Result of AGM

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Gabelli Merchant Partners PLC announced that all resolutions presented at its Annual General Meeting on December 4, 2025, were duly passed on a poll, with overwhelming support for each resolution, including the reception of the Group's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2025, the Directors' Remuneration Report and policy, the dividend policy which noted a total dividend of $0.12 per share for the year ended June 30, 2025, and the re-election of six directors. The company also confirmed that 71.4% of shares with voting rights were cast at the meeting.

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Gabelli Merchant Partners PLC
04 December 2025
 

GABELLI MERCHANT PARTNERS PLC (the 'Company')

Results of Annual General Meeting 4 December 2025

 

The Company announces that at the eighth Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company duly convened and held on 4 December 2025, all Resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed on a poll.

The full text of each resolution can be found in the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2025, which is available at https://www.gabelli.co.uk/investment-products/gmp-portfolio-commentary-and-reports/

Details of the AGM Results will also shortly be available on the Company's website at https://www.gabelli.co.uk/investment-products/gabelli-merchant-partners/gmp-documents/

Poll votes received in favour of the resolutions were as follows:- 

 


For

Against

Withheld

Resolutions:

No. of Votes

%

No. of Votes

%

No. of Votes

Resolution 1

To receive the Group's audited financial statements, the Strategic Report and the reports of the Directors of the Group for the year ended 30 June 2025 together with the report of the auditors. (Ordinary Resolution)

9,352,938

99.97%

3,017

00.03%

0

Resolution 2

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2025. (Ordinary Resolution)

9,352,938

99.97%

3,017

00.03%

0

Resolution 3

To approve the directors' remuneration policy, as set out in the Directors' Remuneration Report. (Ordinary Resolution)

9,352,938

99.97%

3,017

00.03%

0

Resolution 4

To approve the Group's dividend policy to pay dividends out of profits. The dividends declared in respect of the financial year ended 30 June 2025 totalled $0.12 per share. (Ordinary Resolution)

9,352,938

99.97%

3,017

00.03%

0

Resolution 5

To re-elect Marc Gabelli as a Director. (Ordinary Resolution)

6,201,596

99.95%

3,017

00.03%

0

Resolution 6

To re-elect Marco Bianconi as a Director. (Ordinary Resolution)

6,201,596

99.95%

3,017

00.03%

0

Resolution 7

To re-elect John Birch as a Director. (Ordinary Resolution)

6,201,596

99.95%

3,017

00.03%

0

Resolution 8

To re-elect John Newlands as a Director. (Ordinary Resolution)

6,201,596

99.95%

3,017

00.03%

0

Resolution 9

To re-elect Yuji Sugimoto as a Director. (Ordinary Resolution)

6,201,596

99.95%

3,017

00.03%

0

Resolution 10

To re-elect James Wedderburn as a Director. (Ordinary Resolution)

6,201,596

99.95%

3,017

00.03%

0

Resolution 11

To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Group to hold office until the conclusion of the next AGM of the Group. (Ordinary Resolution)

9,352,938

99.97%

3,017

00.03%

0

Resolution 12

To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors. (Ordinary Resolution)

9,352,938

99.97%

3,017

00.03%

0

Resolution 13

Authority to allot shares in the Company under section 551 Companies Act 2006 up to the limits set out in the notice of meeting. (Special Resolution)

9,352,938

99.97%

3,017

00.03%

0

Resolution 14

Authority to allot Special Voting Shares up to the limits set out in the notice of meeting. (Special Resolution)

9,352,938

99.97%

3,017

00.03%

0

Resolution 15

Authority to allot Ordinary shares and sell treasury shares up to the limits set out in the notice of meeting. (Special Resolution)

9,352,938

99.97%

3,017

00.03%

0

Resolution 16

Authority to allot equity securities up to the limits set out in the notice of meeting.

(Special Resolution)

9,352,938

99.97%

3,017

00.03%

0

Resolution 17

Authority to make market purchases up to the limits set out in the notice of meeting. (Special Resolution)

9,352,938

99.97%

3,017

00.03%

0

Resolution 18

General meetings on 14 clear days' notice. (Special Resolution)

9,352,938

99.97%

3,017

00.03%

0

71.4% of shares with voting rights voted at the Company's AGM on 4 December 2025

 Enquiries

Info@Gabelli.co.uk

Gabelli Asset Management UK Ltd. on behalf of Gabelli Merchant Partners Plc

4 December 2025

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