Result of AGM

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Pets at Home Group Plc announced that all resolutions presented at its Annual General Meeting on July 9, 2026, were passed by shareholders. Key resolutions included the approval of the directors' report and accounts for the year ended March 26, 2026, with 99.95% of votes in favour, and the directors' remuneration report, which received 85.06% approval. The company also secured strong support for its Directors' Remuneration Policy (96.39% for) and the Performance Share Plan (98.19% for). Shareholders approved a final dividend of 2.7 pence per ordinary share with 99.99% of votes in favour. All directors seeking re-election or election were also approved, and Deloitte LLP was re-appointed as auditor with 99.99% of votes in favour.

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Pets At Home Group Plc
09 July 2026
 

LEI: 2138003Y9ULD24PD3J93

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 9 July 2026

PETS AT HOME GROUP PLC

 

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

Pets at Home Group Plc ("Company") gives notice that at its Annual General Meeting held on 9 July 2026 at Pets at Home, Chester House, Stanley Green Trading Estate, Handforth, Cheshire, SK9 3RN at 09.00 a.m., a poll was taken on all resolutions put to the meeting. All resolutions were passed by the requisite majority of members entitled to vote.

The results of the poll incorporating proxy instructions lodged in advance of the meeting are set out below.


VOTES FOR¹

VOTES AGAINST

%

VOTES TOTAL

% OF ISC³

VOTES WITHHELD⁴

Ordinary Resolutions

1.

To receive the directors' report and accounts for the year ended 26 March 2026

 306,273,762

99.95%

 155,682

0.05%

 306,429,444

68.42%

 1,222,286

2.

To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 26 March 2026

 261,652,867

85.06%

45,967,010

14.94%

 307,619,877

68.69%

 31,853

3.

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

 289,482,970

96.39%

10,830,431

3.61%

 300,313,401

67.06%

 7,338,329

4.

To approve the Performance Share Plan as an employees' share scheme

 294,880,841

98.19%

 5,450,510

1.81%

 300,331,351

67.06%

 7,320,379

5.

To declare a final dividend recommended by the Directors of 2.7 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 26 March 2026

 307,618,808

99.99%

 17,024

0.01%

 307,635,832

68.69%

 15,898

6.

To re-elect the following individuals as directors


6A

Ian Burke

 256,923,561

83.52%

50,694,184

16.48%

 307,617,745

68.69%

 33,985

6B

Zarin Patel

 302,970,685

98.49%

 4,638,268

1.51%

 307,608,953

68.69%

 42,777

6C

Roger Burnley

 296,480,295

96.38%

11,133,221

3.62%

 307,613,516

68.69%

 38,214

6D

Natalie-Jane Macdonald

 304,637,657

99.03%

 2,975,930

0.97%

 307,613,587

68.69%

 38,143

6E

Garret Turley

 303,649,439

98.99%

 3,093,214

1.01%

 306,742,653

68.49%

 909,077

7.

To elect the following individuals as directors


7A

James Bailey

 307,337,386

99.91%

 276,689

0.09%

 307,614,075

68.69%

 37,655

7B

Sarah Pollard

 307,317,845

99.90%

 293,053

0.10%

 307,610,898

68.69%

 40,832

8.

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the auditor

 307,568,247

99.99%

 45,208

0.01%

 307,613,455

68.69%

 38,275

9.

To authorise the directors to set the auditors' fees

 307,599,569

99.99%

 26,084

0.01%

 307,625,653

68.69%

 26,077

10.

To give the directors authority to allot shares

 302,494,798

98.33%

 5,123,548

1.67%

 307,618,346

68.69%

 33,384

11.

To authorise the Company and its Subsidiaries to make political donations

 302,018,048

98.18%

 5,603,027

1.82%

 307,621,075

68.69%

 30,655

Special Resolutions

12.

To disapply pre-emption rights (general)

 307,137,233

99.95%

 165,021

0.05%

 307,302,254

68.62%

 349,476

13.

To further disapply pre-emption rights (acquisitions and specified capital investments)

 307,362,824

99.95%

 139,721

0.05%

 307,502,545

68.66%

 149,185

14.

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

 307,168,397

99.99%

 34,352

0.01%

 307,202,749

68.59%

 448,981

15.

To authorise short notice general meetings

 302,894,221

98.46%

 4,736,682

1.54%

 307,630,903

68.69%

 20,827

Notes:

1.   Votes "for" include discretionary votes.

2.   Percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.

3.   Issued share capital at 6.00 p.m. on 7 July 2026 (being the voting record time): 447,852,558

4.   A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's website https://www.petsathomeplc.com/investors/.

In accordance with UKLR 6.4.2R, a copy of the resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed by the Company at the Annual General Meeting held on 9 July 2026, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

 

Enquiries

Pets at Home Group Plc:                                                                   

Lesley Lazenby, Company Secretary

Alex Chesworth, Deputy Company Secretary

+44 (0) 161 486 6688

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