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Softcat PLC

Transaction in Own Shares Dec 16, 2025

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Softcat PLC

16 December 2025

Company Number: 02174990                                                                                16 December 2025

Softcat plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

Softcat plc (the "Company" or the "Group") announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held yesterday, 15 December 2025, all resolutions set out in the notice of the AGM were passed by the requisite majority of votes by shareholders by way of a poll.

The full text of the resolutions proposed at the AGM is included in Softcat's Notice of AGM published on 6 November 2025, which is available on Softcat's website at: https://www.softcat.com/about-us/investor-centre/calendar.

The results of the poll for each resolution were as follows:

VOTES FOR % VOTES AGAINST % TOTAL SHARES VOTED % OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED VOTES WITHHELD
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
1. To receive the Group's financial statements and the reports of the Directors together with the Auditor's Report for the year ended 31 July 2025 155,998,897 99.97% 49,781 0.03% 156,048,678 78.02% 199,180
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report 152,984,593 97.94% 3,222,497 2.06% 156,207,090 78.09% 40,768
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy 149,824,459 96.28% 5,793,081 3.72% 155,617,540 77.80% 630,318
4. To declare a final dividend of 20.4 pence per ordinary share 156,244,735 100.00% 2,533 0.00% 156,247,268 78.11% 590
5. To declare a special dividend of 16.1 pence per ordinary share 156,244,807 100.00% 2,533 0.00% 156,247,340 78.11% 518
6. To re-elect Graeme Watt as a Director 154,425,108 98.83% 1,820,349 1.17% 156,245,457 78.11% 2,401
7. To re-elect Graham Charlton as a Director 156,007,685 99.85% 237,772 0.15% 156,245,457 78.11% 2,401
8. To re-elect Katy Mecklenburgh as a Director 155,903,064 99.78% 339,834 0.22% 156,242,898 78.11% 4,960
9. To elect Jacqui Ferguson as a Director 155,265,647 99.38% 976,181 0.62% 156,241,828 78.11% 6,030
10. To re-elect Mayank Prakash as a Director 155,254,839 99.37% 986,989 0.63% 156,241,828 78.11% 6,030
11. To re-elect Lynne Weedall as a Director 154,720,671 99.03% 1,521,157 0.97% 156,241,828 78.11% 6,030
12. To re-elect Robyn Perriss as a Director 154,907,489 99.15% 1,334,339 0.85% 156,241,828 78.11% 6,030
13. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company 150,396,242 96.26% 5,847,188 3.74% 156,243,430 78.11% 4,428
14. To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration 150,931,758 96.60% 5,311,941 3.40% 156,243,699 78.11% 4,159
15. To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure up to the aggregate amount of £100,000 153,110,782 97.99% 3,135,590 2.01% 156,246,372 78.11% 1,486
16. To authorise the Directors to allot securities pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 149,316,317 95.57% 6,928,039 4.43% 156,244,356 78.11% 3,502
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
17. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply the statutory pre-emption rights pursuant to Sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 149,346,852 95.59% 6,896,648 4.41% 156,243,500 78.11% 4,358
18. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply statutory pre-emption rights for the purposes of acquisitions or capital investments pursuant to Sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 145,554,216 93.16% 10,689,236 6.84% 156,243,452 78.11% 4,406
19. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares 154,406,164 98.87% 1,763,286 1.13% 156,169,450 78.08% 78,408
20. To approve the calling of a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice 152,282,689 97.46% 3,964,551 2.54% 156,247,240 78.11% 618

VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS EXCLUDING CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER ON RE-ELECTION OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS VOTES FOR % VOTES AGAINST % TOTAL SHARES VOTED % OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED VOTES WITHHELD
9. To elect Jacqui Ferguson as a Director 90,316,869 98.93 976,181 1.07 91,293,050 45.64% 6,030
10. To re-elect Mayank Prakash as a Director 90,306,061 98.92 986,989 1.08 91,293,050 45.64% 6,030
11. To re-elect Lynne Weedall as a Director 89,771,893 98.33 1,521,157 1.67 91,293,050 45.64% 6,030
12. To re-elect Robyn Perriss as a Director 89,958,711 98.54 1,334,339 1.46 91,293,050 45.64% 6,030

Notes:

Any proxy appointments giving discretion to the Chairman 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 number of ordinary shares in issue (total voting rights) as at 16.30 on 11 December 2025, being the time at which a person had to be registered in the Company's register of members in order to vote at the AGM, was 200,022,813 ordinary shares of £0.0005 each. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per ordinary share held.

Peter Kelly is regarded as a controlling shareholder of the Company for the purposes of the Listing Rules, and each resolution to elect or re-elect independent non-executive directors (resolutions 9, 10, 11 and 12) have under Listing Rule 6.2.8 been approved by a majority of the votes cast by:

i.    the shareholders of the Company as a whole; and

ii.    the independent shareholders of the Company, that is, all the shareholders entitled to vote on each resolution excluding the controlling shareholder.

In accordance with paragraph 6.4.2 of the Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

A copy of this announcement will be available on the Group's website at: https://www.softcat.com/about-us/investor-centre/calendar.

Luke Thomas, Company Secretary

Softcat plc

16 December 2025

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