AGM voting results

Ordinary resolution 1
To receive, approve and adopt the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended 30 
September 2024 and the reports of the Directors and auditor thereon.

46,589,087

116

152,244

Ordinary resolution 2
To declare a final dividend for the year ended 30 September 2024 of 12.67p per Ordinary Share in the capital of the Company to be paid on 14 March 2025 to shareholders who appear on the register at the close of business on 7 February 2025.

46,739,901

—

1,546

Ordinary resolution 3
To re-elect David Brown as a Director of the Company.

44,298,662

2,437,628

5,157

Ordinary resolution 4
To re-elect Shatish Dasani as a Director of the Company.

46,476,368

258,450

6,629

Ordinary resolution 5
To re-elect Stephanie Hazell as a Director of the Company.

46,281,215

454,603

5,629

Ordinary resolution 6
To re-elect Liz Barber as a Director of the Company.

46,603,378

125,440

12,629

Ordinary resolution 7
To re-elect Paul Scott as a Director of the Company.

46,642,907

92,898

5,642

Ordinary resolution 8
To re-elect Sean Wyndham-Quin as a Director of the Company.

45,950,926

94,892

695,629

Ordinary resolution 9
To re-elect Andries Liebenberg as a Director of the Company.

46,639,357

90,961

11,129

Ordinary resolution 10
To approve the Remuneration Annual Statement, the Directors’ Remuneration Policy Report and the Annual Report on Remuneration for the year ended 30 September 2024.

45,632,663

1,100,025

8,759

Ordinary resolution 11
To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company.

46,632,456

106,303

2,688

Ordinary resolution 12
To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company to determine the remuneration of the auditor.

46,733,478

6,071

1,898

Ordinary resolution 13
THAT the Directors of the Company (the “Directors”) be and are generally and unconditionally authorised pursuant to and in accordance with Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the “Act”) to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the capital of the Company (“Shares”) or grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into Shares (“Rights”) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £2,637,000, such authority to apply in substitution for all previous authorities pursuant to Section 551 of the Act to the extent unutilised and to expire at the end of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or, if earlier, at the close of business on 27 April 2026 (unless renewed, varied or revoked by the Company prior to or on such date) but, in each case, save that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements before this authority expires which would, or might, require Shares to be allotted or Rights to be granted after this authority expires and the Directors may allot such Shares or grant such Rights pursuant to any such agreement as if this authority had not expired.

44,461,785

2,277,614

2,048

Special resolution 14
THAT, subject to the passing of resolution 13, the Directors of the Company (the “Directors”) be empowered to allot equity securities...

(a) in connection with an offer by way of a rights issue...

(b) to the allotment of equity securities...

(c) to the allotment of equity securities...

such power to expire at the end of the next Annual General Meeting...

45,566,435

1,167,113

7,899

Special resolution 15
THAT, subject to the passing of resolution 13, the Directors of the Company...

(a) to the allotment of equity securities...

(b) to the allotment of equity securities...

such power to expire at the end of the next Annual General Meeting...

43,137,798

3,601,408

2,241