |
|
9. To re-elect Shruthi Chindalur as a Director |
212,817,255 |
99.62% |
805,054 |
0.38% |
213,622,309 |
88.05% |
4,006 |
|
10. To re-elect Ross Paterson as a Director |
211,826,490 |
99.16% |
1,795,819 |
0.84% |
213,622,309 |
88.05% |
4,006 |
|
11. To re-elect Anna Vikström Persson as a Director |
212,831,885 |
99.63% |
790,424 |
0.37% |
213,622,309 |
88.05% |
4,006 |
|
12. Authority to re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor |
213,410,438 |
99.90% |
210,570 |
0.10% |
213,621,008 |
88.05% |
5,307 |
|
13. Remuneration of the auditor |
213,619,581 |
100.00% |
1,417 |
0.00% |
213,620,998 |
88.05% |
5,317 |
|
14. Authority to allot new shares |
181,685,770 |
85.05% |
31,936,904 |
14.95% |
213,622,674 |
88.05% |
3,641 |
|
15. Authority to make political donations |
201,363,301 |
94.34% |
12,091,996 |
5.66% |
213,455,297 |
87.98% |
171,018 |
|
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS |
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16. Disapplication of pre-emption rights |
211,630,056 |
99.07% |
1,992,628 |
0.93% |
213,622,684 |
88.05% |
3,631 |
|
17. Disapplication of pre-emption rights for purposes of acquisitions and other capital investment |
211,810,646 |
99.15% |
1,812,038 |
0.85% |
213,622,684 |
88.05% |
3,631 |
|
18. Authority for the company to purchase its ordinary shares |
212,901,106 |
99.83% |
367,552 |
0.17% |
213,268,658 |
87.91% |
357,647 |
|
19. Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings |
202,616,216 |
94.89% |
10,914,883 |
5.11% |
213,531,099 |
88.01% |
4,216 |
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 30 June 2025, 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 242,612,536 ordinary shares of £0.01 each. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per ordinary share held.
In compliance with UKLR 6.4.2, 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
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WK Groenewald |
Tel: +44 (0)1372 418992 |
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Group Company Secretary |
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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.