Pets at Home Group PLC

AGM Information • Jul 9, 2020

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Pets At Home Group Plc

09 July 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 9 July 2020

PETS AT HOME GROUP PLC: Results of Annual General Meeting 2020

Pets at Home Group Plc ("Company") gives notice that at its Annual General Meeting held on 9 July 2020 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 FOR¹	%²	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% OF ISC³	VOTES WITHHELD4
Ordinary Resolutions
1	To receive the directors report and accounts for the year ended 26 March 2020	401,017,634	99.98	64,893	0.02	401,082,527	80.22	445,448
2	To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 26 March 2020	394,663,577	98.31	6,781,731	1.69	401,445,308	80.29	82,667
3	To approve the directors' remuneration policy	345,143,879	85.98	56,301,430	14.02	401,445,309	80.29	82,667
4	To declare a final dividend of 5.0 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 26 March 2020	401,353,569	99.96	173,483	0.04	401,527,052	80.31	924
5	To re-elect the following individuals as directors
5A	Peter Pritchard	401,187,603	99.92	332,159	0.08	401,519,762	80.30	8,214
5B	Mike Iddon	400,301,315	99.70	1,218,447	0.30	401,519,762	80.30	8,214
5C	Dennis Millard	398,621,392	99.28	2,898,370	0.72	401,519,762	80.30	8,214
5D	Sharon Flood	398,906,644	99.35	2,612,812	0.65	401,519,456	80.30	8,520
5E	Stanislas Laurent	400,623,227	99.78	896,229	0.22	401,519,456	80.30	8,520
5F	Professor Susan Dawson	398,905,644	99.35	2,613,812	0.65	401,519,456	80.30	8,520
6	To elect Ian Burke as director	322,579,480	98.10	6,259,507	1.90	328,838,987	65.77	72,688,988
7	To reappoint KPMG LLP as the auditor	376,525,548	93.78	24,994,385	6.22	401,519,933	80.30	8,042
8	To authorise the directors to set the auditor's fees	401,124,407	99.90	400,946	0.10	401,525,353	80.31	2,622
9	To give the directors authority to allot shares	398,662,147	99.29	2,862,007	0.71	401,524,154	80.30	3,822
10	To authorise the Company and its Subsidiaries to make political donations	401,017,253	99.87	506,342	0.13	401,523,595	80.30	4,380
11	To approve the Company Restricted Stock Plan	WITHDRAWN5
Special Resolutions
12	To disapply pre-emption rights	401,463,659	99.99	59,253	0.01	401,522,912	80.30	5,064
13	Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights	400,367,638	99.71	1,155,273	0.29	401,522,911	80.30	5,064
14	To authorise the Company to buy its own shares	400,184,745	99.71	1,147,374	0.29	401,332,119	80.27	195,856
15	To authorise short notice general meetings	393,666,950	98.04	7,857,204	1.96	401,524,154	80.30	3,822
16	To approve and adopt the Company's new Articles of Association	401,468,788	100.00	12,538	0.00	401,481,326	80.30	47,242

Notes:

1.         Votes "for" include discretionary votes.

2.         Percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.

3.         Issued share capital at meeting date: 500,000,000.

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.

5.         As announced on 19 June 2020, resolution 11 is not required. Accordingly, with the consent of the meeting, resolution 11 was withdrawn.

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 http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm and on the Company's website http://www.investors.petsathome.com

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 9 July 2020, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

For further information contact:

Lucy Williams

Group Company Secretary and

Legal Director

Pets at Home Group Plc

0161 486 6688

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