FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 6 July 2023
PETS AT HOME GROUP PLC: Results of Annual General Meeting 2023
Pets at Home Group Plc ("Company") gives notice that at its Annual General Meeting held on 6 July 2023 at Pets at Home, Chester House, Stanley Green Trading Estate, Handforth, Cheshire, SK9 3RN at 11.00 a.m., a poll was taken on all resolutions put to the meeting. All resolutions were passed by the members entitled to vote.
The results of the poll incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are set out below.
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| VOTES FOR¹ | %² | VOTES AGAINST | % | VOTES TOTAL | % OF ISC³ | VOTES WITHHELD4 | |
| Ordinary Resolutions | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | To receive the directors report and accounts for the year ended 30 March 2023 | 362,154,848 | 100.00 | 200 | 0.00 | 362,155,048 | 75.03 | 745,677 |
| 2 | To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 30 March 2023 | 346,222,646 | 95.41 | 16,661,771 | 4.59 | 362,884,417 | 75.18 | 16,308 |
| 3 | To approve the directors' remuneration policy, as set on pages 65 to 75 of the 2023 Annual Report | 327,218,238 | 90.17 | 35,658,683 | 9.83 | 362,876,921 | 75.18 | 23,804 |
| 4 | To declare a final dividend of 8.3 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 30 March 2023 | 362,890,089 | 100.00 | 682 | 0.00 | 362,890,771 | 75.19 | 9,954 |
| 5 | To re-elect the following individuals as directors | | | | | | | |
| 5A | Lyssa McGowan | 360,880,299 | 99.45 | 1,990,585 | 0.55 | 362,870,884 | 75.18 | 29,841 |
| 5B | Mike Iddon | 359,748,707 | 99.14 | 3,129,668 | 0.86 | 362,878,375 | 75.18 | 22,350 |
| 5C | Ian Burke | 349,908,835 | 96.43 | 12,967,273 | 3.57 | 362,876,108 | 75.18 | 24,617 |
| 5D | Zarin Patel | 358,987,146 | 98.93 | 3,889,333 | 1.07 | 362,876,479 | 75.18 | 24,246 |
| 5E | Dennis Millard | 355,225,027 | 97.89 | 7,651,453 | 2.11 | 362,876,480 | 75.18 | 24,245 |
| 5F | Susan Dawson | 357,314,375 | 98.47 | 5,562,104 | 1.53 | 362,876,479 | 75.18 | 24,246 |
| 6A | To elect Roger Burnley as a director | 362,865,721 | 100.00 | 10,387 | 0.00 | 362,876,108 | 75.18 | 24,617 |
| 6B | To elect Natalie-Jane Macdonald as director | 362,864,616 | 100.00 | 9,364 | 0.00 | 362,873,980 | 75.18 | 26,745 |
| 7 | To reappoint KPMG LLP as the auditor | 283,953,151 | 78.25 | 78,926,639 | 21.75 | 362,879,790 | 75.18 | 20,935 |
| 8 | To authorise the directors to set the auditor's fees | 361,468,946 | 99.61 | 1,412,515 | 0.39 | 362,881,461 | 75.18 | 19,264 |
| 9 | To give the directors authority to allot shares | 346,200,265 | 95.40 | 16,685,881 | 4.60 | 362,886,146 | 75.18 | 14,579 |
| 10 | To authorise the Company and its Subsidiaries to make political donations | 357,916,589 | 98.69 | 4,746,265 | 1.31 | 362,662,854 | 75.14 | 237,871 |
| Special Resolutions | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | To disapply pre-emption rights | 354,814,755 | 99.96 | 139,597 | 0.04 | 354,954,352 | 73.54 | 7,946,373 |
| 12 | Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights | 351,464,645 | 98.90 | 3,912,707 | 1.10 | 355,377,352 | 73.63 | 7,523,373 |
| 13 | To authorise the Company to buy its own shares | 359,163,160 | 99.08 | 3,344,653 | 0.92 | 362,507,813 | 75.11 | 392,912 |
| 14 | To authorise short notice general meetings | 356,669,479 | 98.29 | 6,217,296 | 1.71 | 362,886,775 | 75.18 | 13,950 |
Notes:
1. Votes "for" include discretionary votes.
2. Percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.
3. Issued share capital at meeting date: 482,662,864.
4. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" and "against" a resolution.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's website https://investors.petsathome.com/investors/
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed by the Company at the Annual General Meeting held on 6 July 2023, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
For further information contact:
Lucy Williams
Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary
Pets at Home Group Plc
0161 486 6688
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