AO WORLD PLC

AGM Information • Sep 27, 2023

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AO World plc

27 September 2023

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	515,155,506	100	4,895	0.00	515,415,282	254,881
2	To approve the Directors' remuneration report	505,918,131	98.16	9,479,457	1.84	515,415,282	17,694
3	To re-elect Geoff Cooper as a Director	503,724,051	97.74	11,672,059	2.26	515,415,282	19,172
4	To re-elect John Roberts as a Director	515,055,037	99.93	341,262	0.07	515,415,282	18,983
5	To re-elect Mark Higgins as a Director	514,926,436	99.91	469,674	0.09	515,415,282	19,172
6	To re-elect Chris Hopkinson as a Director	500,796,608	97.17	14,599,691	2.83	515,415,282	18,983
7	To re-elect Shaun McCabe as a Director	507,650,714	98.50	7,745,585	1.50	515,415,282	18,983
8	To re-elect Peter Pritchard as a Director	515,058,559	99.93	336,233	0.07	515,415,282	20,490
9	To re-elect Sarah Venning as a Director	515,161,972	99.95	232,631	0.05	515,415,282	20,679
10	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors	515,386,574	100	10,907	0.00	515,415,282	17,801
11	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors	515,392,200	100	7,202	0.00	515,415,282	15,880
12	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	513,973,962	99.72	1,423,040	0.28	515,415,282	18,280
13	To disapply pre-emption rights***	514,008,310	99.72	1,424,192	0.28	515,450,782	18,280
14	To disapply pre-emption rights - limited to an acquisition or capital investment***	513,958,751	99.72	1,438,251	0.28	515,415,282	18,280
15	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares***	515,383,227	100	15,175	0.00	515,415,282	16,880
16	To authorise the Company to make political donations	480,979,515	93.32	34,419,887	6.68	515,415,282	15,880
17	To authorise the Company to hold general meetings on 14 days' notice***	512,644,522	99.47	2,753,880	0.53	515,415,282	16,880

*      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 515,415,282 representing 89.08% of the Company's issued share capital of 578,570,448 as at 6pm on 26 September 2023.

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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