To view the PDF file, sign up for a MySharenet subscription.

BYTES TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC - Results of Annual General Meeting

Release Date: 22/07/2021 15:30
Code(s): BYI     PDF:  
Wrap Text
Results of Annual General Meeting

Bytes Technology Group plc
(Incorporated in the England & Wales)
(Registered number: 12935776)
LEI: 213800LA4DZLFBAC9O33
Share code: BYI
ISIN: GB00BMH18Q19
(“Bytes”, “the Company”)

22 July 2021

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

1.  Receipt of the 2021 Annual Report and        209,055,963      100.00%        2,011             0.00%      209,057,974    87.30%           212,622
    Accounts
2.  Approval of the Directors’ Remuneration      198,518,281      94.87%         10,733,711        5.13%      209,251,992    87.38%           18,603
    Report
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       206,821,237      98.84%         2,431,381         1.16%      209,252,618    87.38%           17,978
    as auditors
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     196,769,810      94.03%         12,482,183        5.97%      209,251,993    87.38%           18,603
    purposes of acquisitions and other
    capital investment
16. Authority for the company to purchase        209,014,840      99.92%         165,991           0.08%      209,180,831    87.35%           89,765
    its ordinary shares
17. Notice period for general meetings other     206,001,347      98.45%         3,250,646         1.55%      209,251,993    87.38%           18,603
    than annual general meetings
   
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                                                             Tel: +44 (0)1372 418 992
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
Rand Merchant Bank (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)

Date: 22-07-2021 03:30:00
Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). 
The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of
 the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, 
indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on,
 information disseminated through SENS.

Share This Story