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Results of Annual General Meeting and Dividend Finalisation

Published: 2023-07-12 17:40:19 ET
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     Bytes Technology Group plc
     (Incorporated in England and Wales)
     (Registered number: 12935776)
     LEI: 213800LA4DZLFBAC9O33
     Share code: BYI
     ISIN: GB00BMH18Q19
     (‘BTG’, ‘the Company’)

     12 July 2023

     Results of Annual General Meeting and Dividend Finalisation

     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        %         TOTAL            % OF          VOTES
                                             AGAINST                SHARES           ISSUED        WITHHELD
                                                                    VOTED            SHARE
                                                                                     CAPITAL
                                                                                     VOTED
ORDINARY
RESOLUTIONS
1. Receipt of the   212,551,497   100.00%    290          0.00%     212,551,787      88.75%        219,454
2023 Annual
Report and
Accounts
2. Approval of      210,283,647   98.85%     2,454,042    1.15%     212,737,689      88.83%        33,552
the Directors’
Remuneration
Report
3. To pay a final   212,764,467   100.00%    290          0.00%     212,764,757      88.84%        6,484
dividend
4. To pay a         212,764,352   100.00%    405          0.00%     212,764,757      88.84%        6,484
special dividend
5. To elect Sam     209,876,158   98.65%     2,876,841    1.35%     212,752,999      88.84%        18,242
Mudd as a
Director
6. To re-elect      201,217,057   95.26%     10,015,341   4.74%     211,232,398      88.20%        1,538,843
Patrick De
Smedt as a
Director
7. To re-elect      209,352,027   98.40%     3,400,972    1.60%     212,752,999      88.84%        18,242
Andrew Holden
as a Director
8. To re-elect      209,867,373   98.64%     2,885,626    1.36%     212,752,999      88.84%        18,242
Neil Murphy as
a Director
9. To re-elect      208,660,642   98.11%     4,018,283    1.89%     212,678,925      88.81%        18,242
Mike Phillips as
a Director
10. To re-elect     196,968,943   92.58%     15,783,555   7.42%     212,752,498      88.84%        18,743
Erika Schraner
as a Director
11. To re-elect     209,804,011   98.61%     2,946,607    1.39%     212,750,618      88.84%        20,623
Alison Vincent
as a Director
12. Authority to    212,669,709    99.96%     95,047        0.04%     212,764,756      88.84%         6,485
re-appoint Ernst
& Young LLP as
auditor
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

     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.

     Dividend Finalisation

     Shareholders of the Company are referred to the announcements released on 23 May 2023 and 3
     July 2023 relating to the dividend payment dates, which have now been approved by shareholders.

     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.

Sponsor
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