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Results of Annual General Meeting and Dividend Finalisation
Bytes Technology Group plc
(Incorporated in England and Wales)
(Registered number: 12935776)
LEI: 213800LA4DZLFBAC9O33
Share code: BYI
ISIN: GB00BMH18Q19
('BTG', 'the Company')
11 July 2024
Results of Annual General Meeting and Dividend Finalisation
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 % TOTAL % OF VOTES
AGAINST SHARES ISSUED WITHHELD
VOTED SHARE
CAPITAL
VOTED
ORDINARY
RESOLUTIONS
1. Receipt of the 208,116,201 99.98% 35,283 0.02% 208,151,484 86.50% 463,198
2024 Annual
Report and
Accounts
2. Approval of 205,694,710 98.60% 2,918,337 1.40% 208,613,047 86.70% 1,635
the Directors'
Remuneration
Report
3. Approval of 205,930,571 98.71% 2,682,442 1.29% 208,613,013 86.70% 1,669
Directors'
Remuneration
Policy
4. To pay a final 208,613,763 100.00% 250 0.00% 208,614,013 86.70% 669
dividend
5. To pay a 208,613,763 100.00% 250 0.00% 208,614,013 86.70% 669
special dividend
6. To re-elect 205,472,673 98.50% 3,132,544 1.50% 208,605,217 86.69% 9,465
Patrick De
Smedt as a
Director
7. To re-elect 208,603,064 100.00% 2,332 0.00% 208,605,396 86.69% 9,286
Sam Mudd as a
Director
8. To re-elect 208,587,226 99.99% 18,170 0.01% 208,605,396 86.69% 9,286
Andrew Holden
as a Director
9. To re-elect 206,504,780 98.99% 2,100,437 1.01% 208,605,217 86.69% 9,465
Erika Schraner
as a Director
10. To elect 207,344,183 99.39% 1,262,094 0.61% 208,606,277 86.69% 8,405
Shruthi
Chindalur as a
Director
11. To elect 207,043,435 99.25% 1,563,036 0.75% 208,606,471 86.69% 8,211
Ross Paterson
as a Director
12. To elect 207,341,660 99.39% 1,264,811 0.61% 208,606,471 86.69% 8,211
Anna Vikström
Persson as a
Director
13. Authority to 207,648,993 99.54% 963,766 0.46% 208,612,759 86.70% 1,923
re-appoint Ernst
& Young LLP as
auditor
14. 207,824,621 99.62% 788,138 0.38% 208,612,759 86.70% 1,923
Remuneration of
the auditor
15. Authority to 178,517,582 85.57% 30,096,431 14.43% 208,614,013 86.70% 669
allot new shares
16. Authority to 198,407,396 95.13% 10,160,065 4.87% 208,567,461 86.68% 47,221
make political
donations
SPECIAL
RESOLUTIONS
17. 207,050,863 99.25% 1,561,956 0.75% 208,612,819 86.70% 1,863
Disapplication of
pre-emption
rights
18. 207,363,266 99.40% 1,249,553 0.60% 208,612,819 86.70% 1,863
Disapplication of
pre-emption
rights for
purposes of
acquisitions and
other capital
investment
19. Authority for 207,976,862 99.98% 44,053 0.02% 208,020,915 86.45% 593,767
the company to
purchase its
ordinary
shares
20. Notice 201,015,968 96.36% 7,598,079 3.64% 208,614,047 86.70% 635
period for
general
meetings other
than annual
general
meetings
Dividend Finalisation
Shareholders of the Company are referred to the announcement released on 23 May 2024 relating to the dividend payment dates, which have now been approved by shareholders.
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.
A copy of this announcement will be available at: 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.
Sponsor
Investec Bank Limited
Date: 11-07-2024 05:30:00
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