Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0099L
HgCapital Trust PLC
10 May 2022
 

 

HgCapital Trust plc

(the "Company", "HGT")

 

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800J7QUJJBEFSIN38

 

10 May 2022

 

Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results

The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today all the resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting were passed. All resolutions were voted on by way of a poll.  The results of the poll for each resolution were as follows:

 

Resolution

 

 

For

(No. of shares)

For

(%)

Against

(No. of shares)

Against

(%)

Votes Withheld

(No. of shares)

Total Votes

Issued Share Capital (%)

1.  To receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements.

210,613,733

100.00

1,499

0.00

34,448

210,615,232

45.97

2.  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.

204,275,347

97.02

6,278,097

2.98

96,236

210,553,444

45.96

3.  To approve a final Dividend of 5 pence per share.

210,614,768

100.00

1,189

0.00

33,723

210,615,957

45.97

4.  To re-elect Mr R Brooman as a Director.

193,962,466

92.10

16,641,310

7.90

45,904

210,603,776

45.97

5.  To re-elect Mrs P Junco as a Director.

209,236,644

99.35

1,367,132

0.65

45,904

210,603,776

45.97

6.  To re-elect Mr J Strang as a Director.

205,575,683

99.26

1,537,348

0.74

3,536,649

207,113,031

45.21

7.  To re-elect Mr G Wakeley

as a Director.

209,227,463

99.35

1,371,283

0.65

50,934

210,598,746

45.97

8.  To re-elect Mrs A West as a Director.

209,235,978

99.35

1,367,798

0.65

45,904

210,603,776

45.97

9.  To re-appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as Auditor of the Company.

205,406,268

99.89

220,876

0.11

5,022,536

205,627,144

44.88

10.  To authorise the Directors

to determine the remuneration of the Auditor.

200,563,192

95.23

10,045,392

4.77

41,096

210,608,584

45.97

11.  To authorise the Directors

  to allot Ordinary shares.

210,204,807

99.86

294,831

0.14

150,042

210,499,638

45.95

12.  To dis-apply pre-emption rights.*

210,117,701

99.79

431,711

0.21

100,268

210,549,412

45.96

13.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary shares of the Company. *

210,579,417

99.98

37,851

0.02

32,412

 

 

210,617,268

 

 

 

 

45.97

14.  To approve amendment to Investment Policy

RESOLUTION W ITHDRAWN

 *special resolution

 

 

NOTES:

 


1.

All resolutions were passed. Resolution 14 was withdrawn from the meeting.

 

2.

Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the AGM have been included in the "For" total for the appropriate resolution.

 

3.

Votes "For" and "Against" any resolution are expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution.

 

4.

A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution.

 

5.

The number of shares in issue on 9 May 2022 was 458,129,808 ordinary shares, carrying one vote each, and at that time, the Company did not hold any shares in treasury.

 

6.

The full text of the resolutions passed at the AGM can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website at www.hgcapitaltrust.com

 

7.

In accordance with listing rule 9.6.2R,  a copy of resolutions 11-13 passed at the AGM will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

 

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