Result of AGM
NEW CENTURY AIM VCT PLC
New Century AIM VCT plc
Result of 2021 Annual General Meeting
New Century AIM VCT plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held today at 12.00pm, Resolutions 1 to 5 and 9 as set out in the Notice of the AGM dated 25 June 2021 were passed, while Resolutions 6 to 8 were not passed. The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions, and the number of votes withheld, were as follows:
|
|
FOR |
AGAINST |
WITHHELD |
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Resolution
|
Votes cast |
% |
Votes cast |
% |
Votes cast |
|
Ordinary Business |
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1 |
To receive, consider and adopt the financial statements for the period ended 28 February 2021 |
5,496,136 |
100.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
33,750 |
2 |
To declare a final dividend of 6.5 pence |
5,529,886 |
100.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
3 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
5,496,136 |
100.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
33,750 |
4 |
To re-elect Geoff Gamble as a director |
5,492,517 |
100.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
37,369 |
5 |
To re-appoint UHY Hacker Young LLP as auditors of the company and to authorise the directors to agree their remuneration |
5,529,886 |
100.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
Special Business |
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6 |
To continue in being as a venture capital trust |
1,642,251 |
29.70% |
3,887,635 |
70.30% |
0 |
7 |
To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities |
1,787,739 |
32.53% |
3,708,397 |
67.47% |
33,750 |
8 |
To disapply Section 561 of the Companies Act 2006** |
2,374,393 |
43.23% |
3,118,124 |
56.77% |
37,369 |
9 |
To authorise the directors to make market purchases of its own shares by utilising distributable reserves of the company** |
5,496,136 |
99.39% |
33,750 |
0.61% |
0 |
** denotes a special resolution
The number of ordinary shares in issue as at the date of the 2021 Annual General Meeting is 7,860,937.
As Resolution 6 was not passed by the requisite majority, the Board will, as required by the Company’s articles of association, convene an extraordinary general meeting within 4 months of the AGM to consider resolutions on the future of the Company.
26 August 2021
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