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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
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