Results of AGM

RNS Number : 1743G
Bytes Technology Group PLC
22 July 2021
 

22 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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