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PICK N PAY STORES LIMITED - Report on proceedings at the Annual General Meeting

Release Date: 28/06/2021 14:01
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Report on proceedings at the Annual General Meeting

Pick n Pay Stores Limited
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
Registration number: 1968/008034/06
Share Code: PIK
ISIN code: ZAE000005443
(Pick n Pay)


REPORT ON PROCEEDINGS AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Shareholders are advised that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Pick n Pay was held on 28 June 2021 and the ordinary and special
resolutions proposed at the AGM were approved by the requisite majority. However, the Group’s non-binding advisory votes 1 and 2 in
respect of its remuneration policy and remuneration implementation did not receive the requisite majority of 75%, and further
shareholder engagement will follow in line with paragraph 3.84(j) of the JSE Listings Requirements and the King IV Report on Corporate
Governance. Please refer to the note regarding further shareholder engagement at the close of this announcement for further information.

The following information is provided:

Total issued number of ordinary shares:                                             493 450 321
Treasury shares not voted:                                                          6 168 489
Number of ordinary shares that could have been voted at the meeting:                487 281 832
Number of B ordinary shares that could have been voted at the meeting:              259 682 869
Total number of shares that could have been exercised at the meeting:               746 964 701

Total number of shares present/represented including proxies at the meeting:        691 200 687
Number of ordinary shares represented at the meeting:                               431 517 818
Number of B shares represented at the meeting:                                      259 682 869

Percentage of ordinary shares represented at the meeting:                           87.45%
Percentage of B shares represented at the meeting:                                  100.00%

Abbreviations:       ordinary shares (Ord)
                     B ordinary shares (B Ord)
Details of the results of voting at the AGM are as follows:

 Resolutions                  Shares voted                Votes disclosed as a    Number of shares      Shares voted            Shares
                             disclosed as a          percentage in relation to               voted     disclosed as a        abstained
                         percentage of the          the Ord and B Ord shares                           percentage in      disclosed as
                           total number of               voted at the meeting                         relation to the    a percentage
                         shares (Ord and B                                                               total issued    in relation to
                          Ord) voted at the                                                             share capital         the total
                                   meeting                                                            (see above for     issued share
                                                                                                            details of          capital
                                                                                                       share capital)
                            FOR     AGAINST                   FOR     AGAINST
 Ordinary resolution    100.00%        0.00%       100.00% Ord       0.00% Ord      431 426 531 Ord      87.43% Ord         0.02% Ord
 number 1:
 Appointment of                                  100.00% B Ord      0.00% B Ord   259 682 869 B Ord   100.00% B Ord       0.00% B Ord
 external auditors
 Ordinary resolution     81.89%       18.11%        70.44% Ord      29.56% Ord      410 387 467 Ord      83.17% Ord         4.28% Ord
 number 2.1:
 Director retirement                             100.00% B Ord      0.00% B Ord   259 682 869 B Ord   100.00% B Ord       0.00% B Ord
 and re-election –
 Hugh Herman
 Ordinary resolution     83.06%       16.94%        72.86% Ord      27.14% Ord      431 423 804 Ord      87.43% Ord         0.02% Ord
 number 2.2:
 Director retirement                             100.00% B Ord      0.00% B Ord   259 682 869 B Ord   100.00% B Ord       0.00% B Ord
 and re-election –
 Jeff van Rooyen
 Ordinary resolution     98.71%        1.29%        97.94% Ord       2.06% Ord      431 424 504 Ord      87.43% Ord         0.02% Ord
 number 2.3:
 Director retirement                             100.00% B Ord     0.00% B Ord   259 682 869 B Ord   100.00% B Ord        0.00% B Ord
 and re-election –
 Audrey Mothupi
Ordinary resolution      97.13%         2.87%       95.40% Ord       4.60% Ord     431 424 504 Ord      87.43% Ord          0.02% Ord
number 2.4:
Director election –                              100.00% B Ord     0.00% B Ord   259 682 869 B Ord   100.00% B Ord        0.00% B Ord
David Robins
Ordinary resolution      99.22%         0.78%       98.75% Ord       1.25% Ord     431 424 504 Ord      87.43% Ord          0.02% Ord
number 2.5:
Director election –                              100.00% B Ord     0.00% B Ord   259 682 869 B Ord   100.00% B Ord        0.00% B Ord
Pieter Boone
Ordinary resolution      82.04%        17.96%       71.22% Ord      28.78% Ord     431 423 804 Ord      87.43% Ord          0.02% Ord
number 3.1:
Re-appointment of                                100.00% B Ord     0.00% B Ord   259 682 869 B Ord   100.00% B Ord        0.00% B Ord
Jeff van Rooyen to
the audit, risk and
compliance
committee
Ordinary resolution      90.84%         9.16%      85.33% Ord      14.67% Ord     431 424 504 Ord      87.43% Ord          0.02% Ord
number 3.2: Re-
appointment of                                  100.00% B Ord     0.00% B Ord   259 682 869 B Ord   100.00% B Ord        0.00% B Ord
Audrey Mothupi to
the audit, risk and
compliance
committee
Ordinary resolution      99.78%         0.22%      99.65% Ord       0.35% Ord     431 424 504 Ord      87.43% Ord          0.02% Ord
number 3.3:
Re-appointment of                               100.00% B Ord     0.00% B Ord   259 682 869 B Ord   100.00% B Ord        0.00% B Ord
David Friedland to
the audit, risk and
compliance
committee
Ordinary resolution     100.00%         0.00%     100.00% Ord      0.00% Ord     431 424 504 Ord      87.43% Ord           0.02% Ord
number 3.4:
Appointment of                                  100.00% B Ord    0.00% B Ord   259 682 869 B Ord   100.00% B Ord         0.00% B Ord
Mariam Cassim to
the audit, risk and
compliance
committee
Ordinary resolution    100.00%          0.00%     100.00% Ord      0.00% Ord     431 423 804 Ord      87.43% Ord          0.02% Ord
number 3.5:
Appointment of                                  100.00% B Ord    0.00% B Ord   259 682 869 B Ord   100.00% B Ord        0.00% B Ord
Haroon Bhorat to
the audit, risk and
compliance
committee
Advisory vote           74.30%         25.70%      58.75% Ord     41.25% Ord     429 216 604 Ord      86.98% Ord         0.47% Ord
number 1:
Endorsement of the                              100.00% B Ord    0.00% B Ord   259 682 869 B Ord   100.00% B Ord       0.00% B Ord
remuneration policy
for the 2021 annual
financial period
Advisory vote           63.15%         36.85%      40.97% Ord     59.03% Ord     431 426 625 Ord      87.43% Ord         0.02% Ord
number 2:
Endorsement of the                              100.00% B Ord    0.00% B Ord   259 682 869 B Ord   100.00% B Ord       0.00% B Ord
remuneration
implementation
report for the 2021
annual financial
period
Special resolution      80.70%         19.30%      69.09% Ord    30.91% Ord     431 409 832 Ord      87.43% Ord         0.02% Ord
number 1:
Directors’ fees for                             100.00% B Ord   0.00% B Ord   259 682 869 B Ord   100.00% B Ord       0.00% B Ord
the 2022 and 2023
annual financial
periods
Special resolution      99.72%          0.28%      99.55% Ord     0.45% Ord     431 401 625 Ord      87.43% Ord         0.02% Ord
number 2.1:
Financial assistance                            100.00% B Ord   0.00% B Ord   259 682 869 B Ord   100.00% B Ord       0.00% B Ord
to related or inter-
related companies
Special resolution      90.41%          9.59%      84.63% Ord    15.37% Ord     431 427 018 Ord      87.43% Ord         0.02% Ord
number 2.2:
Financial assistance                            100.00% B Ord   0.00% B Ord   259 682 869 B Ord   100.00% B Ord       0.00% B Ord
to persons
 Special resolution     98.71%         1.29%       97.93% Ord     2.07% Ord     431 414 458 Ord      87.43% Ord         0.02% Ord
 number 3:
 General approval to                            100.00% B Ord   0.00% B Ord   259 682 869 B Ord   100.00% B Ord       0.00% B Ord
 repurchase
 Company shares
 Ordinary resolution    100.00%       0.00%       100.00% Ord     0.00% Ord     431 425 812 Ord      87.43% Ord         0.02% Ord
 number 4:
 Directors’ authority                           100.00% B Ord   0.00% B Ord   259 682 869 B Ord   100.00% B Ord       0.00% B Ord
 to implement
 special and ordinary
 resolutions

FURTHER SHAREHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

Following the publication of its FY21 financial result, and in advance of its 2021 AGM, the Group engaged extensively with shareholders to
provide greater insight into how, in its remuneration of senior management, the Board had sought to reflect the significant financial and
operational impact the Covid-19 crisis, and the exceptional performance of senior management in mitigating these impacts.

The Board recognises the fine balance that must be achieved between delivering remuneration outcomes that adequately incentivise and
retain key executives and protecting shareholder interests. While the Board believes that it has maintained an appropriate balance, it has
taken careful note of shareholder concern about the discretion applied in implementing remuneration policy.

As the Group did not achieve the required 75% majority in respect of the advisory remuneration resolutions 1 and 2, the Board will seek
to engage further with shareholders on its approach to, and implementation of, remuneration policy. It is therefore requesting that
shareholders submit all questions and concerns to our company secretary, Debra Muller, at demuller@pnp.co.za by Friday, 9 July 2021.

Thereafter, individual shareholder engagements will be scheduled with our Board Chair and Remuneration Committee Chair, as requested,
to be completed by the end of July 2021.

The Board is committed to resolving all legitimate shareholder concerns, and to strengthening its remuneration policies and disclosures.

By order of the Board
Cape Town
28 June 2021

Sponsor: Investec Bank Limited

Date: 28-06-2021 02:01:00
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