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AVEVA Group PLC

15 July 2022

AVEVA Group plc

(the "Company")

2022 Annual General Meeting Results

The Company announces the voting results of its Annual General Meeting held earlier today.

All of the resolutions put to the meeting were passed by shareholders on a poll vote. The results are set out below.

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website www.aveva.com (with each resolution number below corresponding to the resolution number in the Notice).

 
                                     In Favour               Against              Total Votes          Votes 
                                     (Including                                       Cast            Withheld 
                                   Discretionary) 
 Resolution                       No. of       % of      No. of       %        No. of       % of      No. of 
                                   Votes       Votes      Votes       of        Votes      Issued      Votes 
                                                                     Votes                  Share 
                                                                                           Capital 
                                                                                            Voted 
                               ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 1. To receive the 
  annual accounts 
  of the Company 
  and the reports 
  of the Directors 
  for the financial 
  year ended 31 March 
  2022 together with 
  the auditor's reports 
  thereon.                      284,418,325   99.99       382        0.01    284,418,707   94.29      44,726 
                               ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 2. To approve the 
  Directors' Remuneration 
  Report (other than 
  the part containing 
  the Directors' 
  Remuneration Policy) 
  for the financial 
  year ended on 31 
  March 2022 as set 
  out on pages 102 
  to 126 and 106 
  to 111 of the Annual 
  Report and Accounts 
  2022.                         276,316,881   97.14    8,143,958     2.86    284,460,839   94.31       2,694 
                               ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 3. To declare a 
  final dividend 
  of 24.5 pence per 
  ordinary share 
  in respect of the 
  year ended 31 March 
  2022 to shareholders 
  on the register 
  of members at close 
  of business on 
  8 July 2022, payable 
  on 5 August 2022.             284,287,016   99.94     176,118      0.06    284,463,134   94.31        299 
                               ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 4. To re-elect 
  Philip Aiken as 
  a Director of the 
  Company.                      279,306,972   98.28    4,879,371     1.72    284,186,343   94.22      277,090 
                               ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 5. To re-elect 
  Peter Herweck as 
  a Director of the 
  Company.                      283,943,238   99.91     243,530      0.09    284,186,768   94.22      276,665 
                               ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 6. To re-elect 
  James Kidd as a 
  Director of the 
  Company.                      281,595,677   99.09    2,590,258     0.91    284,185,935   94.22      277,498 
                               ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 7. To re-elect 
  Christopher Humphrey 
  as a Director of 
  the Company.                  283,496,665   99.76     689,501      0.24    284,186,166   94.22      277,267 
                               ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 8. To re-elect 
  Olivier Blum as 
  a Director of the 
  Company.                      251,815,419   88.68    32,148,800   11.32    283,964,219   94.14      499,214 
                               ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 9. To re-elect 
  Paula Dowdy as 
  a Director of the 
  Company.                      283,928,131   99.81     530,936      0.19    284,459,067   94.31       4,366 
                               ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 10. To elect Ayesha 
  Khanna as a Director 
  of the Company.               284,414,237   99.98      44,817      0.02    284,459,054   94.31       4,379 
                               ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 11. To elect Hilary 
  Maxson as a Director 
  of the Company.               280,223,615   98.61    3,962,130     1.39    284,185,745   94.22      277,688 
                               ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 12. To re-elect 
  Ron Mobed as a 
  Director of the 
  Company.                      284,141,686   99.98      44,126      0.02    284,185,812   94.22      277,621 
                               ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 13. To elect Anne 
  Stevens as a Director 
  of the Company.               281,517,965   99.09    2,591,336     0.91    284,109,301   94.19      354,132 
                               ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 14. To appoint 
  PricewaterhouseCoopers 
  LLP as auditor 
  of the Company.               283,959,937   99.82     502,360      0.18    284,462,297   94.31       1,136 
                               ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 15. To authorise 
  the Directors to 
  determine the remuneration 
  of the auditor.               284,459,083   99.99      3,450       0.01    284,462,533   94.31        900 
                               ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 16. To authorise 
  the Company to 
  make political 
  donations pursuant 
  to Sections 366 
  and 367 of the 
  Companies Act 2006.           283,251,351   99.57    1,209,093     0.43    284,460,444   94.31       2,989 
                               ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 17. To authorise 
  the Directors to 
  allot securities 
  pursuant to Section 
  551 of the Companies 
  Act 2006.                     280,711,536   98.68    3,751,416     1.32    284,462,952   94.31        481 
                               ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 18. To empower 
  the Directors to 
  allot equity securities 
  pursuant to Section 
  570(1) and 573 
  of the Companies 
  Act 2006.                     283,015,600   99.50    1,434,346     0.50    284,449,946   94.30      13,487 
                               ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 19. To authorise 
  the Company to 
  make market purchases 
  pursuant to Section 
  701 of the Companies 
  Act 2006.                     283,581,810   99.69     870,946      0.31    284,452,756   94.31      10,677 
                               ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 20. To adopt new 
  Articles of Association 
  in substitution 
  for, and to the 
  exclusion of, the 
  existing Articles 
  of Association.               282,114,978   99.18    2,346,494     0.82    284,461,472   94.31       1,961 
                               ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 21. To allow 14 
  clear days' notice 
  of general meetings.          280,038,965   98.48    4,309,238     1.52    284,348,203   94.27      115,230 
                               ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------  ---------- 
 

Votes of independent shareholders (i.e. shareholders excluding the controlling shareholder, Schneider Electric SE) on the resolutions concerning the re-election of the independent Non-Executive Directors

 
                                In Favour              Against                  Total Votes              Votes 
                                (Including                                          Cast                Withheld 
                              Discretionary) 
 Resolution                  No. of        %         No.        %        No. of     % of Independent    No. of 
                              Votes        of      of Votes     of        Votes          issued          Votes 
                                          Votes                Votes                  share capital 
                                                                                          voted 
                          ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ----------------  ---------- 
 7. To re-elect 
  Christopher Humphrey 
  as a Director of 
  the Company.             107,025,040   99.36     689,501     0.64    107,714,541       86.06          277,267 
                          ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ----------------  ---------- 
 9. To re-elect 
  Paula Dowdy as 
  a Director of the 
  Company.                 107,456,506   99.51     530,936     0.49    107,987,442       86.28           4,366 
                          ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ----------------  ---------- 
 10. To elect Ayesha 
  Khanna as a Director 
  of the Company.          107,942,612   99.96     44,817      0.04    107,987,429       86.28           4,379 
                          ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ----------------  ---------- 
 12. To re-elect 
  Ron Mobed as a 
  Director of the 
  Company.                 107,670,061   99.96     44,126      0.04    107,714,187       86.06          277,621 
                          ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ----------------  ---------- 
 13. To elect Anne 
  Stevens as a Director 
  of the Company.          105,046,340   97.59    2,591,336    2.41    107,637,676       86.00          354,132 
                          ------------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ----------------  ---------- 
 

Notes

1. The total number of shares held by independent shareholders, excluding the controlling shareholder, in issue at the voting date is 125,156,712.

   2.   The total voting rights of the Company on 15 July 2022 were 301,628,337. 

3. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for

and against   the resolution. 

4. The votes shown in the first table above for each independent director include those of the controlling shareholder. In the second table above, the controlling shareholder is not included.

National Storage Mechanism

In accordance with LR 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business have been submitted to the FCA's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to view at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

Enquiries:

 
 AVEVA Group plc 
 Helen Lamprell, General Counsel and Company 
  Secretary                                     +44 (0)1223 556655 
 Matt Springett, Head of Investor Relations     +44 (0)7789 818684 
 FTI Consulting LLP 
                                                +44 (0) 20 3727 
 Edward Bridges/Dwight Burden                    1000 
 

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