Result of AGM

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Dialight plc announced that all resolutions were passed at its Annual General Meeting, with the Report and Accounts receiving 99.97% approval and the re-appointment of Grant Thornton UK LLP as auditors receiving 99.99% approval. While resolutions to authorise political donations and allot new shares passed with the required majority, they each received over 20% of votes against them, prompting the Board to engage further with shareholders on these matters. The total number of ordinary shares in issue as of the meeting date was 40,406,483.

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Resolutions

At the Annual General Meeting of Dialight plc (the Company) held at Investec, 30 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7QP on Tuesday 01 September 2026 at 09:30, all resolutions were voted on by poll and were passed by shareholders.

The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

NUMBER	RESOLUTION NAME	FOR	%	AGAINST	%	VOTE TOTAL	% of ISC VOTES	WITHHELD
01	To receive the Report and Accounts	33,836,666	99.97%	10,077	0.03%	33,846,743	83.77%	2,074
02	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	31,894,275	94.23%	1,951,980	5.77%	33,846,255	83.76%	2,562
03	To re-appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as auditors	33,517,427	99.99%	2,172	0.01%	33,519,599	82.96%	329,218
04	To determine the remuneration of the auditors	33,847,578	100.00%	871	0.00%	33,848,449	83.77%	368
05	To re-elect Stephen Blair	33,640,047	99.39%	205,821	0.61%	33,845,868	83.76%	2,949
06	To re-elect Lynn Brubaker	33,817,015	99.92%	28,656	0.08%	33,845,671	83.76%	3,146
07	To re-elect Mark Fryer	33,640,011	99.39%	205,857	0.61%	33,845,868	83.76%	2,949
08	To re-elect Neil Johnson	33,340,565	98.51%	505,303	1.49%	33,845,868	83.76%	2,949
09	To re-elect John Lincoln	33,614,123	99.32%	231,745	0.68%	33,845,868	83.76%	2,949
10	To re-elect Nigel Lingwood	33,589,866	99.24%	255,792	0.76%	33,845,658	83.76%	3,159
11	To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations	23,744,442	70.15%	10,103,858	29.85%	33,848,300	83.77%	517
12	To authorise the Directors to allot new shares	24,690,404	72.95%	9,156,168	27.05%	33,846,572	83.77%	2,245
13	To disapply pre-emption rights	33,839,914	99.98%	5,234	0.02%	33,845,148	83.76%	3,669
14	To disapply pre-emption rights (capital investments)	33,840,588	99.99%	4,560	0.01%	33,845,148	83.76%	3,669
15	To authorise the purchase of own shares	33,843,965	99.99%	2,074	0.01%	33,846,039	83.76%	2,778

NOTES:

The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.
Resolutions 13 to 15 are special resolutions.
As at Tuesday 01 September 2026 the total number of ordinary shares in issue was 40,406,483.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's website at www.dialight.com.
In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2R, a copy of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

The Board notes that whilst Resolutions 11 and 12 (political donations and allotment of shares) were passed with the requisite majority, for the purposes of the UK Corporate Governance Code (the "Code"), more than 20% of the votes cast, were against these resolutions.

The Board is aware that certain shareholders apply their own voting policies in relation to these resolutions, rather than concerns relating to the Board, the Company's governance arrangements or the performance of the Group.

The Board values the views of all shareholders and in accordance with Provision 4 of the Code, will continue to engage with shareholders and provide a further update within six months of the AGM.

Laura Walker

Company Secretary

Dialight plc

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