Result of AGM

Bytes Technology Group PLC

02 July 2025

 

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:

	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	TOTAL SHARES VOTED	% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
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
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

WK Groenewald	Tel: [phone]
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.

 

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