AO WORLD PLC

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Sep 18, 2024

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AO World plc

18 September 2024

AO World PLC ("Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of AO World PLC, held earlier today, all the resolutions put to the meeting were passed.  Details of the votes cast are shown in the table below.

	Resolution	Votes in favour*		Votes against		Total number of votes cast	Votes Withheld**
No. of shares	%	No. of shares	%	No. of shares
1	To receive the report and accounts	389,462,076	99.99	1,505	0.01	389,463,581	412,887
2	To approve the Directors' remuneration report	388,724,209	99.71	1,149,888	0.29	389,874,097	2,371
3	To re-elect Geoff Cooper as a Director	354,972,224	92.56	28,547,481	7.44	383,519,705	6,356,763
4	To re-elect John Roberts as a Director	389,347,544	99.86	528,924	0.14	389,876,468	-
5	To re-elect Mark Higgins as a Director	389,243,572	99.84	632,896	0.16	389,876,468	-
6	To re-elect Chris Hopkinson as a Director	368,844,809	94.61	21,031,659	5.39	389,876,468	-
7	To re-elect Shaun McCabe as a Director	389,546,959	99.92	329,509	0.08	389,876,468	-
8	To re-elect Peter Pritchard as a Director	375,551,122	96.33	14,325,346	3.67	389,876,468	-
9	To re-elect Sarah Venning as a Director	386,896,329	99.24	2,978,182	0.76	389,874,511	1,957
10	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors	389,871,313	99.99	3,198	0.01	389,874,511	1,957
11	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors	389,870,480	99.99	5,574	0.01	389,876,054	414
12	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	388,028,810	99.53	1,846,658	0.47	389,875,468	1,000
13	To disapply pre-emption rights***	388,676,146	99.69	1,197,365	0.31	389,873,511	2,957
14	To disapply pre-emption rights - limited to an acquisition or capital investment***	388,251,851	99.58	1,623,617	0.42	389,875,468	1,000
15	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares***	389,799,885	99.99	19,425	0.01	389,819,310	57,158
16	To authorise the Company to make political donations	357,931,465	91.81	31,944,828	8.19	389,876,293	175
17	To authorise the Company to hold general meetings on 14 days' notice***	386,992,370	99.26	2,878,072	0.74	389,870,442	6,026
18	To approve the AO World Sharesave Scheme	385,706,660	99.99	9,315	0.01	385,715,975	-

*      Includes those votes giving the Chairman discretion

**   A vote 'Withheld' has no legal effect and is not counted in the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution

*** Passed as special resolutions

The maximum number of votes cast was 389,876,468 representing 67.18% of the Company's issued share capital of 580,303,475 as at 6pm on 17 September 2024.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed as special business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing here .

Enquiries:

AO World PLC

Julie Finnemore

Company Secretary

cosec@ao.com

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