30 September 2021
Merit Group plc
("Merit", the "Company" or "the Group")
Result of AGM and Result of GM
Merit Group plc (AIM: MRIT), the data and intelligence business, announces that at its Annual General Meeting held at 12.00 p.m. today, all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed. The proxy votes received from shareholders on each resolution are set out below:
| Resolution | For | %For | Against | %Against | Withheld |
| 1 | 14,414,030 | 99.92 | 11,606 | 0.08 | 0 |
| 2 | 14,414,030 | 99.92 | 11,606 | 0.08 | 0 |
| 3 | 14,414,030 | 99.92 | 11,606 | 0.08 | 0 |
| 4 | 14,414,030 | 99.92 | 11,606 | 0.08 | 0 |
| 5 | 14,414,030 | 99.92 | 11,606 | 0.08 | 0 |
| 6 | 14,204,980 | 98.47 | 220,656 | 1.53 | 0 |
| 7 | 14,414,030 | 99.92 | 11,606 | 0.08 | 0 |
| 8 | 14,394,030 | 99.78 | 31,606 | 0.22 | 0 |
| 9 | 14,394,030 | 99.78 | 31,606 | 0.22 | 0 |
| 10 | 14,385,138 | 99.92 | 11,606 | 0.08 | 28,892 |
| 11 | 14,414,030 | 99.92 | 11,606 | 0.08 | 0 |
The Company also announces that at the General Meeting held at 12.30 p.m. today, all resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed. Accordingly, it is expected that Admission will become effective and dealings in the Placing Shares will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 1 October 2021.
Following Admission of the Placing Shares, the issued share capital of the Company will consist of 23,956,124 Ordinary Shares, with one voting right each. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury.
The above figures may be used by shareholders in the Company, following Admission, as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
For further information, please contact:
| Merit Group plc Mark Smith - Non-Executive Chairman David Beck - CEO | 020 7593 5500
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| Canaccord Genuity Limited (Nomad and Broker) Bobbie Hilliam Georgina McCooke
| 020 7523 8150 |
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