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CHOPPIES ENTERPRISES LIMITED - Results of the 2022 annual general meeting of shareholders held virtually on 23 November 2022

Release Date: 25/11/2022 11:00
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Results of the 2022 annual general meeting of shareholders held virtually on 23 November 2022

 CHOPPIES ENTERPRISES LIMITED
 (Incorporated in the Republic of Botswana)
 Registration number: BW00001142508
 BSE Share Code: CHOPPIES
 JSE Share Code: CHP
 ISIN: BW0000001072
 (“Choppies” or “the Company”)

 RESULTS OF THE 2022 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS HELD VIRTUALLY ON
 23 NOVEMBER 2022

 The results of the 2022 Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of Choppies held on 23 November 2022
 at 2:00 pm (“2022 AGM”), are as follows:

              Resolutions                       Votes disclosed in           Votes          Number of     Votes disclosed in
                                               percentage in relation    disclosed in         shares         percentage in
                                                 to the number of       percentage in     present at the   relation to the
                                                shares voted at the     relation to the    meeting and     total number of
                                                      meeting          total number of      eligible to    shares in issue*
                                                                           shares in           vote
                                                                            issue*

                                               In favour    Against         Abstain

 Ordinary resolution 1

 To receive, consider and if deemed fit,        95.86%       0.00%           3.91%         1 231 879 660         94.50%
 approve the Group Audited Financial
 Statements for the year ended 30 June
 2022 together with the Directors’ and
 Auditor’s Reports thereon as well as
 the Integrated Annual Report.

 Ordinary resolution 2.1

 To confirm the re-election of Ms Carol         57.13%       42.87%          0.00%         1 231 879 660         94.50%
 Jean Harward who retires by rotation
 in terms of Clause 20.9.1 of the
 Constitution of the Company, being
 eligible, offers herself for re-election as
 an independent non-executive
 Director.

 Ordinary resolution 2.2

 To confirm the re-election of Mr Tom           71.69%       28.31%          0.00%         1 231 879 660         94.50%
 Pritchard who retires by rotation in
 terms of Clause 20.9.1 of the
 Constitution of the Company, being
 eligible, offers himself for re-election
 as a non-executive Director.

 Ordinary resolution 3

 To consider and if deemed fit, ratify          95.78%       0.09%           3.91%         1 231 879 660         94.50%
 the appointment of Mazars as auditors
 of the Company for the ensuing
 financial year.

 Ordinary resolution 4

 To consider and if deemed fit, ratify          100.00%      0.00%           0.00%         1 231 879 660         94.50%
 the remuneration paid to the auditors,
 Mazars, for the year ended 30 June
 2022 as set out on page 106 of the
 Integrated Annual Report.

 Ordinary resolution 5

 To approve the remuneration policy as          71.19%       28.80%          0.00%         1 231 879 660         94.50%
 set out in section 2 of
 remuneration report – page 83 of the
 Integrated Annual Report.

 Ordinary resolution 6

 To approve the implementation of the           70.87%       29.13%          0.00%         1 231 879 660         94.50%
 remuneration policy as per section 3 of
 remuneration report – page 88 of the
 Integrated Annual Report.

 Special resolution 7

 To consider and if deemed fit, pass            81.75%       18.25%          0.00%         1 231 879 660         94.50%
 with or without amendment the
 following resolution as a special
 resolution: To specially resolve in
 terms of section 128 of the Companies
 Act Cap 42:01 to pre-approve the
 donations for the year ending 30 June
 2023 subject to these being made in
 terms of Company policy, for
 charitable purposes and in total not
 exceeding 1.5% of EBITDA for
 FY2023.

 Ordinary resolution 8

 To approve and adopt the Choppies              71.28%       28.72%          0.00%         1 231 879 660         94.50%
 Enterprises Limited 2022 Share Plan
 (“the share plan”) as recommended for
 approval by the Board of Directors of
 the Company the salient terms of
 which are set out in the explanatory
 statement incorporated in the notice
 convening the AGM

 Ordinary resolution 9

 To authorise the Board of Directors of         57.17%       42.83%          0.00%         1 231 879 660         94.50%
 the Company to create and issue
 further ordinary shares up to
 65 000 000 (sixty five million) ordinary
 shares, in the stated capital of the
 Company and allot such number of
 such shares to an Eligible Employee
 (as defined in the Share Plan)
 provided that the number of ordinary
 shares to be issued by the Company
 under the Share Plan shall not in
 aggregate exceed 5% of the number
 of ordinary shares in issue, at the
 material time including the new shares
 being issued.

 *Total number of Shares in issue:  1,303,628,341

 By order of the Board

 DPS Consulting Services (Pty) Ltd
 Company Secretary

 25 November 2022

 The Company has a primary listing on the Botswana Stock Exchange and a secondary listing on the JSE
 Limited.

 BSEL Sponsoring Broker
 Stockbrokers Botswana Limited

 JSE Sponsor
 PSG Capital

Date: 25-11-2022 11:00:00
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