AO WORLD PLC

AGM Information • Jul 17, 2014

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RNS Number : 6568M

AO World plc

17 July 2014

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 a 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	308,926,811	99.93	213,312	0.07	309,140,123	0
2	To approve the Directors' remuneration report	304,682,167	99.41	1,810,264	0.59	306,492,431	2,647,692
3	To approve the Directors' remuneration policy	305,302,957	99.62	1,169,906	0.38	306,472,863	2,667,260
4	To re-elect Richard Rose as a Director	307,218,203	99.55	1,398,113	0.45	308,616,316	523,807
5	To re-elect John Roberts as a Director	307,921,919	99.61	1,218,204	0.39	309,140,123	0
6	To re-elect Steve Caunce as a Director	307,774,227	99.56	1,365,896	0.44	309,140,123	0
7	To re-elect Brian McBride as a Director	308,497,126	99.79	642,997	0.21	309,140,123	0
8	To re-elect Charles William (Bill) Holroyd as a Director	306,578,690	99.34	2,037,626	0.66	308,616,316	523,807
9	To re-elect Chris Hopkinson as a Director	307,919,913	99.61	1,220,210	0.39	309,140,123	0
10	To re-elect Marisa Cassoni as a Director	307,695,124	99.53	1,444,999	0.47	309,140,123	0
11	To re-elect Rudolf Lamprecht as a Director	307,908,436	99.60	1,231,687	0.40	309,140,123	0
12	To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditors	305,688,650	99.53	1,447,197	0.47	307,135,847	2,004,276
13	To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors	308,299,881	99.73	840,242	0.27	309,140,123	0
14	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	283,262,587	91.63	25,857,968	8.37	309,120,555	19,568
15	To disapply pre-emption rights***	306,492,063	99.95	148,060	0.05	306,640,123	2,500,000
16	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares***	309,139,755	100.00	368	0.00	309,140,123	0
17	To authorise the Company to make political donations	306,838,863	99.90	296,984	0.10	307,135,847	2,004,276
18	To authorise the Company to hold general meetings on 14 days' notice***	307,828,742	99.58	1,311,381	0.42	309,140,123	0

*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 309,140,123 representing 73.42% of the Company's issued share capital of 421,052,631 as at 6pm on 15 July 2014.

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 inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM 

17 July 2014

Enquiries:

AO World plc

David Myers

Company Secretary

Tel: +44(0)1204 672400

This information is provided by RNS

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