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Bytes Technology Group PLC

22 July 2021

22 July 2021

Bytes Technology Group plc

("Bytes", "the Company")

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         %         VOTES        %        TOTAL         % OF       VOTES 
                          FOR                     AGAINST               SHARES        ISSUED     WITHHELD 
                                                                        VOTED         SHARE 
                                                                                      CAPITAL 
                                                                                      VOTED 
 ORDINARY 
  RESOLUTIONS 
                        ------------  --------  -----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 1. Receipt 
  of the 2021 
  Annual Report 
  and Accounts           209,055,963   100.00%   2,011        0.00%    209,057,974   87.30%     212,622 
                        ------------  --------  -----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 2. Approval 
  of the Directors' 
  Remuneration 
  Report                 198,518,281   94.87%    10,733,711   5.13%    209,251,992   87.38%     18,603 
                        ------------  --------  -----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 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 
  as auditors            206,821,237   98.84%    2,431,381    1.16%    209,252,618   87.38%     17,978 
                        ------------  --------  -----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 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 
  purposes 
  of 
  acquisitions 
  and other 
  capital 
  investment             196,769,810   94.03%    12,482,183   5.97%    209,251,993   87.38%     18,603 
                        ------------  --------  -----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 16. Authority 
  for the 
  company 
  to purchase 
  its ordinary 
  shares                 209,014,840   99.92%    165,991      0.08%    209,180,831   87.35%     89,765 
                        ------------  --------  -----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 17. Notice 
  period for 
  general 
  meetings 
  other than 
  annual 
  general 
  meetings               206,001,347   98.45%    3,250,646    1.55%    209,251,993   87.38%     18,603 
                        ------------  --------  -----------  -------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 

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 GBP0.01 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.

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