Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1018V
Northern 2 VCT PLC
22 May 2008
 



22 May 2008


NORTHERN 2 VCT PLC ('The Company')


RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING


The Company announces that at the annual general meeting held on 22 May 2008 all of the resolutions set out in the notice of meeting were duly passed by shareholders.


The resolutions included those to re-elect as directors Mr David Gravells, Mr Michael Denny and Professor Sir Frederick Holliday.


The resolutions included, as special business, that the Company's Articles of Association be amended as set out in the notice of meeting for the purpose of taking account of the Companies Act 2006 provisions so far as they relate to directors' conflicts of interests.


In accordance with the Listing Rules, copies of the resolution proposed and passed as special business have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:


The Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS


Details of proxy voting on the resolutions put to shareholders at the annual general meeting are as follows:


Number

Resolution

For

Discretionary

Against

Abstentions

1

To receive the financial statements for the year ended 31 January 2008

2,493,714

182,487

Nil

Nil

2

To declare a final dividend of 4.0p per share in respect of the year ended 31 January 2008

2,466,405

161,766

48,030

Nil

3

To approve the directors' remuneration report in respect of the year ended 31 January 2008

2,366,113

196,579

41,256

72,253

4

To re-elect Mr D P A Gravells as a director

2,446,570

148,405

49,804

31,422

5

To re-elect Mr E M P Denny as a director

2,455,202

148,405

51,804

20,790

6

To re-elect Professor Sir Frederick Holliday as a director

2,372,826

148,405

122,861

32,109

7

To reappoint KPMG Audit Plc as independent auditors

2,422,014

185,487

57,250

11,450

8

To authorise the directors to fix the remuneration of the independent auditors

2,482,353

185,487

2,000

6,361

9

To authorise the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares in accordance with Section 166 of the Companies Act 1985

2,466,247

148,405

55,188

6,361

10

To alter the Company's articles of association

2,354,567

196,579

55,763

69,292


Enquiries:


Alastair Conn/Christopher Mellor, NVM Private Equity Limited - 0191 244 6000

Website:  www.nvm.co.uk


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