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LUCECO PLC AGM Information 2024

May 14, 2024

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Luceco PLC

14 May 2024

Luceco plc

(the "Company")

14 May 2024

Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results

The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting held on 14 May 2024 at the offices of Numis at 45 Gresham St, London EC2V 7BF each of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting were voted by way of a poll. The results of the poll for each resolution were as follows:

No. Resolution For Against Votes Withheld Total issued share capital voted
Number of shares % Number of shares % Number of shares %
1 To receive the Annual Report and Accounts 116,219,569 100.00% 3,859 0.00% 428,264 72.28%
2 To declare a final dividend of 3.2 pence per ordinary share 116,649,238 100.00% 0 0.00% 2,454 72.54%
3 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report 116,155,961 99.63% 435,119 0.37% 60,612 72.51%
4 To re-elect Giles B rand

as a Director
111,788,868 95.83% 4,858,869 4.17% 3,954 72.54%
5 To re-elect Caroline Brown as a Director 116,165,723 99.64% 421,057 0.36% 64,912 72.50%
6 To re-elect John Hornby

as a Director
116,522,160 99.93% 77,760 0.07% 51,772 72.51%
7 To re-elect Will Hoy

as a Director
116,501,083 99.92% 90,497 0.08% 60,112 72.51%
8 To re-elect Tim Surridge

as a Director
116,513,820 99.93% 77,760 0.07% 60,112 72.51%
9 To re-elect Pim Vervaat

as a Director
116,134,063 99.61% 457,517 0.39% 60,112 72.51%
10 To re-elect Julia Hendrickson

as a Director
116,582,561 99.99% 9,019 0.01% 60,112 72.51%
11 To re-appoint KPMG LLP

as Auditor of the Company
116,160,425 99.63% 429,695 0.37% 61,572 72.51%
12 To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor's remuneration 116,591,901 100.00% 4,219 0.00% 55,572 72.51%
13 To make political donations and incur political expenditure 115,270,256 99.22% 903,994 0.78% 477,442 72.25%
14 Authority to allot shares 116,505,705 99.92% 95,355 0.08% 50,632 72.51%
15* Authority to disapply pre-emption rights 116,084,836 99.56% 516,584 0.44% 50,272 72.51%
16* Authority to disapply pre-emption rights in limited circumstances 116,040,592 99.52% 560,828 0.48% 50,272 72.51%
17* Authority for the Company to purchase its own shares 116,216,624 99.63% 432,614 0.37% 2,454 72.54%
18* Authority to call general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 clear days' notice 115,180,518 98.75% 1,462,719 1.25% 8,454 72.54%
* special resolution
Independent Issued Share Capital: 86,608,203
No. Resolution For Against Votes Withheld Total issued share capital instructed
Number of shares % Number of shares % Number of shares %
5* To re-elect Caroline Brown as a Director 47,634,544 99.12% 421,057 0.88% 64,912 29.89%
8* To re-elect Tim Surridge

as a Director
47,982,641 99.84% 77,760 0.16% 60,112 29.89%
9* To re-elect Pim Vervaat

as a Director
47,602,884 99.05% 457,517 0.95% 60,112 29.89%
10* To re-elect Julia Hendrickson as a Director 48,051,382 99.98% 9,019 0.02% 60,112 29.89%
*independent resolution

For the purposes of the FCA Listing Rules, the concert parties known as the:

1.   "Hornby Group", comprising John Hornby, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, certain members of his family and an investment vehicle associated with John Hornby and his family, which has an aggregate interest in the Company's shares carrying voting rights of approximately 18.13%; and

2.   "Epic Group", comprising ESO Investments 2 Limited and Giles Brand, which has an aggregate interest in the Company's shares carrying voting rights of approximately 28%,

("Controlling Shareholders")

(for further details see the announcement released on 22 January 2024), are controlling (non-independent shareholders) of the Company as a result of holding 29,160,618 and 45,031,179 shares respectively in the Company.

Each resolution to re-elect independent non-executive directors (resolutions 5, 8, 9 and 10) have under Listing Rule 9.2.2E been approved by a majority of the votes cast by: (i) the shareholders of the Company as a whole; and (ii) the independent shareholders of the Company, that is, all the shareholders entitled to vote on each resolution excluding the Controlling Shareholders.

NOTES:
1. All Resolutions were passed.
2. Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the AGM have been included in the "For" total for the appropriate resolution.
3. Votes "For" and "Against" any resolution are expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution.
4. A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution nor in the calculation of the proportion of "Total issued share capital instructed" for any resolution.
5. The number of shares in issue at close of business on 14 May 2024 was 160,800,000 (the "Share Capital") and at that time, the Company did not hold any shares in treasury.
6. The proportion of "Total issued share capital instructed" for any resolution is the total of votes validly cast for that resolution (i.e. the total votes "For" and "Against" that resolution) expressed as a percentage of the Share Capital.
7. The full text of the resolutions passed at the AGM can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website at www.lucecoplc.com
8. A copy of resolutions 15-18 passed at the AGM will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
9. These poll results will be available shortly on the Company's website at www.lucecoplc.co m
For further information please contact:
Luceco plc

Will Hoy, Chief Financial Officer
via the Company Secretary, Link Company Matters

033 3300 1950
Link Company Matters

Michael Conway

Paris Condon
033 3300 1950

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