Result of AGM

AO World plc

24 September 2026

 

AO World PLC ("Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of AO World PLC, held today, all the resolutions put to the meeting were passed.  Details of the votes cast are shown in the table below.

	Resolution	Votes in favour*		Votes against		Total number of votes cast	Votes Withheld**
		No. of shares	%	No. of shares	%		No. of shares
1	To receive the report and accounts	471,661,145	99.99	9,285	0.01	471,670,430	796,400
2	To approve the Directors' remuneration report	470,818,443	99.65	1,640,782	0.35	472,459,225	7,605
3	To re-elect Geoff Cooper as a Director	444,477,584	94.08	27,947,798	5.92	472,425,382	41,448
4	To re-elect John Roberts as a Director	472,083,337	99.93	345,445	0.07	472,428,782	38,048
5	To re-elect Mark Higgins as a Director	472,050,293	99.92	376,454	0.08	472,426,747	40,083
6	To re-elect Shaun McCabe as a Director	471,767,082	99.86	658,242	0.14	472,425,324	41,506
7	To re-elect Peter Pritchard as a Director	458,044,236	96.96	14,381,086	3.04	472,425,322	41,508
8	To re-elect Sarah Venning as a Director	458,246,825	97.00	14,178,558	3.00	472,425,383	41,447
9	To elect Sophie Tomkins as a Director	469,163,614	99.31	3,263,134	0.69	472,426,748	40,082
10	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors	472,249,018	99.96	175,059	0.04	472,424,077	42,753
11	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors	472,416,285	99.99	18,552	0.01	472,434,837	31,993
12	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	470,118,342	99.50	2,343,781	0.50	472,462,123	4,707
13	To disapply pre-emption rights***	470,896,318	99.67	1,564,973	0.33	472,461,291	5,539
14	To disapply pre-emption rights - limited to an acquisition or capital investment***	470,290,953	99.54	2,170,338	0.46	472,461,291	5,539
15	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares***	472,091,403	99.97	143,035	0.03	472,234,438	232,392
16	To authorise the Company to make political donations	459,600,390	97.28	12,854,665	2.72	472,455,055	11,775
17	To authorise the Company to hold general meetings on 14 days' notice***	469,051,432	99.28	3,412,212	0.72	472,463,644	3,186

*      Includes those votes giving the Chairman discretion

**   A vote 'Withheld' has no legal effect and is not counted in the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution

*** Passed as special resolutions

The maximum number of votes cast was 472,463,644 representing 83.55% of the Company's issued voting capital of 565,466,524 as at 6pm on 22 September 2026.

Enquiries:

AO World PLC

Julie Finnemore

Company Secretary

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