Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6345I

Herald Investment Trust PLC

19 April 2022

 

HERALD INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

LEI: 213800U7G1ROCTJYRR70

Result of AGM

Herald Investment Trust plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that Resolutions 1 to 13 put forward at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today were passed on a show of hands. Every resolution put forward passed with more than 22 million of votes, representing 34.5% of the total voting rights, cast in favour.

The full text of all the resolutions is contained in the notice of meeting in the Company's Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2021.

The results were as follows:

Resolution		In Favour/ Discretionary**		Against		Withheld
		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes
1	To receive and adopt the directors' report, the strategic report, the financial statements and auditor's report for the year ended 31 December 2021.	23,293,112	99.99	1,486	0.01	1,915
2	To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2021.	23,255,725	99.87	29,311	0.13	11,477
3	To re-elect Tom Black.	22,864,662	98.19	422,160	1.81	9,691
4	To re-elect Stephanie Eastment.	23,065,649	99.05	221,461	0.95	9,403
5	To re-elect Henrietta Marsh.	23,065,657	99.05	221,789	0.95	9,067
6	To re-elect Karl Sternberg.	23,000,613	98.77	286,209	1.23	9,691
7	To re-elect James Will.	23,063,336	99.04	223,486	0.96	9,691
8	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor to the Company.	22,027,316	94.57	1,265,202	5.43	3,995
9	To authorise the audit committee to determine the remuneration of the independent auditor.	23,280,388	99.94	13,363	0.06	2,762
10	To approve the continuation of the Company as an investment trust company until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2025.	23,293,542	99.99	2,486	0.01	485
11	To authorise the Company to repurchase its shares.*	23,287,556	99.98	4,184	0.02	4,773
12	To approve and adopt the New Articles of Association of the Company.*	23,014,633	98.82	275,251	1.18	6,629
13	That a general meeting be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.*	23,168,704	99.46	125,821	0.54	1,988

*Special resolutions

** Chairman's discretionary votes included

The Company has 63,762,915 ordinary shares of 25p each in issue, therefore, the total number of ordinary shares with voting rights in the Company was 63,762,915.

Copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

19 April 2022

Enquiries

Sanne Fund Services (UK) Limited

Brian Smith/ Shilla Pindoria 

020 3327 9720

Company Secretary

 

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