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Pets At Home Group Plc

07 July 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 7 July 2022

PETS AT HOME GROUP PLC: Results of Annual General Meeting 2022

Pets at Home Group Plc ("Company") gives notice that at its Annual General Meeting held on 7 July 2022 at Pets at Home, Chester House, Stanley Green Trading Estate, Handforth, Cheshire, SK9 3RN at 11.00 a.m., a poll was taken on all resolutions put to the meeting. All resolutions were passed by the members entitled to vote.

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

 
                         VOTES FOR(1)      %(2)      VOTES AGAINST      %        VOTES TOTAL               % OF ISC(3)              VOTES 
                                                                                                                                   WITHHELD 
                                                                                                                                     (4) 
 Ordinary 
 Resolutions 
                      -----------------  --------  ----------------  -------  -----------------  -------------------------------  ---------- 
      To receive the 
      directors 
      report and 
      accounts for 
      the year ended 
 1    31 March 2022      399,217,365      100.00%        5,416         0.00%        399,222,781                           80.04%  1,570,938 
     ---------------  -----------------  --------  ----------------  -------  -----------------  -------------------------------  ---------- 
 2    To approve the 
      directors' 
      remuneration 
      report for the 
      year ended 31 
      March 2022            364,013,541   90.83%         36,771,235    9.17%        400,784,776                           80.36%    8,943 
     ---------------  -----------------  --------  ----------------  -------  -----------------  -------------------------------  ---------- 
 3    To declare a 
      final dividend 
      of 7.5 pence 
      per ordinary 
      share for the 
      year ended 31 
      March 2022         400,706,494      99.98%        83,996         0.02%        400,790,490                           80.36%    3,229 
     ---------------  -----------------  --------  ----------------  -------  -----------------  -------------------------------  ---------- 
 4    To re-elect 
      the following 
      individuals as 
      directors 
     ---------------  -----------------  --------  ----------------  -------  -----------------  -------------------------------  ---------- 
 4A   Mike Iddon         399,312,225      99.63%       1,477,594       0.37%        400,789,819               80.36%                3,900 
     ---------------  -----------------  --------  ----------------  -------  -----------------  -------------------------------  ---------- 
 4B   Dennis Millard     395,517,778      98.68%       5,272,863      1.32%      400,790,641                  80.36%                3,078 
     ---------------  -----------------  --------  ----------------  -------  -----------------  -------------------------------  ---------- 
 4C   Sharon Flood       393,416,753      98.16%       7,373,912      1.84%      400,790,665                  80.36%                3,054 
     ---------------  -----------------  --------  ----------------  -------  -----------------  -------------------------------  ---------- 
      Stanislas 
 4D   Laurent            395,757,861      98.74%       5,032,780       1.26%     400,790,641                  80.36%                3,078 
     ---------------  -----------------  --------  ----------------  -------  -----------------  -------------------------------  ---------- 
 4E   Susan Dawson       396,132,151      98.84%       4,658,514      1.16%      400,790,665                  80.36%                3,054 
     ---------------  -----------------  --------  ----------------  -------  -----------------  -------------------------------  ---------- 
 4F   Ian Burke          393,509,585      98.18%       7,281,056      1.82%      400,790,641                  80.36%                3,078 
     ---------------  -----------------  --------  ----------------  -------  -----------------  -------------------------------  ---------- 
 4G   Zarin Patel        392,902,069      98.56%       5,729,260      1.44%      398,631,329                  79.93%              2,162,390 
     ---------------  -----------------  --------  ----------------  -------  -----------------  -------------------------------  ---------- 
      To elect Lyssa 
      McGowan as 
 5    director           399,302,293      99.63%       1,476,414      0.37%      400,778,707                  80.36%                15,012 
     ---------------  -----------------  --------  ----------------  -------  -----------------  -------------------------------  ---------- 
       To reappoint 
       KPMG LLP as 
 6     the auditor       343,676,937      85.75%      57,110,060      14.25%     400,786,997                  80.36%                7,005 
     ---------------  -----------------  --------  ----------------  -------  -----------------  -------------------------------  ---------- 
 7    To authorise 
      the directors 
      to set the 
      auditor's fees     397,890,438      99.28%       2,898,893      0.72%      400,789,331                  80.36%                4,671 
     ---------------  -----------------  --------  ----------------  -------  -----------------  -------------------------------  ---------- 
 8    To give the 
      directors 
      authority to 
      allot shares       377,570,590      94.21%      23,217,939      5.79%      400,788,529                  80.36%                5,473 
     ---------------  -----------------  --------  ----------------  -------  -----------------  -------------------------------  ---------- 
 9    To authorise 
      the Company 
      and its 
      Subsidiaries 
      to make 
      political 
      donations          392,959,743      98.12%       7,517,317      1.88%      400,477,060                  80.30%               314,342 
     ---------------  -----------------  --------  ----------------  -------  -----------------  -------------------------------  ---------- 
 Special Resolutions 
                      -----------------  --------  ----------------  -------  -----------------  -------------------------------  ---------- 
      To disapply 
      pre-emption 
 10   rights             385,606,427      99.99%        26,171        0.01%      385,632,598                  77.32%              15,161,404 
     ---------------  -----------------  --------  ----------------  -------  -----------------  -------------------------------  ---------- 
 11   Additional 
      disapplication 
      of pre-emption 
      rights             372,924,574      96.60%      13,141,171      3.40%      386,065,745                  77.41%              14,728,257 
     ---------------  -----------------  --------  ----------------  -------  -----------------  -------------------------------  ---------- 
 12   To authorise 
      the Company to 
      buy its own 
      shares             394,755,179      98.84%       4,623,061      1.16%      399,378,240                  80.07%              1,415,762 
     ---------------  -----------------  --------  ----------------  -------  -----------------  -------------------------------  ---------- 
 13   To authorise 
      short notice 
      general 
      meetings           388,714,886      96.99%      12,076,231      3.01%      400,791,117                  80.36%                2,885 
     ---------------  -----------------  --------  ----------------  -------  -----------------  -------------------------------  ---------- 
 

Notes:

   1.         Votes "for" include discretionary votes. 
   2.         Percentages above are rounded to two decimal places. 
   3.         Issued share capital at meeting date: 498,756,282. 

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://investors.petsathome.com/investors/

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed by the Company at the Annual General Meeting held on 7 July 2022, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

For further information contact:

Lucy Williams

Group Company Secretary and

Legal Director

Pets at Home Group Plc

0161 486 6688

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