Result of AGM

Baronsmead Venture Trust PLC

20 March 2026

 

20 March 2026

Baronsmead Venture Trust Plc

("BVT" or the "Company")

Result of the 2026 Annual General Meeting

BVT is pleased to announce that, at the Annual General Meeting held on 19 March 2026, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were passed. All resolutions were voted on a poll, and the results of the poll for each resolution were:

Resolutions	Votes For (No. of shares)	For (%)	Votes Against (No. of shares)	Against (%)	Votes Withheld (No. of shares)	Total Votes	% of Issued Share Capital voted
Resolution 1 To receive and adopt the accounts for the year ended 30 September 2025	22,980,758	98.40	374,796	1.60	34,894	23,355,554	5.40%
Resolution 2 To declare a final dividend of 2.00 pence per share	23,251,127	99.43	133,504	0.57	5,817	23,384,631	5.40%
Resolution 3 To receive and approve Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 September 2025	21,885,006	95.69	986,123	4.31	519,319	22,871,129	5.28%
Resolution 4 To elect David Melvin as a Director	22,744,568	98.06	449,440	1.94	196,440	23,194,008	5.36%
Resolution 5 To elect Mandeep Singh as a Director	22,557,682	97.23	642,347	2.77	190,419	23,200,029	5.36%
Resolution 6 To re-elect Fiona Miller Smith as a Director	22,293,441	96.15	893,106	3.85	203,901	23,186,547	5.36%
Resolution 7 To re-elect Michael Probin as a Director	22,239,903	97.11	662,010	2.89	488,535	22,901,913	5.29%
Resolution 8 To re-appoint BDO LLP as the independent Auditor	22,566,658	98.30	389,987	1.70	433,803	22,956,645	5.30%
Resolution 9 To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the independent Auditor	23,197,380	99.55	104,361	0.45	88,707	23,301,741	5.38%
Resolution 10 To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares	22,864,084	98.59	328,931	1.42	197,433	23,193,015	5.36%
Resolution 11 To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights	21,992,871	95.62	1,007,722	4.38	389,855	23,000,593	5.31%
Resolution 12 To approve the purchase of the Company's own shares	23,017,779	98.89	259,093	1.11	113,576	23,276,872	5.38%
Resolution 13 That a general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice	22,191,819	96.87	717,953	3.13	480,676	22,909,772	5.29%

NOTES:
1.	All resolutions were passed.
2.	Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair 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 carrying voting rights on 19 March 2026 was 432,782,530 ordinary shares, carrying one vote each.
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 https://greshamhouse.com/strategic-equity/private-equity/baronsmead-vcts/baronsmead-venture-trust-plc/
7.	A copy of resolutions 10 to 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

For further information please contact:

Baronsmead VCT Investor Relations

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