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AO World plc

27 September 2023

AO World PLC ("Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of AO World plc held earlier 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   Votes Withheld** 
                                                                              of votes 
                                                                                cast 
                                    No. of        %       No. of      %                         No. of 
                                     shares               shares                                shares 
                                 ------------  ------  -----------  -----                 ----------------- 
      To receive the report 
  1    and accounts               515,155,506   100          4,895   0.00   515,415,282             254,881 
     --------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------------- 
      To approve the Directors' 
  2    remuneration report        505,918,131   98.16    9,479,457   1.84   515,415,282              17,694 
     --------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------------- 
      To re-elect Geoff 
  3    Cooper as a Director       503,724,051   97.74   11,672,059   2.26   515,415,282              19,172 
     --------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------------- 
      To re-elect John 
  4    Roberts as a Director      515,055,037   99.93      341,262   0.07   515,415,282              18,983 
     --------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------------- 
      To re-elect Mark 
  5    Higgins as a Director      514,926,436   99.91      469,674   0.09   515,415,282              19,172 
     --------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------------- 
      To re-elect Chris 
  6    Hopkinson as a Director    500,796,608   97.17   14,599,691   2.83   515,415,282              18,983 
     --------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------------- 
      To re-elect Shaun 
  7    McCabe as a Director       507,650,714   98.50    7,745,585   1.50   515,415,282              18,983 
     --------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------------- 
      To re-elect Peter 
  8    Pritchard as a Director    515,058,559   99.93      336,233   0.07   515,415,282              20,490 
     --------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------------- 
      To re-elect Sarah 
  9    Venning as a Director      515,161,972   99.95      232,631   0.05   515,415,282              20,679 
     --------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------------- 
      To re-appoint KPMG 
 10    LLP as auditors            515,386,574   100         10,907   0.00   515,415,282              17,801 
     --------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------------- 
      To authorise the 
       Audit Committee 
       to determine the 
       remuneration of 
 11    the auditors               515,392,200   100          7,202   0.00   515,415,282              15,880 
     --------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------------- 
      To authorise the 
       Directors to allot 
 12    shares                     513,973,962   99.72    1,423,040   0.28   515,415,282              18,280 
     --------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------------- 
      To disapply pre-emption 
 13    rights***                  514,008,310   99.72    1,424,192   0.28   515,450,782              18,280 
     --------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------------- 
      To disapply pre-emption 
       rights - limited 
       to an acquisition 
 14    or capital investment***   513,958,751   99.72    1,438,251   0.28   515,415,282              18,280 
     --------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------------- 
      To authorise the 
       Company to purchase 
 15    its own shares***          515,383,227   100         15,175   0.00   515,415,282              16,880 
     --------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------------- 
      To authorise the 
       Company to make 
 16    political donations        480,979,515   93.32   34,419,887   6.68   515,415,282              15,880 
     --------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------------- 
      To authorise the 
       Company to hold 
       general meetings 
 17    on 14 days' notice***      512,644,522   99.47    2,753,880   0.53   515,415,282              16,880 
     --------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  -------------  ----------------- 
 
   *      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 515,415,282 representing 89.08% of the Company's issued share capital of 578,570,448 as at 6pm on 26 September 2023.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed as special business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing here .

Enquiries:

AO World plc

Julie Finnemore

Company Secretary

cosec@ao.com

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