Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6421W

Herald Investment Trust PLC

18 April 2023

 

HERALD INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

LEI: 213800U7G1ROCTJYRR70

Result of AGM

Herald Investment Trust plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that Resolutions 1 to 12 put forward at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today were passed on a poll. Every resolution put forward passed with more than 29 million of votes, representing 47.9% 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 2022.

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 2022.	31,697,752	100.00	998	0.00	1,027
2	To approve the Company's Remuneration policy.	31,668,834	99.93	23,373	0.07	7,570
3	To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2021.	31,672,751	99.93	21,271	0.07	5,755
4	To re-elect Stephanie Eastment.	29,540,935	93.34	2,109,298	6.66	49,544
5	To re-elect Henrietta Marsh.	29,541,078	93.34	2,109,155	6.66	49,544
6	To re-elect Karl Sternberg.	29,194,814	92.24	2,455,419	7.76	49,544
7	To re-elect James Will.	29,195,745	92.24	2,454,488	7.76	49,544
8	To elect Andrew Joy.	31,681,763	99.97	10,057	0.03	7,957
9	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor to the Company.	30,437,126	96.02	1,261,817	3.98	834
10	To authorise the audit committee to determine the remuneration of the independent auditor.	31,693,305	99.98	5,338	0.02	1,134
11	To authorise the Company to repurchase its shares.*	31,691,336	99.99	4,271	0.01	4,170
12	That a general meeting be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.*	31,658,202	99.88	38,377	0.12	3,198

*Special resolutions

** Chairman's discretionary votes included

The Company has 60,535,320 ordinary shares of 25p each in issue, therefore, the total number of ordinary shares with voting rights in the Company was 60,535,320.

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

18 April 2023

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