Result of AGM

HgCapital Trust PLC
17 May 2023
 

 

HgCapital Trust plc

(the "Company", "HGT")

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800J7QUJJBEFSIN38

 

17 May 2023

 

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 voted (%)

1.   To receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements.

206,025,729

99.99%

19,963

0.01%

10,930

206,045,692

45.01%

2.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.

205,188,651

99.65%

711,573

0.35%

156,398

205,900,224

44.98%

3.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.

205,740,253

99.92%

164,980

0.08%

151,389

205,905,233

44.98%

4.   To approve a final dividend of 4.5 pence per share.

206,031,360

99.99%

19,963

0.01%

5,299

206,051,323

45.02%

5.   To elect Mrs E Schraner as a Director.

200,226,346

97.19%

5,787,032

2.81%

43,244

206,013,378

45.01%

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

184,001,866

89.31%

22,021,254

10.69%

33,502

206,023,120

45.01%

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

204,134,307

99.08%

1,888,224

0.92%

34,091

206,022,531

45.01%

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

201,970,116

98.03%

4,053,005

1.97%

33,501

206,023,121

45.01%

9.   To re-elect Mr G Wakeley

as a Director.

204,167,474

99.10%

1,855,647

0.90%

33,501

206,023,121

45.01%

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

204,092,589

99.07%

1,915,532

0.93%

48,501

206,008,121

45.01%

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

200,118,852

99.54%

919,377

0.46%

5,018,393

201,038,229

43.92%

12.  To authorise the Directors

to determine the remuneration of the Auditor.

205,166,683

99.58%

869,260

0.42%

20,679

206,035,943

45.01%

13.  To authorise the Directors

 to allot Ordinary shares.

205,918,745

99.94%

133,243

0.06%

4,634

206,051,988

45.02%

14.  To approve the revised investment policy.

200,994,779

99.98%

42,285

0.02%

5,019,558

201,037,064

43.92%

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

205,706,097

99.85%

304,115

0.15%

46,410

206,010,212

45.01%

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

205,827,538

99.89%

223,423

0.11%

5,661

206,050,961

45.02%

17.  To approve the increase on the limit of Directors' fees in Article 106 of Articles of Association from £450,000 to £480,000

205,739,612

99.88%

245,854

0.12%

71,156

205,985,466

45.00%

 *special resolution

 

 

NOTES:

 


1.

All resolutions were passed. 

 

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 16 May 2023 was 457,728,500 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 13-17 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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