23 July 2024
GB GROUP PLC
("GBG", "Group" or the "Company")
Results of AGM
GBG (AIM: GBG), the leading experts in global identity and location software, announces the results of its Annual General Meeting 2024. Voting on all of the resolutions was conducted on a poll with all resolutions duly passed.
The number of votes received in respect of each resolution were as follows:
| Resolution | Votes in favour | % in favour | Votes against | % against | Votes withheld | Total votes cast as % of Issued Share Register |
| 1. Receive the annual report and accounts | 167,818,802 | 100.00% | 5,014 | 0.00% | 144,280 | 66.44 |
| 2. Declare a final dividend of 4.20 pence | 167,680,196 | 99.83% | 287,900 | 0.17% | 0 | 66.49 |
| 3. Re-appoint Richard Longdon | 163,214,795 | 97.17% | 4,752,953 | 2.83% | 348 | 66.49 |
| 4. Appoint Dev Datt Dhiman | 162,050,133 | 96.57% | 5,753,738 | 3.43% | 164,225 | 66.43 |
| 5. Re-appoint David Mathew Ward | 164,537,406 | 97.96% | 3,428,784 | 2.04% | 1,906 | 66.49 |
| 6. Re-appoint Elizabeth Margaret Catchpole | 164,006,776 | 97.73% | 3,802,095 | 2.27% | 157,725 | 66.43 |
| 7. Appoint Michelle Senecal de Fonseca | 166,655,706 | 99.32% | 1,148,165 | 0.68% | 162,725 | 66.43 |
| 8. Re-appoint Bhavneet Singh | 164,000,616 | 97.73% | 3,807,451 | 2.27% | 158,529 | 66.43 |
| 9. Receive and approve the Report on Directors' Remuneration | 162,257,256 | 96.61% | 5,694,840 | 3.39% | 16,000 | 66.49 |
| 10. Re-appoint PwC as auditors | 165,763,842 | 98.69% | 2,203,714 | 1.31% | 540 | 66.49 |
| 11. Authorise directors to determine auditor remuneration | 166,973,026 | 99.41% | 989,028 | 0.59% | 4,542 | 66.49 |
| 12. Authorise Directors to allot shares | 163,610,866 | 97.41% | 4,352,638 | 2.59% | 4,592 | 66.49 |
| *13. Authorise directors to disapply pre-emption up to 10% | 157,374,701 | 93.70% | 10,586,656 | 6.30% | 6,739 | 66.49 |
| *14. Authorise directors to dis-apply pre-emption up to a further 10% in connection with acquisition or specified capital investment | 154,706,069 | 92.10% | 13,261,532 | 7.90% | 495 | 66.49 |
| *15. Authorise directors to purchase shares | 147,857,416 | 98.07% | 2,913,267 | 1.93% | 17,197,413 | 59.69 |
| *16. To cancel the amount standing to the credit of the share premium account of the Company | 167,040,190 | 99.59% | 687,155 | 0.41% | 239,251 | 66.40 |
As previously announced, the Company confirms that Natalie Gammon has stepped down as a non-executive director with immediate effect following the closure of today's AGM.
Notes
(1) A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the portion of votes in favour or against a resolution
(2) *denotes special resolution
(3) At the date of AGM the issued share capital of the Company is 252,604,561 ordinary shares.
-ENDS -
For further information, please contact:
| GBG Dev Dhiman, CEO & David Ward, CFO Richard Foster, Investor Relations
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+44 (0) 1244 657333 +44 (0) 7816 124164 |
| Deutsche Numis (Nominated Adviser and Corporate Broker) Simon Willis & Joshua Hughes
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+44 (0) 0207 260 1000 |
| Barclays (Corporate Broker) Robert Mayhew & Stuart Jempson
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+44 (0) 207 623 2323
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| Teneo (Financial PR) James Macey White & Matt Low
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+44 (0) 20 7260 2700 GBG@teneo.com
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| Website | www.gbgplc.com/investors |
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