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title: "REG - Card Factory PLC - Result of AGM"
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# REG - Card Factory PLC - Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8213J Card Factory PLC 25 June 2026 

25 June 2026

Card Factory plc

(the "Company" or "cardfactory")

Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

cardfactory, the UK's leading specialist retailer of greeting cards, gifts and celebration essentials, announces the results of its Annual General Meeting, held today.

Details of the aggregate poll votes submitted on the resolutions are set out below:

Resolution

Votes for

% of votes cast

Votes against

% of votes against

Votes Total

Votes Total as % of TVR

Number of Votes Withheld

1.

Annual Report and Accounts

190,290,405

99.98%

30,072

0.02%

190,320,477

55.42

88,887

2.

Dividend

190,340,620

99.98%

43,441

0.02%

190,384,061

55.44

25,303

3.

Re-elect Paul Moody

141,282,812

74.26%

48,977,998

25.74%

190,260,810

55.40

148,554

4.

Re-elect Darcy Willson-Rymer

143,892,114

75.63%

46,374,575

24.37%

190,266,689

55.40

142,675

5.

Re-elect Matthias Seeger

143,890,767

75.63%

46,358,781

24.37%

190,249,548

55.40

159,816

6.

Re-elect Robert McWilliam

159,418,775

83.79%

30,843,502

16.21%

190,262,277

55.40

147,087

7.

Re-elect Indira Thambiah

158,431,895

83.27%

31,832,288

16.73%

190,264,183

55.40

145,181

8.

Re-elect Pam Powell

159,452,628

83.81%

30,801,149

16.19%

190,253,777

55.40

155,587

9.

Directors' Report on

Remuneration

160,500,439

84.35%

29,787,073

15.65%

190,287,512

55.41

121,852

10.

Re-appoint Auditors

190,117,252

99.91%

163,857

0.09%

190,281,109

55.41

128,255

11.

Remuneration of Auditors

190,026,330

99.86%

264,788

0.14%

190,291,118

55.41

118,246

12.

Authority to allot shares

188,757,518

99.16%

1,592,128

0.84%

190,349,646

55.43

59,718

13.

Authority to disapply pre-emption rights

142,284,143

74.75%

48,052,799

25.25%

190,336,942

55.42

72,422

14.

Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights

133,953,146

70.49%

56,084,487

29.51%

190,037,633

55.34

371,731

15.

Authority to purchase own shares

190,220,263

99.92%

152,558

0.08%

190,372,821

55.44

36,243

16.

Authority to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice

172,101,853

90.41%

18,262,436

9.59%

190,364,289

55.43

45,075

The Board appreciates the engagement from shareholders who have taken the time to vote at today's AGM. The Board notes that ordinary resolutions 3, 4 and 5 each received less than 80% support, and that special resolutions 13 and 14 were not passed.

The Board recognises that these voting outcomes reflect a range of shareholder views, including in relation to board diversity, sustainability governance and our strategic priorities. We welcome continued constructive dialogue on these matters.

cardfactory will continue to engage with shareholders and will publish an update on this engagement within six months of the AGM, in accordance with the provisions of the UK Corporate Governance Code.

Notes:

1\. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "Votes for" total.

2\. "Votes withheld" are not votes in law and do not count in the number of votes counted for or against a resolution.

3\. In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2R, the full text of the special business resolutions passed will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

4\. A copy of this announcement will shortly be available on the Company's investor relations website at www.cardfactoryinvestors.com

5\. As at 6.30pm on 23 June 2026, the Company's share register (for the purpose of determining the rights to vote) had 347,281,795 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in issue with voting rights. In aggregate, 3,867,640 Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. No voting rights are exercised in respect of treasury shares. Therefore, the total number of votes exercisable at the Annual General Meeting was 343,414,155.

6\. Resolutions 1 to 12 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 and 16 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions. Resolutions 13 and 14 (proposed as special resolutions) were not passed.

7\. As detailed in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, shareholders were invited to submit to the Company any questions they would otherwise have asked at the AGM. No such questions were submitted.

Name of authorised Company official responsible for making this notification:

Ciaran Stone, Company Secretary

01924 839150

Enquiries

Card Factory plc via Teneo (below)

Darcy Willson-Rymer, Chief Executive Officer

Matthias Seeger, Chief Financial Officer

Teneo +44 (0) 207 353 4200

James Macey White / Anth Di Natale cardfactory@teneo.com

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