Result of AGM

Gabelli Merchant Partners PLC

15 September 2026

 

GABELLI MERCHANT PARTNERS PLC (the 'Company')

Results of Annual General Meeting 15 September 2026

The Company announces that at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company duly convened and held on 15 September 2026, 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 2026, 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 2026. (Ordinary Resolution)	8,929,813	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Resolution 2 To approve the Directors' remuneration for the year ended 30 June 2026. (Ordinary Resolution)	8,929,813	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Resolution 3 To approve the directors' remuneration policy. (Ordinary Resolution)	8,929,813	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
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 2026 totalled $0.20 per share. (Ordinary Resolution)	8,929,813	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Resolution 5 To elect Gustavo Pifano as a Director. (Ordinary Resolution)	5,778,471	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Resolution 6 To re-elect Marco Bianconi as a Director. (Ordinary Resolution)	5,778,471	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Resolution 7 To re-elect John Birch as a Director. (Ordinary Resolution)	5,778,471	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Resolution 8 To re-elect John Newlands as a Director. (Ordinary Resolution)	5,778,471	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Resolution 9 To re-elect Yuji Sugimoto as a Director. (Ordinary Resolution)	5,778,471	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Resolution 10 To re-elect James Wedderburn as a Director. (Ordinary Resolution)	5,778,471	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
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)	8,929,813	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Resolution 12 To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors. (Ordinary Resolution)	8,929,813	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
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)	8,929,813	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Resolution 14 Authority to allot Special Voting Shares up to the limits set out in the notice of meeting. (Special Resolution)	8,929,813	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Resolution 15 Authority to allot Ordinary shares and sell treasury shares up to the limits set out in the notice of meeting. (Special Resolution)	8,929,813	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Resolution 16 Authority to allot equity securities up to the limits set out in the notice of meeting. (Special Resolution)	8,929,813	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Resolution 17 Authority to make market purchases up to the limits set out in the notice of meeting. (Special Resolution)	8,929,813	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Resolution 18 General meetings on 14 clear days' notice. (Special Resolution)	8,929,813	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%

68.13% of shares with voting rights voted at the Company's AGM on 15 September 2026

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

15 September 2026

 

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