AO World plc
24 September 2026
AO World PLC ("Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of AO World PLC, held today, all the resolutions put to the meeting were passed. Details of the votes cast are shown in the table below.
|
Resolution |
Votes in favour* |
Votes against |
Total number of votes cast |
Votes Withheld** |
|||
|
No. of shares |
% |
No. of shares |
% |
No. of shares |
|||
|
1 |
To receive the report and accounts |
471,661,145 |
99.99 |
9,285 |
0.01 |
471,670,430 |
796,400 |
|
2 |
To approve the Directors' remuneration report |
470,818,443 |
99.65 |
1,640,782 |
0.35 |
472,459,225 |
7,605 |
|
3 |
To re-elect Geoff Cooper as a Director |
444,477,584 |
94.08 |
27,947,798 |
5.92 |
472,425,382 |
41,448 |
|
4 |
To re-elect John Roberts as a Director |
472,083,337 |
99.93 |
345,445 |
0.07 |
472,428,782 |
38,048 |
|
5 |
To re-elect Mark Higgins as a Director |
472,050,293 |
99.92 |
376,454 |
0.08 |
472,426,747 |
40,083 |
|
6 |
To re-elect Shaun McCabe as a Director |
471,767,082 |
99.86 |
658,242 |
0.14 |
472,425,324 |
41,506 |
|
7 |
To re-elect Peter Pritchard as a Director |
458,044,236 |
96.96 |
14,381,086 |
3.04 |
472,425,322 |
41,508 |
|
8 |
To re-elect Sarah Venning as a Director |
458,246,825 |
97.00 |
14,178,558 |
3.00 |
472,425,383 |
41,447 |
|
9 |
To elect Sophie Tomkins as a Director |
469,163,614 |
99.31 |
3,263,134 |
0.69 |
472,426,748 |
40,082 |
|
10 |
To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors |
472,249,018 |
99.96 |
175,059 |
0.04 |
472,424,077 |
42,753 |
|
11 |
To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors |
472,416,285 |
99.99 |
18,552 |
0.01 |
472,434,837 |
31,993 |
|
12 |
To authorise the Directors to allot shares |
470,118,342 |
99.50 |
2,343,781 |
0.50 |
472,462,123 |
4,707 |
|
13 |
To disapply pre-emption rights*** |
470,896,318 |
99.67 |
1,564,973 |
0.33 |
472,461,291 |
5,539 |
|
14 |
To disapply pre-emption rights - limited to an acquisition or capital investment*** |
470,290,953 |
99.54 |
2,170,338 |
0.46 |
472,461,291 |
5,539 |
|
15 |
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares*** |
472,091,403 |
99.97 |
143,035 |
0.03 |
472,234,438 |
232,392 |
|
16 |
To authorise the Company to make political donations |
459,600,390 |
97.28 |
12,854,665 |
2.72 |
472,455,055 |
11,775 |
|
17 |
To authorise the Company to hold general meetings on 14 days' notice*** |
469,051,432 |
99.28 |
3,412,212 |
0.72 |
472,463,644 |
3,186 |
* Includes those votes giving the Chairman discretion
** A vote 'Withheld' has no legal effect and is not counted in the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution
*** Passed as special resolutions
The maximum number of votes cast was 472,463,644 representing 83.55% of the Company's issued voting capital of 565,466,524 as at 6pm on 22 September 2026.
Enquiries:
AO World PLC
Julie Finnemore
Company Secretary
cosec@ao.com
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