Result of AGM

Merchants Trust PLC

19 May 2026

 

The Merchants Trust PLC (the Company)

LEI: 5299008VJFXCUD2EG312

Result of Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 19 May 2026

At the AGM held on 19 May 2026 at 12 noon all resolutions proposed were passed on a poll. The resolutions proposed at the AGM can be found in the Notice of AGM which is available on the Company's website.

The following table indicates the number of votes cast on the poll at the meeting, including those votes cast by proxy in advance of the meeting for each resolution. It should be noted that votes withheld do not constitute votes in law. The number of ordinary shares in issue with voting rights at the date of the AGM was 147,632,870 ordinary shares and 1,178,000 cumulative preference stock.

	Resolution	In favour & discretionary	Against	Withheld
		Number of shares	Number of shares	Number of shares
1	To receive the Directors' Report and the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 January 2026	20,763,749	19,875	23,368
2	To declare a final dividend of 7.5p per ordinary share	20,779,944	17,693	9,355
3	To re-elect Colin Clark as a Director	20,549,420	144,471	113,101
4	To re-elect Lisa Edgar as a Director	20,553,488	142,368	111,136
5	To elect Neil Galloway as a Director	20,486,691	133,358	186,943
6	To re-elect Karen McKellar as a Director	20,577,294	147,740	81,958
7	To re-elect Mal Patel as a Director	20,459,225	215,653	132,114
8	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	20,191,671	349,288	266,033
9	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Implementation Report	20,188,617	359,414	258,961
10	To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor of the company, to hold office until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which financial statements are laid before the company	20,464,466	216,111	126,415
11	To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor	20,582,736	99,779	124,477
12	To renew the authority to allot ordinary shares	20,507,107	116,176	183,709
13	To disapply pre-emption rights	20,435,289	157,221	190,184
14	To authorise the purchase of ordinary shares	20,610,213	116,176	183,709

The above figures represent 13.89% of the issued share capital with voting rights.

For further information please contact:

Nira Mistry

Allianz Global Investors

07554 224 339

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