Bytes Technology Group PLC

AGM Information • Jul 12, 2023

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Bytes Technology Group PLC

12 July 2023

12 July 2023

Bytes Technology Group plc

('BTG', 'the Company')

Results of Annual General Meeting

BTG announces that at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held today, 12 July 2023, all resolutions set out in the Notice of the AGM were passed by the requisite majority of votes. A poll was taken on the resolutions put to the meeting.

The results of the poll for each resolution, incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting, were as follows:

	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	TOTAL SHARES VOTED	% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
1. Receipt of the 2023 Annual Report and Accounts	212,551,497	100.00%	290	0.00%	212,551,787	88.75%	219,454
2. Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report	210,283,647	98.85%	2,454,042	1.15%	212,737,689	88.83%	33,552
3. To pay a final dividend	212,764,467	100.00%	290	0.00%	212,764,757	88.84%	6,484
4. To pay a special dividend	212,764,352	100.00%	405	0.00%	212,764,757	88.84%	6,484
5. To elect Sam Mudd as a Director	209,876,158	98.65%	2,876,841	1.35%	212,752,999	88.84%	18,242
6. To re-elect Patrick De Smedt as a Director	201,217,057	95.26%	10,015,341	4.74%	211,232,398	88.20%	1,538,843
7. To re-elect Andrew Holden as a Director	209,352,027	98.40%	3,400,972	1.60%	212,752,999	88.84%	18,242
8. To re-elect Neil Murphy as a Director	209,867,373	98.64%	2,885,626	1.36%	212,752,999	88.84%	18,242
9. To re-elect Mike Phillips as a Director	208,660,642	98.11%	4,018,283	1.89%	212,678,925	88.81%	18,242
10. To re-elect Erika Schraner as a Director	196,968,943	92.58%	15,783,555	7.42%	212,752,498	88.84%	18,743
11. To re-elect Alison Vincent as a Director	209,804,011	98.61%	2,946,607	1.39%	212,750,618	88.84%	20,623
12. Authority to re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor	212,669,709	99.96%	95,047	0.04%	212,764,756	88.84%	6,485
13. Remuneration of the auditor	212,650,780	99.95%	112,997	0.05%	212,763,777	88.84%	7,464
14. Authority to allot new shares	198,487,235	93.29%	14,276,543	6.71%	212,763,778	88.84%	7,463
15. Authority to make political donations	203,496,152	95.65%	9,247,642	4.35%	212,743,794	88.83%	27,447
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
16. Disapplication of pre-emption rights	212,164,763	99.73%	576,613	0.27%	212,741,376	88.83%	29,865
17. Disapplication of pre-emption rights for purposes of acquisitions and other capital investment	212,304,876	99.79%	448,966	0.21%	212,753,842	88.84%	17,399
18. Authority for the company to purchase its ordinary shares	212,152,679	99.97%	69,612	0.03%	212,222,291	88.62%	548,950
19. Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings	209,124,116	98.29%	3,630,242	1.71%	212,754,358	88.84%	16,883

Directorate Changes

As announced on 12 April 2023 and following the conclusion of the AGM, the Company confirms the appointment of Sam Mudd as an Executive Director and that David Maw has stepped down from his role as a Non-Executive Director.

Notes:

-    Proxy appointments giving discretion to the Chair of the meeting have been included in the "For" total.

-    A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

-    The Company's total ordinary shares in issue (total voting rights) as at 10 July 2023, being the record date at which a person had to be registered in the Company's register of members in order to vote at the AGM, was 239,482,333 ordinary shares of £0.01 each. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per ordinary share held.

In compliance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM will be 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.

A copy of this announcement will be available at: https://www.bytesplc.com/investors/shareholder-information/

Enquiries

WK Groenewald	Tel: +44 (0)1372 418992
Group Company Secretary
Bytes Technology Group plc

The Company has a primary listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

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