Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4958I
BMO Global Smaller Companies PLC
12 August 2021
 

LONDON STOCK EXCHNAGE ANNOUNCEMENT

 

BMO GLOBAL SMALLER COMPANIES PLC

(the 'Company')

LEI: 2138008RRULYQP8VP386

12 August 2021

Annual General Meeting ('AGM') Results

The Company announces that at its AGM held earlier today a poll was held on each of the resolutions and was passed by the required majority. The results of the poll were as follows:

 

 

 

 

For and Discretionary

Against

Withheld

Total Votes (excluding Votes Withheld)

 

Resolution

No of Votes

% of Votes Cast

No of Votes

% of Votes Cast

No of Votes

 

1

Receive Report & Accounts

390,252,588

99.82

688,804

0.18

1,168,080

390,941,392

2

Approve Remuneration Policy

350,964,586

93.79

23,231,935

6.21

17,912,951

374,196,521

3

Approve Remuneration Report

354,259,552

94.66

19,980,778

5.34

17,869,142

374,240,330

4

Approve Final Dividend

 

389,714,521

99.66

1,329,640

0.34

1,065,310

391,044,161

5

Re-elect Nick Bannerman

 

377,167,638

98.54

5,583,871

1.46

9,357,962

382,751,509

6

Re-elect Graham Oldroyd 

 

375,149,867

98.19

6,907,365

1.81

10,052,240

382,057,232

7

Re-elect Anja Balfour 

 

374,377,477

97.89

8,087,136

2.11

9,644,859

382,464,613

8

Re-elect Josephine Dixon

372,880,119

97.35

10,168,648

2.65

9,060,705

383,048,767

9

Re-elect David Stileman

375,809,274

98.35

6,305,445

1.65

9,994,752

382,114,719

10

Re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditor

376,499,275

97.66

9,040,639

2.34

6,569,558

385,539,914

11

Remuneration of the Auditor

 

378,099,524

98.33

6,427,621

1.67

7,582,326

384,527,145

12

Renew the authority to allot shares

380,523,587

97.94

8,017,338

2.06

3,568,547

388,540,925

13

Approve disapplication of pre-emption rights

356,633,605

95.12

18,304,484

4.88

17,171,382

374,938,089

14

Renew authority to purchase own shares

377,967,095

98.20

6,930,067

1.80

7,212,309

384,897,162

15

Notice of Meetings

375,289,205

97.32

10,343,089

2.68

6,477,178

385,632,294

 

Resolutions 13 to 15 were passed as special resolutions and have been lodged with the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting set out in Annual Report for the year ended 30 April 2021, copies of which are available on the Company's website www.bmoglobalsmallers.com  The Annual Report is also available for viewing at  https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

At the time of the above meeting the Company's share capital consisted of 568,798,970 ordinary shares with voting rights and a further 51,734,800 ordinary shares held in treasury.

 

In the context of COVID-19, the AGM was held as a purely procedural meeting, covering only the formal business. 

 

A copy of this announcement will shortly be available on the Company's website www.bmoglobalsmallers.com   

 

 

 

 

 

Name of contact and telephone number for enquiries:

 

 

Jonathan Latter

For and on behalf of BMO Investment Business Limited,

Company Secretary
Telephone: 020 7628 8000

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