DIALES PLC

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Mar 5, 2024

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Driver Group plc

05 March 2024

Driver Group Plc

("Driver Group", "Driver" or the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of Driver Group Plc was held at 125 Old Broad Street, London, EC2N 1AR, United Kingdom on Tuesday, 5 March 2024 at 11:00 a.m.

All 11 resolutions put to members were passed on a poll. Resolutions 1 to 8 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 9 to 11 were passed as special resolutions.

At the AGM, shareholders approved the proposed change of name to Diales Plc which is expected to come into effect during H2 FY24. Further details regarding the Company's change of name, including the new ticker code, and updated website address, containing the information required to be published pursuant to Rule 26 of the AIM Rules for Companies, will be announced in due course.

The number of votes cast for and against each of the resolutions proposed, and the number of votes withheld were as follows:

Resolution	Votes for	%	Votes against	%	Votes withheld
Resolution 1 (Ordinary) To receive the reports of the Directors and the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2023.	34,495,996	97.90	738,194	2.10	3,438
Resolution 2 (Ordinary) To declare a final dividend for the year ended 30 September 2023 of 0.75p per share.	35,206,190	99.92	28,000	0.08	3,438
Resolution 3 (Ordinary) To re-elect Mark Wheeler as a Director.	34,031,190	96.59	1,203,000	3.41	3,438
Resolution 4 (Ordinary) To re-elect John Mullen as a Director.	32,404,254	91.97	2,829,936	8.03	3,438
Resolution 5 (Ordinary) To elect Shaun Smith as a Director.	34,031,190	96.59	1,203,000	3.41	3,438
Resolution 6 (Ordinary) To re-appoint Kreston Reeves LLP as auditor of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company.	35,110,956	99.92	28,234	0.08	98,438
Resolution 7 (Ordinary) To authorise the Directors to determine the fees payable to the auditor.	35,111,190	99.92	28,000	0.08	98,438
Resolution 8 (Ordinary) To authorise the directors to allot shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal amount of £70,147.63.	34,025,501	96.83	1,113,689	3.17	98,438
Resolution 9 (Special) To disapply pre-emption rights in the circumstances set out in the Notice of AGM.	34,016,624	96.81	1,122,566	3.19	98,438
Resolution 10 (Special) To authorise the Company generally and unconditionally to make market purchases in the circumstances set out in the notice of AGM.	34,122,058	96.84	1,112,132	3.16	3,438
Resolution 11 (Special) That the registered name of the Company be changed to Diales Plc.	34,077,058	96.84	1,112,132	3.16	48,438

As at Tuesday, 5 March 2024, there were 53,962,868 ordinary shares in issue, of which 1,352,140 are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares carrying voting rights in Driver is 52,610,728. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Votes withheld are not votes in law and so have not been included in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.

The full text of each resolution is available in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, published on our website.

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Enquiries:

Driver Group plc	020 7377 0005
Mark Wheeler (CEO)
Charlotte Parsons (CFO)
Singer Capital Markets (Nomad & Broker)	020 7496 3000
Sandy Fraser
Jen Boorer
Acuitas Communications	020 3745 0293 / 07799 767676
Simon Nayyar	[email protected]
Arthur Dingemans	[email protected]

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