AGM Information • Jul 13, 2023
AGM Information
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('BTG', 'the Company')
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 |
% OF ISSUED |
VOTES WITHHELD |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VOTED | SHARE CAPITAL VOTED |
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| ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS |
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| 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. | 212,650,780 | 99.95% | 112,997 | 0.05% | 212,763,777 | 88.84% | 7,464 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remuneration of | |||||||
| the auditor | |||||||
| 14. Authority to | 198,487,235 | 93.29% | 14,276,543 | 6.71% | 212,763,778 | 88.84% | 7,463 |
| allot new shares | |||||||
| 15. Authority to | 203,496,152 | 95.65% | 9,247,642 | 4.35% | 212,743,794 | 88.83% | 27,447 |
| make political | |||||||
| donations | |||||||
| SPECIAL | |||||||
| RESOLUTIONS | |||||||
| 16. | 212,164,763 | 99.73% | 576,613 | 0.27% | 212,741,376 | 88.83% | 29,865 |
| Disapplication of | |||||||
| pre-emption | |||||||
| rights | |||||||
| 17. | 212,304,876 | 99.79% | 448,966 | 0.21% | 212,753,842 | 88.84% | 17,399 |
| Disapplication of | |||||||
| pre-emption | |||||||
| rights for | |||||||
| purposes of | |||||||
| acquisitions and | |||||||
| other capital | |||||||
| investment | |||||||
| 18. Authority for | 212,152,679 | 99.97% | 69,612 | 0.03% | 212,222,291 | 88.62% | 548,950 |
| the company to | |||||||
| purchase its | |||||||
| ordinary | |||||||
| shares | |||||||
| 19. Notice | 209,124,116 | 98.29% | 3,630,242 | 1.71% | 212,754,358 | 88.84% | 16,883 |
| period for | |||||||
| general | |||||||
| meetings other | |||||||
| than annual | |||||||
| general | |||||||
| meetings |
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.
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/shareholderinformation/
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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