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Bytes Technology Group PLC

26 July 2022

26 July 2022

Bytes Technology Group plc

("BTG", "the Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

BTG announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held today, 26 July 2022, 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 SHARES   % OF       VOTES 
                         FOR                     AGAINST              VOTED          ISSUED     WITHHELD 
                                                                                     SHARE 
                                                                                     CAPITAL 
                                                                                     VOTED 
 ORDINARY 
  RESOLUTIONS 
                       ------------  --------  -----------  ------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 1. Receipt 
  of the 2022 
  Annual Report 
  and Accounts          212,390,948   100.00%   1,301        0.00%   212,392,249    88.69%     146,159 
                       ------------  --------  -----------  ------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 2. Approval 
  of the Directors' 
  Remuneration 
  Report                198,457,278   93.38%    14,066,374   6.62%   212,523,652    88.74%     14,756 
                       ------------  --------  -----------  ------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 3. To pay 
  a final dividend      212,522,352   100.00%   1,301        0.00%   212,523,653    88.74%     14,755 
                       ------------  --------  -----------  ------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 4. To pay 
  a special 
  dividend              212,518,352   100.00%   5,301        0.00%   212,523,653    88.74%     14,755 
                       ------------  --------  -----------  ------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 5. To elect 
  Andrew Holden 
  as a Director         211,678,343   99.60%    844,847      0.40%   212,523,190    88.74%     15,218 
                       ------------  --------  -----------  ------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 6. To elect 
  Erika Schraner 
  as a Director         211,835,944   99.68%    687,245      0.32%   212,523,189    88.74%     15,219 
                       ------------  --------  -----------  ------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 7. To re-elect 
  Patrick De 
  Smedt as 
  a Director            189,306,879   92.09%    16,268,220   7.91%   205,575,099    85.84%     6,963,309 
                       ------------  --------  -----------  ------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 8. To re-elect 
  Neil Murphy 
  as a Director         211,744,941   99.63%    778,249      0.37%   212,523,190    88.74%     15,218 
                       ------------  --------  -----------  ------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 9. To re-elect 
  Mike Phillips 
  as a Director         211,446,390   99.53%    1,002,726    0.47%   212,449,116    88.71%     89,292 
                       ------------  --------  -----------  ------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 10. To re-elect 
  Alison Vincent 
  as a Director         211,520,464   99.53%    1,002,726    0.47%   212,523,190    88.74%     15,218 
                       ------------  --------  -----------  ------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 11. To re-elect 
  David Maw 
  as a Director         210,698,887   99.32%    1,443,744    0.68%   212,142,631    88.58%     395,777 
                       ------------  --------  -----------  ------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 12. Authority 
  to re-appoint 
  Ernst & Young 
  LLP as auditor        212,513,509   100.00%   2,144        0.00%   212,515,653    88.74%     22,755 
                       ------------  --------  -----------  ------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 13. Remuneration 
  of the auditor        212,521,009   100.00%   2,144        0.00%   212,523,153    88.74%     15,255 
                       ------------  --------  -----------  ------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 14. Authority 
  to allot 
  new shares            194,483,840   91.52%    18,031,850   8.48%   212,515,690    88.74%     22,718 
                       ------------  --------  -----------  ------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 15. Authority 
  to make political 
  donations             201,104,020   94.66%    11,340,767   5.34%   212,444,787    88.71%     93,621 
                       ------------  --------  -----------  ------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 SPECIAL 
  RESOLUTIONS 
                       ------------  --------  -----------  ------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 16. Disapplication 
  of pre-emption 
  rights                211,879,783   99.70%    643,407      0.30%   212,523,190    88.74%     15,218 
                       ------------  --------  -----------  ------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 17. Disapplication 
  of pre-emption 
  rights for 
  purposes 
  of 
  acquisitions 
  and other 
  capital investment    208,964,189   98.33%    3,559,001    1.67%   212,523,190    88.74%     15,218 
                       ------------  --------  -----------  ------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 18. Authority 
  for the company 
  to purchase 
  its ordinary 
  shares                212,156,012   99.97%    71,972       0.03%   212,227,984    88.62%     310,424 
                       ------------  --------  -----------  ------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 19. Notice 
  period for 
  general meetings 
  other than 
  annual 
  general meetings      208,247,081   98.39%    3,406,572    1.61%   211,653,653    88.38%     884,755 
                       ------------  --------  -----------  ------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 

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 22 July 2022, 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 418992 
   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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