Auction Technology Group PLC

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Jan 26, 2023

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Auction Technology Group PLC

26 January 2023

LEI: 213800U8Q9K2XI3WRE39

26 January 2023

Auction Technology Group plc (the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held at the offices of Travers Smith LLP, 10 Snow Hill, London EC1A 2AL on 26 January 2023.

All resolutions were duly passed on a poll and the results of each resolution were as follows:

Resolution	For (%)	Against (%)	Votes withheld	Total votes cast	Percentage of issued share capital voted (%)
1.   To receive the reports of the Directors and the Auditor and the audited accounts for the financial year ended 30 September 2022	100.00%	0.00%	47,551	102,584,993	84.70
2.   To approve the Directors' remuneration report (excluding the Directors' remuneration policy)	91.74%	8.26%	1	102,632,543	84.74
3.   To re-elect Breon Corcoran as a Director	98.91%	1.09%	0	102,632,544	84.74
4.   To re-elect John-Paul Savant as a Director	99.89%	0.11%	0	102,632,544	84.74
5.   To re-elect Tom Hargreaves as a Director	99.21%	0.79%	0	102,632,544	84.74
6.   To re-elect Scott Forbes as a Director	99.23%	0.77%	3,608,533	99,024,011	81.76
7.   To re-elect Morgan Seigler as a Director	99.89%	0.11%	0	102,632,544	84.74
8.   To re-elect Pauline Reader as a Director	99.67%	0.33%	0	102,632,544	84.74
9.   To elect Suzanne Baxter as a Director	99.18%	0.82%	650	102,631,894	84.74
10. To elect Tamsin Todd as a Director	99.85%	0.15%	650	102,631,894	84.74
11. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor to the Company	99.80%	0.20%	750	102,631,794	84.74
12. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor	99.81%	0.19%	100	102,632,444	84.74
13. To authorise the Company to make political donations	99.86%	0.14%	1,200	102,631,344	84.74
14.  To authorise the Directors to allot shares or grant subscription or conversion rights under section 551 Companies Act 2006	98.94%	1.06%	0	102,632,544	84.74
15.  To dis-apply statutory pre-emption rights under section 570 of the Companies Act 2006 (general)	96.85%	3.15%	1,617,359	101,015,185	83.41
16.  To further disapply statutory pre-emption rights under section 570 of the Companies Act 2006 in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment	96.85%	3.15%	1,617,359	101,015,185	83.41
17.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares	100.00%	0.00%	15,374	102,617,170	84.73
18.  To authorise the calling of a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice	99.30%	0.70%	16,311	102,616,233	84.73

Notes:

(i)      Votes 'For' include those votes giving the Chair discretion.

(ii)     The number of ordinary shares in issue on 26 January 2023 was 121,113,336.  Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. 

(iii)    A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.

Full details of the resolutions are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 15 December 2022, which is available on the Company's website at www.auctiontechnologygroup.com.  The complete poll results will be available shortly on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website. 

Resolutions 1 to 14 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50 per cent. of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions. Resolutions 15 to 18 were special resolutions, requiring at least 75 per cent. of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions.

In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules, a copy of all the resolutions passed other than ordinary business at the Annual General Meeting has been 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

For further information contact:

Auction Technology Group plc For investor enquiries For media enquiries Company Secretary	investorrelations@auctiontechnologygroup.com press@auctiontechnologygroup.com cosec@auctiontechnologygroup.com
Tulchan Communications (Public relations advisor to the Company)	+44 207 353 4200 ATG@tulchangroup.com

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